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KEY to voice types: C: coloratura or high soprano; S: soprano; M: mezzo-soprano;
A: alto; CT: countertenor; T: tenor; b: baritone; Bb: bass-baritone B: bass; N: narrator.
Fachs and genders may be changed as desired.
I. Music Theater for Children:
1a. Alice in Wonderland; 1b. Through the Looking-Glass: two radio plays with music:
10#s each; "Alice" is 90 minutes for C S A T b b B + 7 additional spoken voices & piano; "Through the Looking-Glass" 60 minutes: C S A T b + 5 additional spoken voices & piano. Based on Lewis Carroll's story. Alice enjoys Wonderland with her cat by her side; and then goes through the Looking-Glass to be a pawn in a strange game of chess, where she eventually becomes a queen. Selections from both plays have been performed in concert by Ben Sears, b and Brad Conner, pianist. The plays have been recorded with William Cavness as narrator; Sid Tarlowe as Alice. Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M; & Robert Towne, T, with the composer (Bb and piano). Selections heard on WHRB Radio. Selections presented on WMRB Radio, with M, Angeliki Theoharis & the composer, piano.
2. Isand Curse: 11#s 41.5 minutes; radio musical for S A T Bb; two narrators (film crew) & piano. Mockumentary of a strange island, where everyone sings, & strangers are forbidden to fall in love with islanders, otherwise a curse will be activated. Guess what happens when the S (Sarah) and the T (Bob) meet? Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M, Robert Town, T; Angeliki Theoharris, M; and the composer, Bb and piano. "I'm in Heaven" performed by the composer, pianist, at the opening of the Chirkoff Theater Company of Cambridge, MA; & at Boston Metro Opera by M, Susan Craft Larson, to the left, below in the clip; with T, Christopher Aaron Smith, picture to the right, below; & pianist, Yelena Beriyeva on 1/27/12. Please click on the button below to hear this performance:
A: alto; CT: countertenor; T: tenor; b: baritone; Bb: bass-baritone B: bass; N: narrator.
Fachs and genders may be changed as desired.
I. Music Theater for Children:
1a. Alice in Wonderland; 1b. Through the Looking-Glass: two radio plays with music:
10#s each; "Alice" is 90 minutes for C S A T b b B + 7 additional spoken voices & piano; "Through the Looking-Glass" 60 minutes: C S A T b + 5 additional spoken voices & piano. Based on Lewis Carroll's story. Alice enjoys Wonderland with her cat by her side; and then goes through the Looking-Glass to be a pawn in a strange game of chess, where she eventually becomes a queen. Selections from both plays have been performed in concert by Ben Sears, b and Brad Conner, pianist. The plays have been recorded with William Cavness as narrator; Sid Tarlowe as Alice. Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M; & Robert Towne, T, with the composer (Bb and piano). Selections heard on WHRB Radio. Selections presented on WMRB Radio, with M, Angeliki Theoharis & the composer, piano.
2. Isand Curse: 11#s 41.5 minutes; radio musical for S A T Bb; two narrators (film crew) & piano. Mockumentary of a strange island, where everyone sings, & strangers are forbidden to fall in love with islanders, otherwise a curse will be activated. Guess what happens when the S (Sarah) and the T (Bob) meet? Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M, Robert Town, T; Angeliki Theoharris, M; and the composer, Bb and piano. "I'm in Heaven" performed by the composer, pianist, at the opening of the Chirkoff Theater Company of Cambridge, MA; & at Boston Metro Opera by M, Susan Craft Larson, to the left, below in the clip; with T, Christopher Aaron Smith, picture to the right, below; & pianist, Yelena Beriyeva on 1/27/12. Please click on the button below to hear this performance:
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3. Peter Crocodile: 22# radio musical for S M cT Bb; optional choruses, N & piano. Selections recorded by Andrew Swan, Bb and Angeliki Theoharis, M, with the composer, Bb and piano and heard on WMRB, Cambridge, MA. A withheld version of "Peter Pan" (along with a musical based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens) was commissioned & performed by "Prime Time for Kids" at Massasoit College, Brockton, MA
4. Pinocchio: 60 minute: withheld ballet musical after Carlo Collodi: 22#s for soprano &
bass-baritone (or three high & three low voices); dancers, narrator, flute & guitar. Some numbers available with piano. Commissioned and premiered by The North Shore Civic Ballet and The Putnam Court Players: Mary Saunders, soprano, Kristin Webb, flute, ad Russell Southcott, guitar,with the composer, bass-baritone. Choreographed by Florence Whipple, Jimmy Ray as Pinocchio; (withheld and lost) narrations by Florence Whipple and Kristin Webb. Cablecast on The Boston Neighborhood Netork (BNN-TV). Narrations, currently, perhaps permanently, under revision. Please see IV/V/1 .
