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Composition Number:
 92
Title:
 HaChaZaRaH (The Arousal of the Return)
Date:
 2007
Duration:
 4'
Medium:
 Organ, violin
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 July, 2008
Premiere Performer:
Commission by:
 American Guild of Organists
Text by:
Comments:
 for the 2008 National Convention
Composition Number:
 91
Title:
 Sing Me A Home
Date:
 2007
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SATB, Latin percussion
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 May, 2007
Premiere Performer:
 Minnesota Chorale, and various high school choirs from the metro area
Commission by:
 Minnesota Chorale, Minneapolis, MN
Text by:
 Heid Erdrich
Comments:
 for the Chorale's Bridges Program with Habitat for Humanity
Composition Number:
 90
Title:
 All Things Resounding
Date:
 2007
Duration:
 12'
Medium:
 SATB
Premiere Location:
 San Francisco, CA
Premiere Date:
 September, 2007
Premiere Performer:
 Chanticleer, San Francisco, CA
Commission by:
 Chanticleer, San Francisco, CA
Text by:
 Goethe
Comments:
 in memory of Maud Hill Schroll
Composition Number:
 89
Title:
 Slip Away
Date:
 2006
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SA, Orff Ensemble
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 June, 2006
Premiere Performer:
 Linwood A+ Elementary School Chorus and World Ensemble, St. Paul, MN
Commission by:
 Joanna Cortright
Text by:
 Max Thao
Comments:
 Text in English with occassional Hmong words
Composition Number:
 88
Title:
 Medicine Woman
Date:
 2006
Duration:
 10'
Medium:
 SATB, Native American flutes and percussion, piano bows, narrator
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 February, 2006
Premiere Performer:
 World Voices, Eden Prairie, MN, Cochise Anderson (flutes), Ellen Kort (nar.)
Commission by:
 World Voices, Eden Prairie, MN
Text by:
 Ellen Kort
Comments:
 piano bows are played by members of the choir
Composition Number:
 87
Title:
 We Are All Your Chosen People
Date:
 2005
Duration:
 7'
Medium:
 SATB and piano
Premiere Location:
 Northfield, MN
Premiere Date:
 June, 2005
Premiere Performer:
 First UCC Choir, Northfield, MN
Commission by:
 First UCC, Northfield, MN
Text by:
 Jody Johnson
Comments:
 Funded by the American Composers Forum through its Faith Partners Residency Program
Composition Number:
 86
Title:
 Petric's Web
Date:
 2005
Duration:
 7'
Medium:
 Accordion
Premiere Location:
Premiere Date:
Premiere Performer:
Commission by:
Text by:
Comments:
 for Joseph Petric, Toronto, CA

Composition Number:
 85
Title:
 Mar
Date:
 2004
Duration:
 10'
Medium:
 SATB
Premiere Location:
 Chorus America Conference, Chicago
Premiere Date:
 June, 2005
Premiere Performer:
 Bella Voce, Chicago, Ill.
Commission by:
 Bella Voce, Chicago, Ill.
Text by:
 Federico Garcia Lorca
Comments:
 Text in Spanish

Composition Number:
 84
Title:
 Cancioncilla del primer deseo
Date:
 2004
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SATB, Latin percussion
Premiere Location:
 Texas Music Educators Conference 
Premiere Date:
 February, 2005
Premiere Performer:
 Sterling Meistersingers, Baytown, TX
Commission by:
 Sterling High School, Baytown, TX
Text by:
 Federico Garcia Lorca
Comments:
 Text in Spanish

Composition Number:
 83
Title:
 Villancico
Date:
 2004
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SATB, Latin Percussion
Premiere Location:
 Minnetonka, MN
Premiere Date:
 December, 2004
Premiere Performer:
 Minnetonka, MN
Commission by:
 Minnetonka Christian Academy, MN
Text by:
 Sor Juana de la Cruz
Comments:
 ~

Composition Number:
 82
Title:
 Monapacataca
Date:
 2004
Duration:
 25'
Medium:
 String Quartet
Premiere Location:
 Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Premiere Date:
 July, 2004
Premiere Performer:
 ENSO String Quartet
Commission by:
 Green Lake Music Festival, Green Lake, WI
Text by:
Comments:
 funded by Jack and Linda Hoeschler, and George Miller

