O Joy! (2008)

With excerpts from Psalm 77.

Commissioned by VocalEssence and director Philip Brunelle for the choir's 40th anniversary celebration, September 14, 2008, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Garrison Keillor, emcee.

Re-translation of excerpts from Psalm 77 from original Hebrew & Latin versions by Kitty Brazelton

Love, I Know Beyond A Doubt (1997, 2007)

Motet including text and melodies from traditional & Occitans chants and a monophonic chanson roial from the Rémède de Fortune by Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1365), in memory of Professor Peter Gram Swing (1923-1996).

Revised for Essentially Choral 2007, choral composition contest funded by Jerome Foundation and administered by American Composers Forum. Winner of reading by VocalEssence, director Philip Brunelle, Minneapolis, May 2007.

Translation & interpretation of Machaut & plainchant texts from Medieval French, Latin and Occitans by Kitty Brazelton.

Ave maris stella (2005, 2006)

Monophonic & polyphonic settings of Marian plainchant hymn Ave maris stella for a cappella women's choir. Includes staging suggestions. Performances by Bennington College Women's Choir, director Mary Montgomery, spring 2005 & winter 2006.

Translation & interpretation of Ave maris stella hymn verses from Medieval Latin by Kitty Brazelton.

Motet (2002)

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 15

Part of ecclesiastes: a modern oratorio, Innova Recordings. Originally commissioned & premiered by Gina Gibney Dance for time remaining (2002). Premiered by the Time Remaining Band in concert version, June 2004, Nuyorican Poeets Café, New York City.

Re-translation & interpretation of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 15 from original Hebrew & Latin versions by Kitty Brazelton.

Xmas Carol & Fuguetta (1998)

Originally a Musica Orbis song. Revised in 1998 for SATB choir. Fuguetta is added. Old piano accompaniment absorbed into choral parts. Enjoyed the simple syncopation of the old song. Have tried to bring it out in the singing and the simple percussion. Should be fun to sing I'd think.

Passed Away Is The Piano Girl (1998)

Collage of songs about love and transience by women composers: Kitty Brazelton, Hildegard von Bingen, Mme. Bayon-Louis, and Luise Reichardt with improvised addenda of the performers' choosing.

Written for and performed at College Music Society Conference on Teaching Women & Gender In Music, Austin, Texas, February 1998.

Shoal (1973, 1995)

Polyphonic song with surreal imagistic text which opens into untexted improvised baritone solo against semi-improvised choral background.

Premiered in original version for soprano, tenor, melodica, pipe organ, cello, tenor saxophone, and guitar by Musica Orbis in April 1973. Revised for voices in 1995.

Poetry by Kitty Brazelton.