Catalogue of Works

Catalogue of Works

Note: Selected published or rental works are also available on loan from the Canadian Music Centre.

The Crazy Horse Suite (1985) 90 min.
(Libretto: Morgan Nyberg, based on his book of poetry)
2 tenors, 3 baritones, bass baritone, 1 male speaking role;
2 sopranos, 2 mezzo sopranos, contralto.
Piano-vocal score, only
Commissioned by the Banff Music Theatre Studio Ensemble.
Premiere (piano-vocal): December 10, 1985, Banff School of Fine Arts.

Orchestra

*Crimson Dream (1983) 14 min.
3333/4331/timpani, 3 percussion, harp/strings.
Commissioned by Canada Council for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: January 15, 1986, Edmonton, Alberta;
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Glenn Mossop,
conductor.
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.: T. Presser (E.B. Marks).
*Fanfare for a Cold Land (1999) 3 min.
original title: Fanfare for the Millennium
3333/4331/timpani, 3 percussion/strings.
Commissioned by the B.C. Arts Council for Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: January 4, 2000, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver,
VSO, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Grouse Mountain Lullaby (1978) 4 min.
2220/2000/strings.
Premiere: March, 1980, Vancouver, University of British Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Talney, conductor.
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: T. Presser (E.B. Marks), 1978
Mirage (1987) 10 min.
2222/4222/2 percussion/strings.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Windsor Symphony.
Premiere: November 30, 1987, Windsor, Ontario,
Windsor Symphony, Dwight Bennett, conductor.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Occasions (1975-77) 20 min.
3222/4331/timpani, 3 percussion/2 harps/celesta/strings.
Movements may be performed separately:
1. Sunday Daydream (1977) 7 min.
2. Celebration (1977) 6 min.
3. 3 AM on the Square (1975) 6 min.
Commissioned by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for the Madison Symphony.
Premiere: November 23, 1978, Madison, Wisconsin, Madison Symphony, Roland Johnson, conductor.
Published: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: T. Presser (E.B. Marks).
*Over Thorns to Stars (2003) 9 min.
String orchestra with optional tenor, tenor saxophone, or horn.
Arrangement of Per Aspera ad Astra (2002) for string quartet and tenor.
Premiere: November 22&24, 2003, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2005
*Tara’s Dream (1999) 12 min.
3333/4331/timpani, 3 percussion, piano, harp/strings.
Commissioned by the B.C. Arts Council for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: January 4, 2000, Vancouver, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor.
Available from the Canadian Music Centre.

Orchestra with Soloist(s)

Concerto for Clarinet, Violin, and Orchestra (2007) 19 minutes
Solo clarinet, solo violin, percussion, harp, strings
Commissioned by Michigan State University and Las Cruces Symphony for Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr and Walter Verdehr.
Premiere: July 8, 2007, Chan Centre, Vancouver, International Clarinet Association Conference, Dr. Lonnie Klein, conductor.
Dream Fantasy (1992) 12 min.
Solo oboe, solo clarinet, 2222/4220/timpani,
2 percussion, piano, harp/strings.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: February, 1993, Vancouver,
Roger Cole, oboe, Wes Foster, clarinet,
VSO, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor.
Available from the Canadian Music Centre.
Piano Concerto (1990) 16 min.
Solo piano,2222/4320/timpani, percussion/strings.
Commissioned by CBC Radio for Marc-Andre Hamelin
and the Toronto Symphony.
Premiere: September 19, 1990, Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto,
Gunther Herbig, conductor.
Rental: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1991.
*Prairie Dawn – Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp (1998) 11 min.
Solo clarinet, harp/strings.
Commissioned by CBC Radio.
Premiere: June 11, 1999, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver,
Gene Ramsbottom, clarinet, CBC Vancouver Orchestra,
Owen Underhill, conductor.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2001.
Variations on a Canadian Folk Song (1988) 10 min.
2 piano soli/2222/2200/timpani/strings.
Commissioned by the Vancouver Foundation for Music in the Morning, Vancouver.
Premiere: November 16, 1988, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, James Anagnason and Leslie Kinton, pianists, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, conductor.
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: T. Presser (E.B. Marks), 1989.
The Song of Solomon / Le cantique des cantiques (1986) 10 min.
(Text in French and English)
High or medium voice, 2222/3200/2 percussion, harp, piano/strings.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the 1986 S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatte National Competition.
Premiere: April 24-27, 1986, Brandon, Manitoba,
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Simon Streatfeild, conductor.
Vocal/piano version available from Canadian Music Centre.
Orchestral rental: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: T. Presser (E.B. Marks), 1987.