Composition Number:
 81
Title:
 Kindling Humanity's Heart
Date:
 2004
Duration:
 6'
Medium:
 SATB, organ
Premiere Location:
 Northfield, MN
Premiere Date:
 June, 2004
Premiere Performer:
 First UCC Church Choir, Northfield, MN
Commission by:
 First UCC Church, Northfield, MN
Text by:
 Hildegard of Bingen, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Lui I-Ming
Comments:
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Composition Number:
 80
Title:
 Birds of Oz
I. The Treecreepers II. The Honeyeaters III. Three Wagtails
Date:
 2003
Duration:
 10'
Medium:
 SATB
Premiere Location:
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Premiere Date:
 August, 2004
Premiere Performer:
 Melbourne Chamber Choir, Faye Dumont, artistic director
Commission by:
Text by:
 Janika Vandervelde
Comments:
 funded by the Minnesota State Arts Board and the McKnight Foundation

Composition Number:
 79
Title:
 Alleluia
Date:
 2003
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SATB
Premiere Location:
 Minnetonka, MN
Premiere Date:
 June, 2004
Premiere Performer:
 Minnetonka Christian Academy, Minnetonka, MN
Commission by:
 Minnetonka Christian Academy, Northfield, MN
Text by:
 Traditional
Comments:
 ~


Composition Number:
 78
Title:
 The Spacious Firmament
Date:
 2003
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SATB, vln, electronics
Premiere Location:
 Northfield, MN
Premiere Date:
 June, 2003
Premiere Performer:
 First UCC Church Choir, Northfield, MN
Commission by:
 First UCC Church, Northfield, MN
Text by:
 Joseph Addison
Comments:
 ~

Composition Number:
 77
Title:
 O Factura Dei
Date:
 2002
Duration:
 5'
Medium:
 SATB, amplified bass, dumbeck
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 December, 2002
Premiere Performer:
 University of St. Thomas Choirs
Commission by:
 University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 Hildegard von Bingen
Comments:
 Listen to Audio Clip

Composition Number:
 76
Title:
 The Gathering
Date:
 2002
Duration:
 7'
Medium:
 SATB or SSA, pno/hp, vln/hammered dulcimer
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 October, 2002
Premiere Performer:
 Wesley United Methodist Church Choir
Commission by:
 Wesley United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN
Text by:
 Jody Johnson
Comments:
 Listen to Audio Clip

Composition Number:
 75
Title:
 Kyla Vuotti
Date:
 2001
Duration:
 6'
Medium:
 SATBB
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 February, 2002
Premiere Performer:
 Dare To Breathe
Commission by:
 St. Anthony Park Music Series
Text by:
 Traditional
Comments:
 Arrangement, in Finnish; Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 74
Title:
 Earthbeat
Date:
 2001
Duration:
 6'
Medium:
 chorus (SSA) and percussion
Premiere Location:
 Grand Rapids, MI
Premiere Date:
 May, 2003
Premiere Performer:
 The Grand Rapids Women's Chorus
Commission by:
 The Grand Rapids Women's Chorus
Text by:
 Leslie Kohn
Comments:
 Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 73
Title:
 Ave Maria
Date:
 2001
Duration:
 3'
Medium:
 tenor solo, chorus (SATB), piano, and cello (opt.)
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 December, 2001
Premiere Performer:
 Perpich Center for Arts Education
Commission by:
 Perpich Center for Arts Education 
Text by:
 traditional
Comments:
 arrangement of the Gounod version

Composition Number:
 72
Title:
 Dance Ablaze!
Date:
 2001
Duration:
 6'
Medium:
 chorus (SSA) and percussion (opt.)
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 upcoming
Premiere Performer:
 All-State Girls' Chorus
Commission by:
 Minnesota Music Educators' Association & American Choral Directors' Association (Minnesota Chapter)
Text by:
 Jody Johnson
Comments:
 Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 71
Title:
 Adventures of the Black Dot
Date:
 2001
Duration:
 35'
Medium:
 A Choral Storybook — chorus (SSAATTBB), boys' (or youth) choir (SSA), accordion, harp, cello, percussion, narrator
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 May-01
Premiere Performer:
 Minnesota Chorale; St. John's Boys' Choir; Barbara Nightingale, accordion; Bridget Stuckey, harp; Jay Johnson, percussion; Laura Sewell, cello; Carolyn Goelzer, narrator; Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor
Commission by:
 Minnesota Chorale
Text by:
 Judy McGuire
Comments:
 funded by Meet the Composer, Inc.; props and video animation designed by Kari Margolis and Tony Brown may be used to enhance the performance

