| After the Moon-Walk (2002) (mp3) (rm) | 4:00 |
| soprano and piano | |
| A setting of a beautiful poem by Hilda Morley, from her collection The Turning. Originally written to be an encore, but the piece would work also well in the middle of a recital. Suitable for highschool-age and up. | |
| —Available on the CD A Mental Picnic | |
| Come Picnic on Mars (2002) (mp3) (rm) | 3:00 |
| baritone voice and piano | |
| A setting of a delightful poem by Diane Ackerman, from her collection Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, this highly cheerful song tells of a fanciful space journey. The vocal part is fairly easy to learn, the piano part fairly challenging. BTW, this poem contains the line "We will pack a mental picnic..." | |
| —Available on the CD A Mental Picnic | |
| Midsummer (1998) (mp3) (rm) | 10:00 |
| soprano and piano | |
| Text by Derek Walcott, poem XXVI from Midsummer. This is a lush, romantic setting with a very colorful and challenging piano part. | |
| —Available on the CD New Music from Chappell's Kitchen | |
| Storytime (2004) (mp3) | 16:00 |
| soprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello | Currently not for sale [negotiating copyright] |
| A cycle of seven songs on texts by various authors from "The World's Shortest Stories", which are no more than 55 words long! The music and the stories explore the full spectrum from light to dark, hilarious to terrifying. Commissioned by Tiffany Blake, currently Professor of Voice at the University of Missouri. | |
| —Available on the CD New Music from Chappell's Kitchen | |
| ZOO (1999) (mp3) (rm) | 23:00 |
| soprano, oboe, bassoon and harp | Score & parts, complete |
| A song cycle on fourteen humorous poems about animals, from Ogden Nash's collection Zoo. Fun for all ages! | Single movement |
| —Available on the CD The Doomsday Project | |