Orchestra with Chorus

Lo In a Manger (1987) 3 min.
(Text: Stephen Chatman and Gregory Butler)
SATB/2222/4220/percussion, piano, harp/strings.
(see also version under “choral”)
Premiere: December 18,19,21, 1987, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Vancouver Symphony, Peter McCoppin, conductor, Oprpheum, Vancouver.
Earth Songs (2007-08) 22 min.
(Text: Genesis, George McWhirter, Robert Stephen Hawker,
Zhang Jiuling, Stephen Chatman, Walt Whitman)
SATB large chorus /2222/2220/ timpani, percussion, harp/strings.
Commissioned by the University of British Columbia in honor of its Centenary.
Premiere: September 28, 2008, Vancouver Chan Centre, UBC Choirs, CBC Radio Orchestra,
Alain Trudel, conductor.
*Proud Music of the Storm (2001-02) 16 min.
(Text: Walt Whitman)
SATB large chorus/2222/2220/timpani, percussion, harp/strings.
Commissioned by CBC Radio and B.C. Arts Council in honour of the Orpheum
Theatre’s 75th Anniversary.
Premiere: November 3, 2002, Vancouver, Vancouver Bach Choir, CBC Radio Orchestra, Bruce Pullan, conductor.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2004.
The Greatest of These Is Love (1990) 10 min.
(Text: I Corinthians 13)
TTBB/2222/4221/timpani, 2 percussion/strings.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Pacific International Festival of Male Choirs and the CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra, John Nelson, guest conductor.
Premiere: July, 1990, Canada Pavillion, Vancouver.
Available from the Canadian Music Centre.

Band

*Grouse Mountain Lullaby (1979) 4 min.
Concert band.
Premiere: April, 1979, University of British Columbia Wind Symphony,
Martin Berinbaum, conductor.
Published: New York: Edward B. Marks, 1980.
Mountain Sojourn (1984) 6 min.
Concert band.
Published: Markham, Ont.: Eighth Note Publications, 2004.
They All Replied (1978) 6 min.
Concert band.
Premiere: March, 1978, University of British Columbia Wind Symphony,
Martin Berinbaum, conductor.
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: T. Presser (E.B. Marks), 1979.
Walnut Grove Suite (1995) 7 min.
Concert band.
Premiere: June, 1995, Walnut Grove High School, Walnut Grove, B.C.
Published: Markham, Ont.: Eighth Note Publications, 2004.