Composition Number:
 70
Title:
 Dancing in Circles
Date:
 2000
Duration:
 25'
Medium:
 chorus (SSA), flute, marimba, viola
Premiere Location:
 Golden Valley, MN
Premiere Date:
 Mar-01
Premiere Performer:
 Perpich Center for Arts Education (PCAE) Dance and Music Departments, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Mary Yang
Commission by:
 Perpich Center for Arts Education (PCAE) and The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Text by:
 PCAE Senior Literary Arts Class; Maya Vang; Josie Halpern-Finnerty
Comments:
 funded by Meet the Composer, Inc.; more information
Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 69
Title:
 Cançoes de Embalar (Lullabies)
    1. Boyo-yo (Vandervelde)   2. Boyo Balu (Dale Warland)
    3. Variaçao (Carol Barnett)   4.  Dorma Ador (Aaron Kernis)
Date:
 2000
Duration:
 15'
Medium:
 chorus (SATB)
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 Dec-00
Premiere Performer:
 Dale Warland Singers
Commission by:
 Janika Vandervelde in honor of Larry Fuchsberg
Text by:
 Janika Vandervelde (in Portuguese)
Comments:
 theme by Vandervelde, with 3 settings by Aaron Kernis, Carol Barnett, and Dale Warland
Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 68
Title:
 New Face
Date:
 2000
Duration:
 6'
Medium:
 chorus (SSA)
Premiere Location:
 San Jose, California
Premiere Date:
 Jly-00
Premiere Performer:
 Sound Circle, Anna Crusis, Vox Femina
Commission by:
 consortium commission: Sound Circle, Anna Crusis, Vox Femina
Text by:
 Alice Walker
Comments:
 premiered at GALA Festival 2000

Composition Number:
 67
Title:
 Cosmos: an All-Person's Guide to the Orchestral and Space Adventure
Date:
 1999
Duration:
 21'
medium:
 orchestra & narrator
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Jan-01
Premiere Performer:
 Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, cond.
Commission by:
 Minnesota Orchestral Association (Centennial Commission)
Text by:
 Janika Vandervelde
Comments:
 may be presented with video animation by Tom Schroeder
Composition Number:
 66
Title:
 Tutti for Earth and Heaven
Date:
 1999
Duration:
 6'
medium:
 chorus (SATB) & organ
Premiere Location:
 Portland, OR
Premiere Date:
Premiere Performer:
Commission by:
 First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR
Text by:
 Walt Whitman
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 65
Title:
 It's Alive Now
Date:
 1999
Duration:
 5'
medium:
 chorus (SATB or SSA), violin, & 2 percussion
Premiere Location:
 International Women's Day Conference, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Premiere Date:
 Mar-99
Premiere Performer:
 Young-Nam Kim, vln.; Heather Barringer & Jay Johnson, perc.; Minnesota Chorale; Kathy Salzman Romey, cond.
Commission by:
 The Minnesota Chorale
Text by:
 Marilyn Cuneo
Comments:
 funded by Meet the Composer, Inc.
Composition Number:
 64
Title:
 Pacific Transit
Date:
 1998
Duration:
 15'
medium:
 orchestra & pipa
Premiere Location:
 San Francisco, CA
Premiere Date:
 May-00
Premiere Performer:
 Women's Philharmonic, Apo Hsu, cond.; Gao Hong, pipa
Commission by:
 The Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, CA
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 funded by the Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN

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Composition Number:
 63
Title:
 I Am the One
Date:
 1998
Duration:
 6'
medium:
 tenor & piano
Premiere Location:
 Postville, IA
Premiere Date:
 Jun-98
Premiere Performer:
 Mark Brainard, ten.; Charles Scarborough, pf.
Commission by:
 Mark Brainard
Text by:
 Hildegard von Bingen (sung in English)
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 62
Title:
 Beijing Cai Hong (Colorful Rainbow of Beijing)
Date:
 1998
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 chorus (SATB), pipa, violin, soprano, & narrator
Premiere Location:
 ÒWomen of SubstanceÓ series/St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 Mar-98
Premiere Performer:
 Gao Hong, pipa; Heather Johnson, vln.; Angela Malek, sop.; Mindy Ratner, nar.; Minnesota Chorale; Kathy Salzman Romey, cond.
Commission by:
 Minnesota Chorale
Text by:
 Jody Johnson & Geeta Mahajan (sung in English)
Comments:
 Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 61
Title:
 Three Songs of the Spirit
1. Fire of the Spirit, You are Lustrous 
2. A Holy Place Pressing to Birth    
3. Eternity is at Our Hearts
Date:
 1997
Duration:
 8'
medium:
 chorus (SATB), 2 percussion, bass clarinet, & piano
Premiere Location:
 Unity Unitarian Church, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 Mar-98
Premiere Performer:
 Unity Unitarian Church Choir; Robert Peskin, cond.; Zeitgeist
Commission by:
 Unity Unitarian Church, St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 Hildegard von Bingen, Thomas Kelly, & Wallace Robbins
Comments:
 Listen to Audio Clip

