Solo Voice(s) and Chamber Ensemble

Love’s Labour for Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Clarinet and String Quartet (2003)            15’30”
(Text by Shakespeare)

1.  Prologue (from Much Ado about Nothing, Act II, Scene 3)
2.  Song:  Sigh No More (from Much Ado about Nothing, Act II, Scene 3)
3.  Scene (from The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene 1)
4.  Song (from As You Like It, Act II, Scene 5)
5.  Epilogue (Sonnet 116)

(1.& 2. – 5:00, 3. – 5:00, 4. – 2:00, 5. – 3:30)

Choral

Dressing the Christ Child for SATB Choir and Piano (1996)                                    4’
(Text by Kaye Royer)

Reveillez for SATB Choir and Piano (1994)                                                       3’30”
(Text by Shakespeare)

Music for the Theatre

For the children’s theatre production of The Storyteller’s Bag for Two Actors,
Children’s Choir, Clarinet, String Quintet (quartet and bass) and Percussion (2003)
Overture                                                                                                           3’20”
Music for the Star Lily (Text by Mark Brownell)                                             16’45

1. Prelude
2. Introducing the Stars
3. The Hero’s Journey
4. The Star’s Lament
5. The Star’s Journey
6. The Star Flower Moves to the Prairie
7. Falling Stars (with Children’s Choir)
8. Postlude

Piano reduction for children’s choir (1 part) and piano for Falling Stars by the composer

Arrangements

Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer –
Suite d’orchestre de l’opera-ballet Almasis (1748), arranged for String Orchestra and harpsichord (1999)                                                                                              13’30”

1. Ouverture, vivement; legerment
2. Air, legerment
3. Marche, gravement
4. Marche, gaiment
5. Air, movement de chaconne
6. Air pour les Esclaves, pesament
7. Passsepied
8. Tambourin

Frydryk Chopin –
Largo from Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, op. 65                                4’10”
Arranged for cello and string orchestra (1999)
Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 arranged for cello and string                         5’
orchestra (1999)
Nocturne in B Major, op. 32, no. 1 arranged for flute and string orchestra (1999) 4'40"
Variations on a theme by Rossini for flute and piano                                             6’
Arranged for flute and string orchestra by Ronald Royer and Alex Eddington (1999)

Modern Edition
Joseph Nicholas Pancrace Royer (1705-1755)
Suite d’orchestre de l’opera-ballet Almasis (1748) compiled                             13’30”
and edited by Ronald Royer (1998-1999)                                                                 
2fl.2ob.2bsn/strings,harpsichord
(2nd flute, 2nd oboe, and/or 2nd bsn are optional)

1. Ouverture, vivement, legerment
2. Air, legerment
3. Marche, gravement
4. Marche, gaiment
5. Air, movement de chaconne
6. Air pour les Esclaves, pesament
7. Passepied
8. Tambourin