Chamber

Blackwell Suite (2000) 10 min.
Flute ensemble.
Commissioned by the Capilano Flute Choir, North Vancouver.
Premiere: Museum of Flight, Seattle, June 2001, Capilano Flute Choir, Brenda Fedoruk, director.
*Creatures of Earth and Sky (1991) 12 min.
Solo harp.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for S.M.C.Q., Montreal, for Nathalie Teevin-Lebens.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Cycles (1988) 12 min.
Flute, clarinet, 2 percussion, piano, harp, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Vancouver New Music.
Premiere: March 13, 1988, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver New Music Society, Stephen Chatman, conductor.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Douce Bordure (1984) 12 min.
Bass clarinet, vibraphone, harp.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for S.M.C.Q., Montreal.
Premiere: November 15, 1984, Montreal, S.M.C.Q.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Dionysus (1984) 15 min.
Clarinet, percussion, piano, dancers.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Vancouver.
Premiere: October 28-29, Vancouver, Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Gene Ramsbottom, clarinet, Sal Ferreras, percussion, Melinda Coffey, piano.
Fanfare (1982) 3 min.
3 trumpets, 3 trombones.
Premiere: March, 1982, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, UBC Contemporary Players, Stephen Chatman, conductor. Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Five Scenes for Flute(Piccolo) and Guitar (1978)13 min
Premiere: November, 1978, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Jane Martin, flute, Alan Rinehart, guitar.
Published: New York: Edward B. Marks, 1980.
*Fleeting Thoughts (1980) 7 min.
Solo guitar.
Commissioned by the Guitar Society of Toronto.
Premiere: June, 1981, Toronto, “Guitar ’81”, Philip Candelaria, guitar.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
From Pent-up Aching Rivers (2005) 10 min
Violin and Cello
Commissioned by Gwen Thompson, C.M.
Premiere: December 22, 2005, Carnegie Hall, New York, Gwen Thompson, violin,
Fred Sherry, cello.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2007.
*Gossamer Leaves (1981) 7 min.
Clarinet and piano.
Commissioned by Phillip Rehfeldt and Barney Childs, Santa Barbara, California.
Canadian Premiere: October, 1981, UBC, Vancouver, Ronald DeKant, clarinet, Jane Coop, piano.
Published: Medfield, Mass: Dorn, 2002.
*Hesitation (1975) 7 min.
Violin and celesta (or piano).
Premiere: November, 1975, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Contemporary Directions Ensemble. Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1978.
In Memoriam Harry Adaskin (1995) 6 min.
Violin and piano.
Premiere: November, 1995, Vancouver, Andrew Dawes, violin, Robert Silverman, piano.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Lawren S. Harris Suite (2003) 12 min.
2 violins, viola, cello, and piano Commissioned by the CBC for the 2003 Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. Premiere: August 4, 2003, St. John’s Church, Ottawa.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Music for Timpani with Alto Flute, Trombone and Piano (1971) 10 min.
Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1978.
Premiere: April, 1971, Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio, Oberlin New Directions Ensemble.
*Music for Cello and Piano (1994) 12 min.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Eric Wilson.
Premiere: November, 1994, Collage Music Festival, Vancouver, Eric Wilson, cello, Patricia Hoy, piano.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Music for Two Alto Saxophones (1989) 8 min.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for David Branter and Julia Nolan.
Premiere: University of British Columbia, David Branter, Julia Nolan, alto saxophones.
Published: Medfield, Mass.: Dorn, 1991.
Night Awakening (1989) 6 min.
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Canadian Chamber Ensemble.
Premiere: May 5, 1989, Aird Centre for the Arts, Waterloo, Ontario, 5th Stream Festival, Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian, conductor.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Nocturne (1980) 8 min.
Flute, violin, viola, violoncello.
Commissioned by the Galliard Ensemble, Toronto.
Premiere: October, 1980, Toronto, Galliard Ensemble.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Northern Drones (1976) 6 min.
Viola and off-stage percussion.
Premiere: October, 1981, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Hans-Karl Piltz, viola.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
*On the Contrary (1974) 13 min.
Clarinet solo, flute, bassoon, vibraphone, 2 percussion,celesta, violoncello.
Premiere: April 1974, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Contemporary Directions Ensemble, David Robbins, conductor.
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pa.: T. Presser (E.B. Marks).
*O Lo Velo! (1973) 9 min.
Alto saxophone and percussion.
Commissioned by Terry Hulick.
Premiere: April, 1973, University of Michigan New Directions Ensemble.
Published: Bloomington, Indiana: Etoile Quality Music, 1974.
Outer Voices (1978) 13 min.
Flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 percussion, celesta, guitar, harp, tape.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Vancouver New Music Society.
Premiere: November, 1978, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver New Music Society.
Per Aspera ad Astra (2002) 9 minutes
2 violins, viola, violoncello.
Commissioned by the CBC for the Accordes Quartet and Eric Shaw, tenor.
Premiere: September 11, 2002,Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2005
*Quiet Exchange (1976) 6 min.
Alto saxophone or clarinet, percussion.
Commissioned by Rev. Robert Onofrey, clarinet
Premiere: January, 1976, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Rev. Robert Onofrey, clarinet, William Moersh, percussion.
Published: Medfield, Mass.: Dorn, 1976
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (1988) 11 min.
Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Purcell String Quartet and Gene Ramsbottom, Vancouver.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Rustic Scenes (2005) 6 min
Violin and Piano
Commissioned by Langley B.C.Community Music School
Premiere: November 27, 2005, Various student performers, Langley Community Music School.
Screams and Whimpers (1980) 10 min.
Saxophone quartet (SATB)
Commissioned by University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Premiere: April, 1981, University of Wisconsin-River Falls New Music Ensemble, Conrad DeJong, director.
Published: Medfield, Mass.: Dorn, 1985.
*Slink (1977) 4 min.
Flute solo.
Premiere: March, 1977, UBC, Vancouver, Jane Martin, flute.
Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1978
To the Garden the World (2006) 11 min
Alto saxophone and piano.
Comissioned by Julia Nolan and Sandra Joy.
Premiere: July 7, 2006, 14th World Saxophone, Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2007.
*Trio (2001) 12 min.
Clarinet, violin, and piano.
Commissioned by Michigan State University for the Verdehr Trio.
Premiere: February 4, 2002, LSU School of Music, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Twenty Moods of Emily (1985) 12 min.
Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Music Inter Alia, Winnipeg.
Premiere: Winnipeg, January 28, 1986, Music Inter Alia.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Variations on ‘Home On the Range’ (1980) 12 min.
2 violins, viola, violoncello.
Commissioned by the Pro Arte String Quartet, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Premiere: October, 1980, UBC, Vancouver, Pro Arte String Quartet.
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pa.: T. Presser (E.B. Marks), 1981.
Varley Suite (2005) 12 min
Violin solo or viola solo (published separately)
Commissioned by the British Columbia Arts Council
Premiere:Febuary 5, 2005, UBC Chan Centre, Andrew Dawes, violin
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2007.
Whisper, Rachel (1976) 8 min.
Alto saxophone and harpsichord.
Commissioned by Donald Sinta, University of Michigan
Published: Medfield, Mass.: Dorn, 1986.
*Wild Cat (1971 entitled Hues; rev. 1974, Black Cat) 5 min.
Flute solo.
Premiere: (first version): April, 1971, Oberlin Conservatory, William Mathews, flute.
Published: Paris: Editions Jobert, 1975.