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Composition Number:
 60
Title:
 Wataridori (Bird of Passage)
Date:
 1997
Duration:
 8'
medium:
 chorus (SATB) & oboe solo
Premiere Location:
 Eau Claire, WI
Premiere Date:
 April 1998
Premiere Performer:
 Ivar Lunde, Jr., ob., UW-Eau Claire Concert Choir; Gary Schwartzhoff, cond.
Commission by:
 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Text by:
 Issa, Kyodai, & Ryushi (sung in Japanese & English)
Comments:
 tape of Japanese pronunciations available from the composer; sung in English; movements performable separately
Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 59
Title:
 Cafes of Melbourne
Date:
 1997
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 accordion & orchestra
Premiere Location:
 Sacramento, CA
Premiere Date:
 Mar-98
Premiere Performer:
 Nick Ariondo, accordion; Rohnert Park Chamber Orchestra; Nan Washburn, cond.
Commission by:
 Rohnert Park Chamber Orchestra, Camellia Orchestra, Columbus (Indiana) Philharmonic, Esprit Orchestra (Toronto), & Seattle Creative Orchestra
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 Reviews
Composition Number:
 58
Title:
 The Dreamweaver
Date:
 1996
Duration:
 23'
medium:
 orchestra & narrator
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Dec-96
Premiere Performer:
 Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, and Akira Mori cond.
Commission by:
 Minnesota Orchestral Association
Text by:
 adapted by Janika Vandervelde from a Chinese folktale
Comments:
 performance may be accompanied with slides of artwork by Merilee Heyer

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Composition Number:
 57
Title:
 The Prayer of Manitonquat
Date:
 1996
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 for soprano, violin, & guitar
Premiere Location:
 Green Lake Festival of Music, WI
Premiere Date:
 Jul-96
Premiere Performer:
 Maria Jette, sop.; Joseph Hagedorn, gtr.; Leslie Shank, vln.
Commission by:
 Green Lake Festival of Music
Text by:
 Manitonquat (sung in English)
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 56
Title:
 Villages of the Earth
(1. Let Us Seek Each Other    2. Await    3. Rouse Us )
Date:
 1995
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 chorus (SATB) & 2 percussion
Premiere Location:
 Cincinnati, OH
Premiere Date:
 May-97
Premiere Performer:
 Vocal Arts Ensemble; Earl Rivers, cond.
Commission by:
 Dale Warland Singers, Oregon Repertory Singers, & Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble
Text by:
 Meridel LeSueur
Comments:
 published by earthsongs (Corvallis, OR); movements performable separately
Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 55
Title:
 A Time of Hands
Date:
 1995
Duration:
 30'
medium:
 actor, dancer, & actor-pianist
Premiere Location:
 Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Sep-95
Premiere Performer:
 Carolyn Goelzer, EE Balcos, Anthony De Mare
Commission by:
 Corn Palace Productions
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 a music-theater collaboration produced by Corn Palace Productions; directed by Janika Vandervelde

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Composition Number:
 54
Title:
 Ancient Echoes Across the Stara Planina
Date:
 1994
Duration:
 17'
medium:
 orchestra & E. European women's chorus
Premiere Location:
 Oakland, CA
Premiere Date:
 May-94
Premiere Performer:
 Kitka; Bon Brown, cond.; Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, cond.
Commission by:
 The Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, CA
Text by:
 derived from Bulgarian folk songs (sung in Bulgarian) 
Comments:
 co-created with Bon Brown
Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 53
Title:
 Klucevsek's Web
Date:
 1994, rev. 1995
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 accordion
Premiere Location:
 Wesleyan University, Middleton, CT
Premiere Date:
 Feb-93
Premiere Performer:
 Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Commission by:
 Guy Klucevsek
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 funded by the Minnesota Composers Forum
Composition Number:
 52
Title:
 Seven Sevens
Date:
 1993
Duration:
 90'
medium:
 opera in 7 sections for 7 singer-actors, guitar, double bass/bass guitar, keyboard, & drum set
Premiere Location:
 Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Jun-93
Premiere Performer:
 New Music-Theater Ensemble
Commission by:
 New Music-Theater Ensemble; Ben Krywosz & Karen Miller, co-artistic directors
Text by:
 Judy McGuire, librettist
Comments:
 directed by Carolyn Goelzer