5. Reigning Cats and Dogs: a radio musical: for two narrators (cats); & 8 singers SSAATTBB (dogs); 1 hour; 10#. Queen Lilly has lost her ball, Detective Lucky is asked in to help discover who has taken it. Without it, Queen Lilly's reign over the dog park will be in jepardy. Unperformed.
6. Whinnie-The-Pooh: A radio musical; 1 and a half hours; 7 scenes based on A. A. Miles for S M T T B & N & piano. Commissioned by The North Shore Civic Ballet. Please see IV/V/3.
II. Music Theater for Adults:
1. Big Eddy: A radio musical: one hour for: 2 narrators; 12#; S T b B & piano; one song lyric is by Keats. A drug kingpin and his ex-junkie boyfriend have problems with the company lawyer and Big Eddy's ex-wife. Based on "Edward II" by Christopher Marlowe; please see VII/!/2. unperformed.
2. Cindyfella: A costume musical; book written with my husband, Drew Hubbard; 13#; one hour for an all male cast (trans M, F, men/women in drag.... whatever) for 7 singers and piano, with optional chorus.
3. Egg or Gd., The Musical: a philosophic radio play with songs; 10#; about an hour in duration; for 7 singing actors & piano. A star ship encounters an enormous object in its monitors. The crew try to figure out what it is. (It is a veiled simily for 7 view points on the nature of Gd. and the conclusion that everyone agrees that Gd. exists and what is the nature of that existence
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4. Gaynocchio: 40 minute parody ballet of "Pinocchio" VIII/I/4, in which Gaypetto creates a gay puppet, narrated by a very queer cricket. The video uses a shortened version of the original video, with voice overs by the composer. Please see IV/V/2: Click on one of the donkeys
to watch "Gaynocchio" |
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5. George Scrobe: 5# pocket musical for: 2 or 3 singers: cT, T or b, & a low gravelly voiced rock singer, N (stand-up dvil.), synthesizer & piano. A gay man tries to kill himself & finds love in the process. Genders and fachs may be changed. Unperformed.
6. Hansel and Gretel: 13# jazz radio opera for S S b B N: M & piano. Selections were recorded by Mary Saunders, S; Brett Johnson, b; with the composer, piano. Two juvenile delinquents torment a kindly witch. Selections recorded by Drew Hubbard, Bb with the composer, Bb & piano. Otherwise unperformed.
7. Sex Mystery or Off-nights at The Sometimes Café:
17# cabaret in 10 scenes; just under one hour (52
minute & 25 seconds of music); for S M T b; 2 dancers,
& N/pianist; Selections heard on WMBR Radio with M, Angeliki Theoharis & the composer, piano. A confusing mystery of "who likes whom?" A shorter 20 minute
version was shown on BNN-TV with Amelia Broome,
S as Sara Spangle; Philip Jenkins, T; Ben Sears, b; the composer, Bb; & Brad Conner, piano; dancers: Dana Danzel & James Spellman (choreographer); TJ Norris,actor; Chris Gentes & Candy Hologram, cinematographers. Please see IV/V/4. There are two versions of the book: one is GP the other for more mature audience.
6. Hansel and Gretel: 13# jazz radio opera for S S b B N: M & piano. Selections were recorded by Mary Saunders, S; Brett Johnson, b; with the composer, piano. Two juvenile delinquents torment a kindly witch. Selections recorded by Drew Hubbard, Bb with the composer, Bb & piano. Otherwise unperformed.
7. Sex Mystery or Off-nights at The Sometimes Café:
17# cabaret in 10 scenes; just under one hour (52
minute & 25 seconds of music); for S M T b; 2 dancers,
& N/pianist; Selections heard on WMBR Radio with M, Angeliki Theoharis & the composer, piano. A confusing mystery of "who likes whom?" A shorter 20 minute
version was shown on BNN-TV with Amelia Broome,
S as Sara Spangle; Philip Jenkins, T; Ben Sears, b; the composer, Bb; & Brad Conner, piano; dancers: Dana Danzel & James Spellman (choreographer); TJ Norris,actor; Chris Gentes & Candy Hologram, cinematographers. Please see IV/V/4. There are two versions of the book: one is GP the other for more mature audience.