Keyboard

*Amusements, Book 1 (1976) 6 min.
Piano solo. 14 elementary level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1989.
*Amusements, Book 2 (1976) 7 min.
Piano solo. 14 late elementary level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1989.
*Amusements, Book 3 (1978) 8 min.
Piano solo. 7 intermediate level pieces
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1989.
Away! (2002-2003)
Piano solo. 13 elementary level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 2004.
Bells Over Deep Cove (1993) 3 min.
Digital/General MIDI keyboard solo.
Commissioned by F. Harris Music for the 1994 National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, Chicago.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1995.
Bittersweet Rag (1979) 4 min.
Premiere: 1979,UBC Recital Hall, Dale Reubart, piano.
Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1979.
Black and White Fantasy (1981) 10 min.
Piano solo.
Commissioned by the CBC for Jane Coop.
Premiere: January, 1982, Women’s Musical Club, Winnipeg, Jane Coop, piano.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Blues & Bells (1996)
Piano duets. 7 intermediate level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1998.
British Columbia Suite (2002-06)
Piano solo. 8 intermediate level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario, Frederick Harris, 2007
Escapades, Book 1 (1995)
Digital or acoustic piano solos with MIDI orchestrations.
12 late elementary pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1997.
Escapades, Book 2 (1995)
Digital or acoustic piano solos with MIDI orchestrations.
12 early intermediate pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1997.
*Fantasies (1993) 20 min.
Piano solos. 11 late intermediate level pieces.
Commissioned by the SOCAN Foundation.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 1995.
Four Preludes (1972) 8 min.
Prepared piano solo.
Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1979.
Premiere: December, 1972, University of Michigan, Stephen Chatman, piano.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
O Canada!
For voice and piano
Calixa Lavallee
Arranged by Stephen Chatman
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 2007
*Preludes for Piano, Book 1 (1999-2001) 7 min.
Piano solo. 7 elementary level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 2002.
*Preludes for Piano, Book 2 (1999-2001) 8 min.
Piano solo. 7 late elementary pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 2002.
*Preludes for Piano, Book 3 (1999-2001) 11 min.
Piano solo. 8 intermediate level pieces.
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 2002.
Sports (2002-2003) 7 min.
Piano solo. 11 elementary level pieces
Published: Mississauga, Ontario: Frederick Harris, 2004.

Vocal

Dandy Man (1974) 7 min.
(Text by Jurgen Dankleff)
Soprano or contralto and male flautist.
Premiere: February, 1977, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Joanne Dorenfeld, voice, Paul Douglas, flute.
Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1979.
Five Songs for Soprano and Piano (1993-95) 12 min.
(Text by Miriam Waddington)
Soprano and piano.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Lauren Wagner.
Premiere: Sacramento, California, Lauren Wagner, soprano, Fred Weldy, piano.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2000.
Seven Songs for Soprano and Piano (1971) 9 min.
(Text: Ancient Japanese poems)
Original title: Left On the Beach.
Premiere: February, 1971, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio, Alma Jean Smith, soprano, Stephen Chatman, piano. Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1979.
Seven Songs for Bass Baritone and Piano (1971) 8 min.
(Text: Ancient Japanese poems)
Original title: Between the Slats.
Bass baritone and piano.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Shadow River (1981) 7 min.
(Text by E. Pauline Johnson)
Soprano, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, horn, bassoon.
Commissioned by Community Arts Council of Vancouver for Camerata d’Amici Woodwind Quintet, Vancouver.
Premiere: November 18, 1981, UBC, Vancouver, Camerata d’Amici, Phyllis Mailing, soprano, Kathleen Rudolph, alto flute, Tony Nichels, English horn, Gene Ramsbottom, bass clarinet, John Gaudette, bassoon, Brian G’Froerer, horn.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
Three Songs (1969) 6 min.
(Text by Chan Chiu-ling, Li Tuan)
Tenor and piano.
Premiere: May 21, 1969, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio, Vincenzo Manno, tenor, Stephen Chatman, piano.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
You Are Happy (1988) 9 min.
(Text by Margaret Atwood)
Contralto and piano.
Commissioned for Maureen Forrester by Music In the Morning, June Goldsmith, director, Vancouver.
Premiere: March 15, 1989, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Music In the Morning, Maureen Forrester, contralto, Derek Bampton, piano.