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Composition Number:
 51
Title:
 Positive Women: Susan
Date:
 1992
Duration:
 4'
medium:
 SA & violin, SB & violin, or TB & viola
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Dec-92
Premiere Performer:
 Marsha Hunter, Brian Kent, Maria Jette
Commission by:
 AIDS Quilt Songbook
Text by:
 Susan Gladstone
Comments:
 published by earthsongs (Corvallis, OR); recorded on 'Heartbeats' (Innova CD 500)
Composition Number:
 50
Title:
 O Viridissima Virga
Date:
 1992
Duration:
 4'
medium:
 chorus (SATB) & 1 percussion (dumbeck, conga, & tabla); percussionist may also play the part on dumbeck alone or on amplified tablas & baya 
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 Dec-92
Premiere Performer:
 Dale Warland Singers; Dale Johnson, cond.
Commission by:
 Dale Warland Singers
Text by:
 Hildegard von Bingen (sung in Latin)
Comments:
 published by earthsongs (Corvallis, OR); recorded by the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester on  'Minnesota Voices' (CAER-71998)
Listen to Audio Clip
Composition Number:
 49
Title:
 Polyhymnia
Date:
 1992
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 chorus & orchestra
Premiere Location:
 Mt. Pleasant, IA
Premiere Date:
 Nov-92
Premiere Performer:
 Southeast Iowa Symphony & Wesleyan College Choir
Commission by:
 Wesleyan College
Text by:
 Grant Hyde Code (sung in English)
Comments:
 ~

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Composition Number:
 48
Title:
 Genesis I
Date:
 1991
Duration:
 15'
medium:
 oboe & digital tape
Premiere Location:
 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, WI
Premiere Date:
 Oct-91
Premiere Performer:
 Ivar Lunde, Jr., ob.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 a reworking of Genesis I  (Item 12)
Composition Number:
 47
Title:
 Clockwork Concerto
Date:
 1991
Duration:
 20'
medium:
 viola solo & digital tape
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, MN
Premiere Date:
 May-91
Premiere Performer:
 Robert Levine, vla.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 a reworking of Clockwork Concerto  (item 27)
Composition Number:
 46
Title:
 The Greenfly
Date:
 1991
Duration:
 15'
medium:
 2 vibraphones & digital tape
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 May-91
Premiere Performer:
 Jay Johnson & Heather Barringer, vib.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 a reworking of The Greenfly  (item 29)

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Composition Number:
 45
Title:
 Genesis VII
Date:
 1991
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 soprano/alto saxophone & digital tape
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Apr-91
Premiere Performer:
 Marshall Taylor, sax.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 a reworking of Genesis VII  (item 41)
Composition Number:
 44
Title:
 Mythos
Date:
 1991
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 orchestra
Premiere Location:
 San Francisco, CA
Premiere Date:
 Apr-91
Premiere Performer:
 The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, cond.
Commission by:
 The Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, CA
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 funded by the Composers Commissioning Program of the Minnesota Composers Forum
Composition Number:
 43
Title:
 Hildegard
Date:
 1989
Duration:
 60'
medium:
 animated video-performance opera
Premiere Location:
 Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Sep-89
Premiere Performer:
 Agnus Smuda, Maria Jette, Jody Brieske; Zeitgeist
Commission by:
 Harmonia Mundi & the Southern Theatre
Text by:
 Susan McClary, librettist
Comments:
 video animation by Melisande Charles; directed by Susan McClary

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Composition Number:
 42
Title:
 Item de Virginibus (O Most Noble Greenness)
Date:
 1989
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 voice(s) [S or A], double woodwind quintet & piano; or digital tape
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Apr-89
Premiere Performer:
 Agnes Smuda, sop., Harmonia Mundi; Michelle Edwards, cond.
Commission by:
 Harmonia Mundi, St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 Hildegard von Bingen (sung in Latin)
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 41
Title:
 Genesis VII
Date:
 1989
Duration:
 20'
medium:
 2 percussion, keyboard, saxophone/clarinet
Premiere Location:
 Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 Sep-89
Premiere Performer:
 Zeitgeist
Commission by:
 Zeitgeist, St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 40
Title:
 Aeolian Palindrome Clockwork
Date:
 1989
Duration:
 5'
medium:
 saxophone & tape
Premiere Location:
 River Falls, WI
Premiere Date:
 Feb-89
Premiere Performer:
 River Falls New Music Ensemble
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 transcription of Aeolian Palindrome Clockwork for viola (a movement from Item 27) 

