Tenor

Five strophic songs based on English lute-songs of the Elizabethan period. Titles are: 1, Tyme, cruell tyme, 2. In Darkness let me dwell, 3. Fine Knacks for Ladies, 4. Weep you no more, sad fountains, 5. Now peep, boe peep. Musical style is atonal.

THE SINGING LESSON – Chamber Opera in Three Acts Based on the short stories of Katherine Mansfield (PD) for 2 Lyric Sopranos, 2 Dramatic Mezzo-Sopranos, 1  Contralto, 1 Tenor Buffo, 1 Basso Buffo, and small chamber orchestra: Cl in Bb, Bsn, Tpt in C, Bs Tbn, vln, cb, and Perc (1-2): wind chimes, triangle, sleigh bells, cowbell, tam-tam, vibraslap, wood block, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, tubular bells, snare drum, bass drum, and celesta.

ACT ONE / THE GARDEN PARTY: Synopsis: Laura is helping her mother, Mrs. Sheridan, in the preparations for a garden party, when it is discovered that a death has transpired at a nearby working-class neighborhood.  Laura is in favor of canceling the party, but other members of her family are not.  After the party is over, Laura is instructed by her mother to visit the bereaved family, which results in an enormous personal change – or does it?

1. The God of Love (from Much Ado about Nothing)
2. Elizabeth's Song (When I was fair and young) from Oxford book of 16th-Century Verse
3. Cuckoo Song (Spring-When daisies) from Love's Labour's Lost

A consortium of orchestras, including The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, the Salt Lake Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the Mansfield Symphony and the University of Utah Philharmonia have commissioned the Schumann Trilogy to celebrate the bicentennial of Robert Schumann’s birth in 2010.  The trilogy was premiered at the REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, Peter Askim, Music Director on May 8th, 2010.  It is comprised of three pieces -- Figments and Fragments, Cool Night and Genealogie -- which can be performed together or separately.

Singspiel in one act and thirteen scenes.  For singer/actors.
Ranges are as follows: 5 Sopranos, 4 Mezzo sopranos, 1 Alto, 4 Tenors, 3 Baritones, 2 Bass.
Ranges are approximate and can be changed if necessary. Actors/Singers may duplicate roles within a production. Plot Summary:  Diane Forest is an artistically successful author who makes a deal with Mephistopheles to become financially successful.