Choral

A Cradle Song (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: William Blake)
SATB Chorus
Premiere: December 2, 2006, performed and commissioned by the Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
A Magical Machine (2005) 3 min
SATB Chorus
Commissioned by Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown,
Pennsylvania, Joseph Ohrt, director.
Premiere: June 2006, Toronto
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
And There Will Be Signs (1977) 4 min.
(Text: Luke 21: 25-28)
Original title: Hymn
SATB chorus and organ.
Premiere: June, 1977, First United Church of Christ Choir, Madison, Wisconsin.
Published: New York: Agape Music, 1977.
*An Elizabethan Spring (1983) 5 min.
(Texts: Thomas Nashe, Thomas Campion, Anon. 16th cent.)
SATB chorus.
1. Spring, the Sweet Spring
2. There is a Garden in Her Face
3. The Urchins’ Dance
Premiere: November, 1983, University of British Columbia Singers, James Fankhauser, director.
Published: Waterloo, Ontario: Waterloo Music, 1985.
*An Elizabethan Summer (1988) 5 min.
SATB chorus.
1. Cuckoo
2. Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes
3. Come Away, Sweet Love
Commissioned by Music In the Morning, Vancouver.
Premiere: May 12, 1990, Calgary, ACCC Podium ’90, Vancouver Phoenix Chamber Choir, Cortland Hultberg, conductor.
Published: Waterloo, Ontario: Waterloo Music, 1990.
Autumn Violets (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: Christina Rossetti)
SATB Chorus
Premiere: May 5, 2007, performed and commissioned by Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
Be Thou My Vision (2000) 4 min.
(Ancient Irish Hymn, Versified by Eleanor Hull)
SATB chorus and organ.
Premiere: November, 2000, Coventry England, Coventry Cathedral Choir, Rupert Jeffcoat, conductor.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2002.
Bitter for Sweet (2006) 2 minutes
(Text: Christina Rossetti)
SSA or SATB Chorus and Piano
Premiere: March 24, 2007, performed and commissioned by Mississauga Children’s Choir, MTNA Conference, Toronto.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (1992) 5 min.
(Text: William Shakespeare)
Commissioned by the Choral Music Association of Calgary.
Premiere: 1992, Calgary Mount Royal Youth Choir, David Ferguson, director.
Published: first published, London, Ont.: Jaymar, 1995; copyright transferred to Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, reissued 2004.
Carols of the Nativity (2002) 20 min.
(Traditional and original carols)
SATB chorus, optional piano or organ.
Alternate versions with brass quintet or orchestra accompaniment.
1. As I Lay Upon a Night
2. Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
3. The Huron Carol
4. A Christmas Lullaby (also SSA version)
5. The First Nowell
6. Wassail
7. Angels We Have Heard On High
Commissioned by the Canada Council and the B.C. Arts Council for Phoenix Chamber Choir, Ramona Luengen, director.
Premiere: December 21, 2002, Vancouver, Phoenix Chamber Choir.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2005.
Christmas Joy (2005) 14 min
SATB Chorus, audience / congregation, brass quintet, organ and optional precussion.
Commissioned by Maurice Casey and Worthington, Ohio United Methodist Church.
Premiere: December 18, 2005, Worthington, Ohio, Maurice, Casey, conductor.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Come Unto Me (2000) 6 min.
(Text: Scriptural)
SATB chorus and organ.
Commissioned by Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Ontario, Paul Grimwood, director.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2001.
*Dryads’ Bells (1997) 3 min.
(Text: Stephen Chatman)
SATB chorus.
Premiere: July, 1997, International Choral Festival Kathaumixw, Powell River, B.C., Powell River Academy Singers, Don James, director.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1999.
Due East (2006) 7 minutes
(Text: Tara Wohlberg)
SATB Chorus
1. Nor’easter
2. Minke Whale
3. Farewell Nancy
4. Fishing
Premiere: July 2, 2007, performed and commissioned by the Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, St. John’s, Festival 500.
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Due North (1986) 8 min.
(Text: Stephen Chatman)
SATB chorus.
1. Mountains
2. Trees
3. Woodpecker
4. Varied Thrushes
5. Mosquitoes
Commissioned by the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors for the National Youth Choir.
Premiere: Vancouver, May 3, 1986, Chorfest Canada, National Youth Choir, Jon Washburn, director.
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1991.