Below please hear some of the songs:
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1. Always Sometimes
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2. Alone
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3. Touch
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4. Loneliness
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5. Honey Lambkin
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6. Always Again
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7. Forever Sometimes
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III. Jazz Cantatas & Song Cycles:
1. Canon Law: for 1-7 voices & piano; 30 minute song cycle: 9#s; texts by Mother Goose. A Catholic Priest relates the stories of paritioners who challenged his faith.
Sections recorded by Drew Hubbard, and the composer. Otherwise unperformed.
Sections recorded by Drew Hubbard, and the composer. Otherwise unperformed.
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2. The Inquisition: 11 minutes: 5#s for cT, T, b, B & piano. From a dream, in response to censorship of "The Mystery Caller" (see #4 below); chronicles a trial, with charges similar to "offenses" found in "The Mystery Caller." The dialogue parodies the movie "The Wizard of Oz." Cablecast as a one man show by the composer. May be done with a cast of four. Please watch THE INQUISITION by taping the defendant to the right or listen to the entire score, below:
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1. The Judge:
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2. The Prosecutor:
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3. The Defendant
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4. The Fairy Defense Attorney:
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5. The Verdict
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3. Mask of The Witches: 13# Pagan Cantata for S M Bb B, & SATB chorus & piano or orchestra 2/2/2/2 2/2/2/1 perc. hrp. strings. 45 minutes. Good witches try to save the villagers from The Inquisition. Uses anonymous poets; Giordano Bruno. Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M & the composer, Bb & piano. Otherwise unperformed. Included in "Music Theater" because it uses the vii, half diminished chord & Major/Major 7th and minor/minor 7th jazz chords leaning toward the tritone in simulation of European village melodies and harmonies. Also included under choral music: VI/II/7. This work is still in progress. See shorter version: V/IVa/4 "When the Heart is full of Love" for soprano with piano.
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4. The Mystery Caller: 16-19 minutes radio musical;
4-5#s N, Bb, & piano. Originally called "Phone Sex." A gay man (the composer, mime) receives erotic musical phone calls from a mystery caller (Leonard Diggins, mime). The video is narrated by Fuzzy's lover (John Kristensen). Cablecast on BNN-TV under the name "Phone Sex" & censured (moved from 6 p.m. to 1.30 a.m.) and, as a result, it was shown at Mobius in a show of censured works. Below please listen to the narrations. with the four original songs as recorded by the composer, Bb, synthesizer & piano. |
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1. Urban Serenade:
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2. High Noon:
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3. Endless Twilight:
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4. Goodnight, my mystery love!
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5a. The Search for Mr. Big: 10#s; a 20 minute jazz song cycle for Bb & piano. A gay man falls for 2 large men. Contains 1 more song than the video below; omits 2 instrumentals.
5b. The Search for Mr. Big: 10#s: a 20 minute video for Bb & synthesizer with 3 actors. The work chronicles two of the large men loved by a gay man, played by Brian Mark. Both of his boyfriends are played by Tony Stegal. Jimmie York plays the mother of one of these men & the land-lady of the other. Cablecast on BNN-TV and shown informally at The Boston Ramrod under the original name: "Fat Slut". Please see the video, or listen to the music below:
5b. The Search for Mr. Big: 10#s: a 20 minute video for Bb & synthesizer with 3 actors. The work chronicles two of the large men loved by a gay man, played by Brian Mark. Both of his boyfriends are played by Tony Stegal. Jimmie York plays the mother of one of these men & the land-lady of the other. Cablecast on BNN-TV and shown informally at The Boston Ramrod under the original name: "Fat Slut". Please see the video, or listen to the music below:
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To the right (top) please click on Harold's mother to watch the story of Tommy & Harold; To the right (bottom) please click on Paul or Tommy to see the story of their love: |
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Or below please listen to selections from this piece as performed by the composer:
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1. Fat Men!
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2. My Best Friend
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3. Gay Dating Game
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4. Expectant Lover
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5. All I Need is You
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6. I Hope that Love Stays
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7. I am That Friend & 8. Fat Men!
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