To Make a Prairie

A set of four songs for high voice and piano with texts by Emily Dickinson; commissioned by the South Dakota Music Teachers Association; winner of the 2002 MTNA Composition Competition; premiered 2002 in Rapid City, SD. These four songs can be heard on the CD To Make a Prairie.

Range: C4–A5
Duration: 9½ minutes

1. To Make a Prairie


2. She Sweeps with Many-Colored Brooms


3. It Sifts from Leaden Sieves


4. Two Butterfiles Went Out at Noon



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Classical Vocal Reprints
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Theodore Presser Company
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