Premiered March 10th, 2014 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba. Caroline Bucher, tsymbaly; Alanna Roscoe, clarinet.
Tsymbaly is a Ukrainian hammered dulcimer. 

In the Wake of the Rain Dance

Read-through recorded Feb 13th, 2015 at the University of Manitoba.
Performed by Ensemble Paramirabo (www.ensembleparamirabo.com)


III. L'ornithorynque (The Platypus)

II. Le paresseux (The Sloth)

I. Les chauves-souris (The Bats)

Text and music by Laura Gow.
Premièred March 20th, 2015 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba.
Elliot Lazar, baritone; Nicole Stonyk, piano.
Many apologies to J.S. Bach.

"This music feeds my soul,
It flows warm through me.
My spirit is whole.
My soul...

I have no soul.

I am a pillar of society,
A patron of the arts,
A physician of body and mind,
But there is one trait you may find...

Unnerving.

I eat the rude!
Whenever possible, I eat the rude.
If it's discourtesy you exude,
You'd better watch your attitude,
Because I eat the rude!

I made a Princeton student into a dip, and then I ate it.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's flute player: I ate him.
Frederick Chilton, that charlatan: you bet I ate him.
Multiple Miggs: I didn't eat him. Didn't even kill him. I merely encouraged him to swallow his own tongue.

If your manners are a disgrace,
Might I suggest that you cut off your face?
With a few drugs, and my gentle words
This idea you will embrace.

If your etiquette is less than exquisite,
Or your behaviour borders on the barbaric,
You'd best lock up your liver;
Delicious justice I will deliver.

Because I eat the rude!
Whenever possible, I eat the rude.
If politeness you preclude,
And your actions downright crude,
You're the next one to be chewed,
Because I eat the rude!"

Dr. Lecter's Culinary Ethics

Premiered April 1st, 2015 at Westworth United Church in Winnipeg, MB.
Performed by the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra; Julian Pellicano, conductor.

Acherontia styx: Metamorphosis

Premiered March 18th, 2016 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba.
Performed by Quatuor Bozzini (http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca).

This piece was written with the help of: Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisolm, Geri Halliwell, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, David Hodges, Amy Lee, Ben Moody, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Trent Reznor.

Girls, The Essence of Metal Nails

Premiered March 4th, 2017 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba.
Nolan Powell, electric guitar; Paul Williamson, harmonium.

The Unchaining Of Thanatos

Performed on Mar 4th, 2017 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba.
Lynlee Wolstencroft, soprano
Natalie Dawe, cello
Text & music by Laura Gow

Rage Against the Sarcophagus

Arrangement premiered on Mar 4th, 2017 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba.
Hannah Humphries, violin
Mollin Balisi, flute
Zach Dark, french horn
Daniel Preun, bassoon
Kieran Labossière, bass clarinet
Music by Laura Gow

Dance Of The Hellchildren

Performed on Mar 4th, 2017 in Eva Clare Hall at the University of Manitoba.
Jordan Grenier, tenor saxophone
Indra Egan, piano
Music by Laura Gow

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