*Due West (1997) 9 min.
(Text: Tara Wohlberg)
SATB chorus.
1. Train
2. Prairie Lullaby
3. Wasps
4. Sunset
5. Chickadee
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor.
Premiere: November 12, 1997, Vancouver, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, director.
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1998.
Elizabethan Songs (2004) 5 min.
(Text: Robert Herrick, Thomas Nashe, Anon. c.1600)
SSA chorus, drum, and piano.
1. Cherry-ripe
2. A-maying, a-playing
3. The Three Ravens
Commissioned by Mississauga Children’s Choir, Thomas Bell, director.
Premiere, May 29, 2004, Mississauga, Ontario.
Published:(each separately): New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 2007.
Elves’ Bells (2006) 3 minutes
SATB Chorus
Premiere: April 15, 2007, performed and commissioned by Maryland State Boychoir, Baltimore.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Five British Columbia Folk Songs (1983) 10 min.
SATB, SAB, SSA, or TTBB chorus.
1. The Potlatch Fair (SATB or TTBB)
2. Mary, Come Home (SATB or SSA)
3. The Grand Hotel (SATB or TTBB)
4. Skidegate Love Song (SAB)
5. John Kanaka (SATB)
Commissioned by CBC Radio for the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, director.
Premiere: February, 1984, Ryerson United Church, Vancouver, Vancouver Chamber Choir.
Published (each separately): #1,3 Oxford University Press, 2008.
Published (each separately): #2,4,5: Alfred Publishing.
*Five Canadian Folk Songs (1995) 11 min.
SATB chorus.
1. A la volette 2:30 min.
2. O Prairie Land 2 min.
3. An Old Man He Courted Me 3 min.
4. She’s Like the Swallow (SATB and SA) 2 min.
5. Lukey’s Boat 1:30 min.
Commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir.
Premiere: Vancouver, 1995, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, director.
Published (each separately): First published, London, Ontario: Jaymar, 1996; copyright transferred to Boston: Highgate Press, ECS publishing, reissued 2004.
*Gloria (1997) 3 min.
(Text: Mass)
Double SATB chorus.
Commissioned by the Jubilate Chamber Choir, Jocelyn Pritchard, director.
Premiere: Shawnessy United Church, Vancouver.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1999.
Greater Love (1996) 3:30 min.
(Text: Wilfred Owen)
SATB or TTBB chorus and oboe (or soprano saxophone).
Commissioned by the B.C. Arts Council for Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.
Premiere: November 11, 1996, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, Chor Leoni,
Diane Loomer, director.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
How Sweet and Fair (2001) 5 min.
SATB chorus and clarinet.
(Texts: Edmund Waller and Robert Herrick)
1. Go, Lovely Rose
2. To Daffodils
Commissioned by the Mount Royal Youth Choir, David Ferguson, director, Calgary.
Premiere: June 10, 2001, Calgary.
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2004.
*In Flanders Fields (1998) 2 min.
(Text: John McCrae)
SATB or TTBB chorus.
Commissioned by the B.C. Arts Council for Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.
Premiere: November 11, 1998, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, Chor Leoni,
Diane Loomer, director.
Published (each separately):First published London, Ontario: Jaymar, 1998, copyright transferred to Corvallis, Oregon, earthsongs, TTBB version reissued 2004
*In the Glow of the Moon (1992) 4 min.
(Text: Tara Wohlberg)
SSA chorus and piano.
Commissioned by the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus, John Tuttle, director.
Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
…into a mist with bells (2000) 3 min.
(Text: Stephen Chatman)
SAB or SSA chorus.
Commissioned by the Canadian Music Centre for the Vancouver Bach Youth Choir, Bruce Pullan, director.
Published: New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 2001.
I will lift up mine eyes ( 2005) 4 min
SSATB Chorus, organ, optional trumpet, and optional congregation.
Commissioned by Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Paul Grimwood, director.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2007.
*Jumalisten joucko (2002) 3 min.
(Anon. Finnish Christmas text and chant)
SATB chorus.
Commissioned by the Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams, director, Toronto.
Premiere: December 18, 2002, Toronto, Elmer Iseler Singers.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2006.
Little Child In a Manger (1989)
(Text: based on fragments by Margaret Flemming)
SATB chorus (Chatman: “Roses I Send to You” tune).
Commissioned by the CBC for the Vancouver Chamber Choir.