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Composition Number:
 39
Title:
 In Celebration
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 soprano & piano
Premiere Location:
 Green Lake, WI
Premiere Date:
 Nov-88
Premiere Performer:
 Naomi Karstad, sop.; Roderick Kettlewell, pf.
Commission by:
 Lawrence Vandervelde
Text by:
 adapted from 'In Celebration' by Evalyn Vandervelde
Comments:
 in celebration of Nancy Vandervelde's 70th birthday
Composition Number:
 38
Title:
 Genesis VI
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 20'
medium:
 string trio
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 May-88
Premiere Performer:
 Ensemble Capriccio
Commission by:
 Ensemble Capriccio, Minneapolis, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 arranged for string orchestra
Composition Number:
 37
Title:
 Dabhar
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 4' 
medium:
 3 celli or string trio
Premiere Location:
 toured in Romania & Hungary
Premiere Date:
 1988
Premiere Performer:
 Dolce Trio, Eau Claire, WI
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 written for the Dolce Trio

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Composition Number:
 36
Title:
 God's Grandeur
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 5'
medium:
 baritone & piano
Premiere Location:
 Wesley United Methodist, Church, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1998
Premiere Performer:
 Phaeon Nelson, bar.; Janika Vandervelde, pf.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 Gerard Manley Hopkins
Comments:
 written for Phaeon Nelson
Composition Number:
 35
Title:
 Viriditas
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 3'
medium:
 violin & synthesizer
Premiere Location:
 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN
Premiere Date:
 1988
Premiere Performer:
 Carolyn Boulay, vln.; Janika Vandervelde, synth.
Commission by:
 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 choreographed by Mary Lee Hardenburg
Composition Number:
 34
Title:
 Crystal Light
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 20'
medium:
 voice & tape
Premiere Location:
 Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1988
Premiere Performer:
 Naomi Karstad, sop.
Commission by:
 Kay Tani
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 choreographed by Kay Tani

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Composition Number:
 33
Title:
 Sound Environments (I-V)
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 9'
medium:
 tape
Premiere Location:
 *Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN  
Premiere Date:
 1988
Premiere Performer:
 ~
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 *Sound Environments II
Composition Number:
 32
Title:
 Journey to the End of the Shaking Lands
Date:
 1988
Duration:
 15'
medium:
 orchestra & 2 actors
Premiere Location:
 Bemidji, MN
Premiere Date:
 1988
Premiere Performer:
 Bemidji Symphony; Brian Runnels, cond.
Commission by:
 Bemidji Symphony
Text by:
 Janika Vandervelde
Comments:
 an historical piece based on the explorations of Beltrami 
Composition Number:
 31
Title:
 Genesis V
Date:
 1987
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 guitar quartet
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1987
Premiere Performer:
 Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Commission by:
 Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 recorded by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
(Albany CD: Troy 207)

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Composition Number:
 30
Title:
 The Bacchae
Date:
 1987
Duration:
 ~
medium:
 incidental music for the play by Euripides
Premiere Location:
 Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis MN  
Premiere Date:
 Jul-87
Premiere Performer:
 The Bacchae chorus & Zeitgeist
Commission by:
 Guthrie Theater, MInneapolis, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 production directed by Liviu Ciulei; Janika Vandervelde, music director/composer
Composition Number:
 29
Title:
 The Greenfly
Date:
 1987
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 vibraphone solo & percussion ensemble
Premiere Location:
 Cedar Falls, IA
Premiere Date:
 1987
Premiere Performer:
 Ted Piltzicker & the UNI Percussion Ensemble
Commission by:
 University of Northern Iowa
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 also available in a version for 2 vibraphones & tape (Item 46)
Composition Number:
 28
Title:
 Genesis IV
Date:
 1987
Duration:
 14'
medium:
 clarinet, violin, & piano
Premiere Location:
 Grand Forks, ND
Premiere Date:
 1987
Premiere Performer:
 Contemporary Chamber Players
Commission by:
 University of North Dakota-Grand Forks
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~

