Burning Sled

for SATB chorus and ten instruments (2002)

Duration: 12 minutes. Instrumentation: SATB, flute, oboe, clarinet, marimba/vibraphone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass. Words of Robert Frost, Gerard Manley Hopkins, James Fennimore Cooper. 'In memory of the victims of the AIDS epidemic, 1980 to the present.' Commissioned by the Brookfield Central High School Chorus, Phillip Olsen, Director and the Present Music Ensemble, We're All Here was premiered on 23 October 2002 in a version for chorus and chamber ensemble.