*Lo in a Manger (1987) 3 min.
(Text: Stephen Chatman and Gregory Butler)
SATB or SA chorus and keyboard or harp.
Published (each version separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1989.
Also unpublished SATB chorus/orchestra version (1987) commissioned by the CBC.
Premiere: December, 1987, Orpheum, Vancouver Cantata Singers and VSO, Peter McCoppin, conductor.
*Lux Aeterna (1999) 6 min.
SSATB chorus.
Commissioned by Kantorei, David Ferguson, director, Calgary.
Published: First published by London, Ontario: Jaymar, 2002; copyright transferred to Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, reissued 2004.
Love came down at Christmas (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: Christina Rossetti)
SATB Chorus
Premiere: December 16, 2006, performed and commissioned by the Maryland State Boychoir, Baltimore, Maryland.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Love and Shapes High Fantastical (1986) 12 min.
(Text: William Shakespeare)
SATB chorus, English horn, piano, harp, narrator.
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Vancouver Cantata Singers, James Fankhauser, director.
Premiere: November 29, 1986, Vancouver.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Make a Wish for Me on Christmas (2000) 3 min.
(Text: Stephen Chatman and Tara Wohlberg)
SATB, SAB, SA, or TTBB chorus and piano; orchestra accompaniment also available.
Premiere: December, 2000, Barnt Green, West Midlands, England, Barnt Green Choral Society (originally entitled Good-bye Old Timer, commissioned by “Timbre”, Port Alberni, B.C.).
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2001.
Missa Brevis (2007) 7 min.
(Latin Text: Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
SSA or SATB and piano.
Commissioned by Surrey Children's Choir, Stephen Horning, director.
Premiere: May, 24, 2008, Surrey, B.C.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, in press, pre-publication available.
Moonset (1979)
(Text: E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahion-wake))
SATB chorus, 5 percussion, cello.
Premiere: March 1980, Vancouver, UBC Singers, James Schell, director, (Stephen Chatman, conductor of premiere).
Rental: Bryn Mawr, Pa.: T. Presser (E.B. Marks), 1980.
On the Beach at Night Alone (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: Walt Whitman)
SATB Chorus and Piano
Premiere: May 5, 2007, performed and commissioned by Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Reconciliation (1997) 4 min.
(Text: Walt Whitman)
TTBB chorus and flugelhorn.
Commissioned by Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.
Premiere: November 11, 1997, Vancouver, Chor Leoni, Diane Loomer, director.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 1999.
Remember
(see Two Rossetti Songs)
*Rose-cheek’d Laura, Come (1998) 3 min.
(Text: Thomas Campion)
SATB chorus.
Commissioned by UBC Singers, James Fankhauser, director.
Published: First published, London, Ontario: Jaymar, 1998; copyright transferred to Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, reissued 2004.
Seattle Red (2000) 3 min.
(Text: Robert E. Swanson)
SATB or SAB chorus.
Commissioned by Timbre!, Patricia Miller, conductor, Port Alberni, B.C.
Premiere: April, 2000, Port Alberni, B.C., Timbre! (set originally entitled Good-bye Old Timer and Alberni Red).
Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Shepherds, Rejoice! (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: Isaac Watts)
SSATB Chorus, optional Drum and optional Organ
Premiere: December 2, 2006, performed and commissioned by the Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Songs of a Prospector (1989) 8 min.
(Text: George Winkler)
SAB or SATB and piano.
1. Pals
2. Memories
3. The Scout
4. Roses I Send to You
5. The Calliope
Commissioned by Nova Scotia Music Educators’ Association.
Premiere: May 4, 1989, Halifax, National Music Educators’ Association, Halifax Select High School Choir.
Published (each separately): New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1990.
Stars, Blue, Ice (2003) 4 min.
(Text: Nakul Patel, Cheyenne Franco, Liam Stanley)
SA and piano.
Commissioned by Oriana Singers, William Brown, conductor, Toronto.
Premiere: May 8, 2004, Toronto, Oriana Singers.
Published: Boston Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2007.
Sterling Bells (alternate title – Woodland Bells) (2006) 3 minutes
SATB Chorus and Piano (optional)
(see Woodland Bells)
Published: Boston Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