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Composition Number:
 27
Title:
 Clockwork Concerto
Date:
 1987
Duration:
 20'
medium:
 viola & chamber orchestra
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1987
Premiere Performer:
 Robert Levine, vla.; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Enrique Demiecke, cond.
Commission by:
 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 funded by the Composers Commissioning Program of the Minnesota Composers Forum View score and Listen
Composition Number:
 26
Title:
 The Mystic Trumpeter
Date:
 1986
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 chorus (SATB), tenor, & 2 trumpets
Premiere Location:
 Plymouth Music Series, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1986
Premiere Performer:
 Dan Dressen, ten.; Rob Walser & David Baldwin, trps.; Plymouth Festival Chorus; Philip Brunelle, cond.
Commission by:
 Plymouth Music Series, Minneapolis, MN
Text by:
 Walt Whitman
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 25
Title:
 Saxworks
Date:
 1986
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 saxophone quartet
Premiere Location:
 Wesley United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1986
Premiere Performer:
 Saxophone Quartet
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 a transcription of Voxworks  (Item 24)

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Composition Number:
 24
Title:
 Voxworks
Date:
 1986
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 vocal quartet
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1986
Premiere Performer:
 LISTEN, Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 LISTEN, Minneapolis, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 23
Title:
 Seven Sevens: (Cycle One: The Politicians)
Date:
 1986
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 7 singers, 2 percussion, keyboard, & clarinet/saxophone
Premiere Location:
 'Opera Tomorrow Festival,' St. Paul, MN 
Premiere Date:
 1986
Premiere Performer:
 Minnesota Opera; Zeitgeist; Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 Judy McGuire
Comments:
 an early version of Seven Sevens (Item 52); funded by the Minnesota State Arts Board
Composition Number:
 22
Title:
 Clockwork Rhapsody
Date:
 1985
Duration:
 17'
medium:
 piano
Premiere Location:
 Schubert Club Young Artist Series, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1985
Premiere Performer:
 Philippe Bianconi, pf.
Commission by:
 The Schubert Club of St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~

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Composition Number:
 21
Title:
 Skyborn
Date:
 1985
Duration:
 5'
medium:
 soprano & piano
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1986
Premiere Performer:
 Maria Jette, sop.; Janika Vandervelde, pf.
Commission by:
 Bill Parker
Text by:
 Bill Parker
Comments:
 in memory of Bill Parker's mother
Composition Number:
 20
Title:
 Two Clockworks
Date:
 1985
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 single or double woodwind quintet with optional piano & percussion
Premiere Location:
 Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1986
Premiere Performer:
 misc. woodwind quintet; Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 Margaret Lind
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 19
Title:
 Jack and the Beanstalk
Date:
 1984
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 flute, oboe, horn, trombone, viola, double bass, percussion, harp, & narrator
Premiere Location:
 Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1984
Premiere Performer:
 members of the Minnesota Orchestra; Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 Women's Association of the Minnesota Orchestra
Text by:
 adapted by Janika Vandervelde
Comments:
 ~

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Composition Number:
 18
Title:
 Genesis III
Date:
 1984
Duration:
 17'
medium:
 viola, flute, & harp
Premiere Location:
 'St. Paul Sunday Morning,' Minnesota Public Radio
Premiere Date:
 1984
Premiere Performer:
 Robert Levine, vla.; Julia Bogorad, fl.; Kathy Kienzle, hp.
Commission by:
 Emily Levine
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 17
Title:
 Come, Ye Weary
Date:
 1983
Duration:
 3'
medium:
 choir (SATB) & piano or handbells
Premiere Location:
 Grand Forks, SD
Premiere Date:
 1984
Premiere Performer:
 Grand Forks Choral Society
Commission by:
 Grand Forks Choral Society
Text by:
 traditional
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 16
Title:
 Hilariter
Date:
 1983
Duration:
 5'
medium:
 choir (SATB) & piano with optional handbells
Premiere Location:
 Sioux Falls, SD
Premiere Date:
 1983
Premiere Performer:
 Sioux Falls United Methodist Church Choir
Commission by:
 Sioux Falls United Methodist Church
Text by:
 traditional (sung in English)
Comments:
 published by Boosey and Hawkes

