Woodwings
I. Bobolink
II. Hermit Thrush
III. Winter Wren
IV. Snow Geese
V. Night Owls

by Emily Doolittle
performed by Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra

Woodwings

March 2025

Performed by the 2022 National Youth Choir of Canada/Chœur national des jeunes du Canada 

Conductor: Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée
Composer: Carmen Braden*

*Canadian composer

Make Me a World

Crooked by Nature by Carmen Braden (NYCC/CNJC 2022)

In the Woodlands

1st 05 Woodwings V. Night Owls  (KENNETH WOODS ESO)  (48k 24b)

1st 04 Woodwings IV. Snow Geese  (KENNETH WOODS ESO)  (48k 24b)

1st 03 Woodwings III. Winter Wren  (KENNETH WOODS ESO)  (48k 24b)

1st 02 Woodwings II. Hermit Thrush  (KENNETH WOODS ESO)  (48k 24b)

1st 01 Woodwings I. Bobolink  (KENNETH WOODS ESO)  (48k 24b)

Rise up, my love (2017)
SSAATBB a cappella
Publisher: Manuscript
Duration: 3:35

Written for Spiritus Chamber Choir, Calgary AB, and their director Tim Shanz. This is a setting of the famous text from “Song of Solomon” alongside text from “Ubi Caritas” and “Set me as a seal.”

Visit www.laurahawley.ca to view the full text.

Rise Up My Love

"Insects and Machines" 
Commissioned by the Red Bank Chamber Music Society 
World Premiere:  American String Quartet, May 5, 2019 in Red Bank, NJ

String Quartet No. 4 (2019)

Recorded Live at the Rolston Recital Hall, October 18th, 2019 as part of the Musicians in Residence Program at the Banff Centre concert series.

Inni means Bison in Blackfoot. This song was composed about the presence and disappearance of the Bison on the plains. The composition was supported by the Coastal Jazz Society Indigenous Artist in Residence in 2017.

Flute, Alto Flute - Jessica McMann
Viola - Karen Shepherd
Piano - Beverley McKiver
Composer: Jessica McMann

Recording: The Banff Centre for the Arts

1st 01 Woodwings I. Bobolink (KENNETH WOODS ESO) (48k 24b)

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