Squirrel (1980) 7 min.
(Text: Marion White Chatman)
SSATBB chorus with 2 round stones, kazoo, bird call, 3 pitchpipes and police whistle (ad lib.).
Premiere: November, 1980, Vancouver, UBC Chamber Choir, Cortland Hultberg, director.
Available from Canadian Music Centre.
The Grand Hotel, SATB, TTBB (see Five British Columbia Folk Songs)
The Potlatch Fair, SATB, TTBB (see Five British Columbia Folk Songs)
The Falcon Carol (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: Traditional English, c. 1400)
SSA Chorus, optional Drum, and optional Organ
Premiere: December 2006, performed and commissioned by Mississauga Children’s Choir, Mississauga, Ontario.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*There is Sweet Music Here (1984) 10 min.
(Texts: Alfred Tennyson, William Blake, and P.B. Shelley)
SATB chorus and oboe.
1. There is Sweet Music Here
2. Song of the Laughing Green Woods
3. Music When Soft Voices Die
4. Piping Down the Valleys Wild
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Vancouver Cantata Singers.
Premiere: November 23 and 24, 1984, Vancouver, Cantata Singers, James Fankhauser, director, Tony Nichols, oboe.
Published (each separately): First published, London, Ontario: Jaymar, 1993; copyright transferred to Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, reissued 2004.
The Star-Song (2005) 3 min
SATB Chorus and tenor drum
Commissioned by Vancouver Bach Choir for its 75th Anniversary.
Premiere: December 11, 2005, Orpheum, Vancouver Bach Choir, Bruce Pullan, conductor.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
The Voice of the Rain (2006) 4 minutes
(Text: Walt Whitman)
SATB Chorus
Premiere: May 5, 2007, performed and commissioned by Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*Thou Whose Harmony Is the Music of the Spheres (1994) 4 min.
(Text: Robert French Leavens)
SATB chorus and oboe.
Commissioned by the First Unitarian Society of Madison, Wisconsin.
Premiere: Spring, 1994, First Unitarian Society of Madison, Ellsworth Snyder, director.
Published: First published London, Ont.: Jaymar, 1996, copyright transferred to Corvallis, Oregon, earthsongs, reissued 2004
Time Pieces (1999) 10 min.
(Texts: Auctoritates Aristotelis, Ben Jonson, Henry Vaughan, Stephen Chatman)
SATB chorus.
1. Tempus
2. Come, My Celia
3. I Saw Eternity (with violin)
4. Clocks
Commissioned by CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble, Michael Gormley, director, Victoria, B.C.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2003.
*Two Rossetti Songs (1999) 7 min.
(Text: Christina and Gabriel Rossetti)
SATB chorus.
1. Song and Music
2. Remember (also TTBB and SSA versions)
Commissioned by the Canada Council for Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor.
Premiere: October, 1999, UBC Recital Hall, Vancouver, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor.
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2002.
Unseen Buds (2006) 4 minutes
(Text: Walt Whitman)
SAT Soli, SATB(div.) Chorus
Premiere: May 5, 2007, performed and commissioned by Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
Voices in the Mist (2006) 3 minutes
(Text: Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Premiere: December 2, 2006, performed and commissioned by Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
Voices of Earth (2004) 8 min.
(Text: Archibald Lampman)
SAB or SATB and piano.
1. The Bird and the Hour
2. Snow (also SSA version)
3. Voices of Earth
Commissioned by Upper Canada Choristers, Laurie Fraser, conductor, for its 10th Anniversary.
Premiere: May 14, 2004, Toronto, Upper Canada Choristers.
Published (each separately): Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2007.
Whisper, Baby (1975) 5 min.
(Text: phonic sounds).
SAB or SATB chorus and piano.
Premiere: UBC, Vancouver, University of British Columbia Chamber Singers, Cortland Hultberg, director, March, 1977.
Published: Toronto: Berandol, 1979.
Woodland Bells (alternate title - Sterling Bells) (2006) 3 minutes
SATB Chorus and Piano (optional)
Premiere: May 5, 2007, performed and commissioned by Acadia Choral Society, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Published: Boston: Highgate Press, ECS Publishing, 2008.
*You Have Ravished My Heart (1982) 5 min.
(Text from the Song of Solomon).
SATB chorus.
Premiere: October, 1982, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor.
Published: New York: Edward B. Marks (copyright), 1982, available from Hal Leonard Publishing Co.

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