I Never Saw Another Butterfly - accompanied by alto saxophone, clarinet or bassoon.

- 6 settings of poems by children who were killed in the Holocaust

The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs  - with piano.

- 6 settings of Sara Teasdale: poems of love and life

Dreaming - with piano.

- humorous encore song about getting a good review, lyrics by Lori Laitman. Available in several versions: solo, duo, and quartet.

The Love Poems of Marichiko - with cello accompaniment.

- six settings of Kenneth Rexroth: poems about a love affair, with the poems supposedly written by a Japanese woman poet named "Marichiko" (although it is thought that Rexroth was the poet)

Days and Nights - with piano.

- six songs, settings of Browning, Dickinson, Rossetti, Bourdillon. Songs about love and life, including some very playful Dickinson settings ("They Might Not Need Me," "Over the Fence," "Wild Nights").

Echo - with piano.

- setting of Christina Rossetti poem in which the narrator yearns for his/her dead lover.

Thumbelina Songs - with piano.

- part of a set with mezzo and baritone, songs imagined from the fairy tale "Thumbelina." The songs have more resemblance to songs from musicals than my typical art songs. Lyrics by Lori Laitman and Wendy-Marie Goodman.

Plums - with piano.

- a very short (2 minute total) song cycle which sets two poems by William Carlos Williams. Plums are involved.

Four Dickinson Songs - with piano.

- these four Dickinson songs offer a range of moods.

Between the Bliss and Me - with piano.

- three Dickinson settings, various topics - attaining goals, hope, the passage of time.

Sunflowers - with piano.

- three settings of Pulitzer prize winning poet Mary Oliver. The poems focus on the natural world.

Armgart - with piano.

- setting of poem by George Eliot, about the power of music.  Winner of the 2000 Boston Art Song competition.

Round and Round - with piano.

- six settings of Anne Spencer Lindbergh . The poems cover several topics including love, depression, and alienation.

The Years - with piano.

- five settings of Sara Teasdale poems which speak of love over the course of years. Composed as a 50th anniversary present for my in-laws.

Within These Spaces - with piano.

- five settings of three Nebraskan women poets, Marjorie Saiser, Janet Coleman and Judith Sornberger. Themes of mother-daughter relationships.

Little Elegy - with piano.

- setting of  Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize winning poet Elinor Wylie poem. Beautiful song of remembrance.

Two Dickinson Songs - with piano.

- two contrasting settings, one humorous, one contemplative.

Lines Written at The Falls - with piano.

- setting of Thomas Moore, about the falls in Cohoes, NY. Featured in the upcoming novel, "The Voice I Just Heard."

Captivity - with trumpet.

- settings of Toi Derricotte, about black/white identity.

Early Snow - with piano.

- settings of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver, about the beauty of nature.

One Bee and Revery - with piano.

- settings of Emily Dickinson with hope and nature as themes.

Fresh Patterns - for 2 sopranos and piano

- settings of Emily Dickinson and Annie Finch. One generation of poet influences another, and in the final song, both       poems are combined in a duet.

Becoming a Redwood - with piano

- settings of Dana Gioia. Songs deal with life, love, loss and healing.

Money - with piano; other versions available

- setting of Dana Gioia. The song takes a humorous look at money.

On A Photograph - with piano; other versions available

- setting of John Wood. The poem is a beautiful contemplation of an old photograph of two men.

Five Lovers - with piano

- settings of Jama Jandrokovic comparing the virtues of five different lovers.

Equations of the Light - with piano. solo version (duet version also available)

- Dana Gioia setting, poem about two people who love each other yet lead parallel lives.

My Garden - with piano

- setting of Adelaide Ayer Kelley. Sweet contemplation: life as a garden.

The Perfected Life - with piano.

- Emily Dickinson settings, various moods, celebrating a life well lived.

River of Horses - with piano.

- settings of Baudelaire, James Wright, James Dickey, and a  traditional Navajo poem. The cycle tells of  the wonder of      horses.
 
Orange Afternoon Lover - with piano. (also in mezzo version)

- settings of Margaret Atwood. Songs about the course of an affair.

Eloise at Yaddo - with piano.

-setting of David Yezzi. Humorous description of what Eloise's life might be like at the artist colony Yaddo.

The Blood Jet - with piano.

- settings of Sylvia Plath (the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize posthumously). The songs focus somewhat on her children, but also on jealousy and depression.

On The Green Trail - with piano.

- settings of Jeff Gundy. Poems by this Mennonite poet which deal with the love and awe of nature.

A Wild Sostenuto - with piano.

- Richard Wilbur setting, about the power of long lasting love. Commissioned by the West Chester University Poetry Conference, 2008.