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Composition Number:
 15
Title:
 Ch'i
Date:
 1983
Duration:
 4'
medium:
 2 pianos
Premiere Location:
 Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1984
Premiere Performer:
 students of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association
Commission by:
 Minnesota Music Teachers Association
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 14
Title:
 Henry's Fate
Date:
 1983
Duration:
 25'
medium:
 operatic song cycle for clarinet, cello, piano, percussion, & tenor
Premiere Location:
 Music in the Park Series, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1984
Premiere Performer:
 Vern Sutton, ten.; Joseph Longo, cl.; Mina Fisher, vlc.; David John Olsen, perc.; Thelma Hunter, pf.; Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 The Schubert Club of St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 John Berryman
Comments:
 Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota
Composition Number:
 13
Title:
 Genesis II
Date:
 1983
Duration:
 16'
medium:
 piano trio
Premiere Location:
 Green Lake Festival of Music, Green Lake, WI
Premiere Date:
 1983
Premiere Performer:
 Mirecourt Trio
Commission by:
 Green Lake Festival of Music
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 recorded by the Mirecourt Trio on 'A la Carte' (Minnesota Composers Forum LP, 1986), re-released on Cinnabar Records (2004)

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Composition Number:
 12
Title:
 Genesis I
Date:
 1983
Duration:
 15'
medium:
 oboe & piano
Premiere Location:
 Music in the Park Series, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1984
Premiere Performer:
 Richard Killmer, ob.; Thelma Hunter, pf.
Commission by:
 The Schubert Club of St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 also available in a version for oboe & digital tape (Item 48)
Composition Number:
 11
Title:
 Love Song to the Plains
Date:
 1982
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 ballet
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1982
Premiere Performer:
 Whispers of America Chamber Ensemble, Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 Whispers of America Chamber Dance Ensemble, Margie Fargnoli, artistic director
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 for performable segments see item 8
Composition Number:
 10
Title:
 Skyros
Date:
 1982
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion & baritone
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1982
Premiere Performer:
 Whispers of America Chamber Ensemble, Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 Whispers of America Chamber Dance Ensemble
Text by:
 Thomas McGrath
Comments:
 choreographed by Margie Fargnoli

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Composition Number:
 9
Title:
 Four Miniatures
Date:
 1981
Duration:
 15'
medium:
 piano trio
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1981
Premiere Performer:
 members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 ~
Composition Number:
 8
Title:
 Womanhood Shines the Seasons
Date:
 1981
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 soprano & chamber orchestra
Premiere Location:
 St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1981
Premiere Performer:
 Madelyn Staupe, sop.; Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra; Edward Schlueter, cond.
Commission by:
 Lawrence Vandervelde
Text by:
 Edward Schlueter
Comments:
 for Nancy Vandervelde
Composition Number:
 7
Title:
 The Farthest Shore
Date:
 1981
Duration:
 20'
medium:
 chamber orchestra
Premiere Location:
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Premiere Date:
 1981
Premiere Performer:
 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; William McGlaughlin, cond.
Commission by:
 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 based on the book of the same title by Ursula LeGuin

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Composition Number:
 6
Title:
 Metaphors
Date:
 1980
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 orchestra & handbells
Premiere Location:
 O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1980
Premiere Performer:
 Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony, William Jones, cond.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 Master's thesis, University of Minnesota
Composition Number:
 5
Title:
 Birthday Music for N.D.B.
Date:
 1980
Duration:
 5'
medium:
 piano
Premiere Location:
 Green Lake, WI
Premiere Date:
 Nov-80
Premiere Performer:
 Janika Vandervelde
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 for Nancy Vandervelde
Composition Number:
 4
Title:
 Little Boy Lost, Little Boy Found
Date:
 1979
Duration:
 3'
medium:
 SSA or SAT
Premiere Location:
 Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
Premiere Date:
 1979
Premiere Performer:
 Minnesota Composers Forum
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 William Blake
Comments:
 ~

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Composition Number:
 3
Title:
 Testaments
Date:
 1979
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 chamber orchestra
Premiere Location:
 MMEA Convention, St. Paul, MN 
Premiere Date:
 1979
Premiere Performer:
 Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra, Edward Schlueter, cond.
Commission by:
 Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul, MN
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 first commission
Composition Number:
 2
Title:
 Three Psalms (3, 6, 89)
Date:
 1978
Duration:
 10'
medium:
 chorus (SATB)
Premiere Location:
 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Premiere Date:
 1978
Premiere Performer:
 members of the University Concert Choir; Janika Vandervelde, cond.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 traditional
Comments:
 written for the composer's senior recital, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Composition Number:
 1
Title:
 Physis
Date:
 1978
Duration:
 12'
medium:
 horn & piano
Premiere Location:
 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Premiere Date:
 1978
Premiere Performer:
 John Greer, hn.; Janika Vandervelde, pf.
Commission by:
 ~
Text by:
 ~
Comments:
 written during high school; performed on the composer's senior recital, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

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