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BABIES CAN'T EAT KIMCHEE! (2007) 10'
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Protone Music; ASCAP
Text: Nancy Patz, Susan L. Roth
Children's Chorus-pno
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CORN IN THE ROCK (2006) 10'
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Theodore Presser; ASCAP
Text: Bob Sander
Soloist: narrator
2hn.2tpt.btbn-perc
Comm. and prem: 7/6/06; Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis A story for children based on a Mayan folktale that tells how Coyote steals corn from all the other animals and how they work together as a team to get it back.
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EVERYONE IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING (1986) 40'
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Samuel French, Inc. Represented by Tonda Marton Agency
Libretto: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Soloists: mezzo-sop.ten.bar-narrator-dancer
3 chorus:1sop.1alto.1bass
Prem: 3/3/86; Stage One, Louisville, KY
"A tuneful pastiche of ragtime, blues and gospel traditions with a dash of modern dissonance." -The Courier-Journal
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GUIDO D'AREZZO (2006) 15'
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Protone Music; ASCAP
Text: Susan L. Roth
Soloists: soprano, tenor, baritone, and children's chorus
Comm. and Prem. 12/16/06; Convitto Nazionale Vittoria Emanuele, Arezzo, Italy
Using the text from Susan Roth's children's book, this oratorio tells the story of Guido d'Arezzo who discovered a better way than the tradition of learning music by rote. He invented a system of music notation, which, though modified, is still in use today. The music is based on the original Gregorian chant which was the first piece of music Guido notated.
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HOW BR'ER RACCOON OUTSMARTED THE FROGS (2006) 15'
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Theodore Presser; ASCAP
Text: Celeste Bloomfield
Soloist: narrator
woodwind quintet: fl.ob.cl.bn.hn
Comm. and prem: 6/1/06; Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
How Brer Raccoon Outsmarted the Frogs was commissioned by The The text comes from the Brer Rabbit stories collected by Joel Chandler Harris as part of his Uncle Remus' African American folk tales.
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LISTEN TO THE WIND (2009) 7'
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Protone Music; ASCAP
Text: Susan L. Roth
Children's chorus-pno-perc
Based on Susan L Roth's book "Listen to the Wind" the music draws from Pakastani folksong.
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LONG HAIRED GIRL (2006) 10'
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Theodore Presser; ASCAP
Text: Susan Grizzell
Soloist: narrator
2vn.vla.vc.db-hp
Comm. and prem: 7/6/6; Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
A story for children based on a Chinese folktale about a young girl who saves the villagers from dying of thirst. She selflessly offers to sacrifice herself to the god of the mountain so that her village will be provided with water. At the last moment she is magically rescued by an old man in green.
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NOTHING BUT MIRACLES (2004) 5'
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Protone Music; ASCAP
Boy's choir
Text: Walt Whitman
Comm. and prem: 5/6/04; The Gilman School, Baltimore, MD
Based on a book by Susan L. Roth, using Whitman's ecstatic poem about how miracles fill our days.
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THE FROG PRINCE (1984) 15''
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G. Schirmer; ASCAP
chamber orchestra version
Soloist: narrator
1.1.1.1-3.1.1.0-perc(1)-str
Comm. and prem: 3/5/90; The Williamsburg Symphonia
A reduced orchestration and abbreviated version of the original Frog Prince, this is suitable for performances with Peter and the Wolf.
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THE FROG PRINCE (1984) 24''
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G. Schirmer; ASCAP
narrator and orchestra
Text: Victoria Bond, Bob McGrath and Anne Sperry McGrath
Soloist: narrator
2(1).2.2(Bcl). 2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3)-str
Prem: April 1984 The Empire State Youth Orchestra; narrated by Bob McGrath, Albany, NY
Rec: Family Classic Audio Books
"A sophisticated score, effective in building tension and sharp-eared listeners will detect the interplay between themes." -Knickerbocker News
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THE FROG PRINCE (1984)15''
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G. Schirmer; ASCAP
Soloist: narrator
Woodwind Quintet
A woodwind quintet version of the original Frog Prince.
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WHAT'S THE POINT OF COUNTERPOINT? (1985) 22'52"
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Subito Music Publishing; ASCAP
Chamber version
Text: Victoria Bond
Soloist: narrator
vn-pno-2perc
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WHAT'S THE POINT OF COUNTERPOINT? (1985) 24'10"
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Subito Music, Corp; ASCAP
Soloist: narrator
Text:Victoria Bond
2(pic).2(eh).2(bcl).2-4.3.3.1-3perc.timp-hp-str
Comm. and Prem: 4/20/85 The Empire State Youth Orchestra; The Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts, Albany, NY
A musical fable for narrator and orchestra.
"Counterpoint is so complicated a subject, that to appreciate all of the mathematical permutations requires the acumen of a well-trained composer. It's nice to have some kind
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