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Cycles

Song Cycles

First Fig [2017-18]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Voice / Piano

D4 to A5

F4 to F5

~ 12:00

English

Sex Lives of Vegetables [2017-18]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Lorna Crozier

Voice / Piano

B3 to D6flat

E4 to G5 

~ 20:00

English

SEX LoV 123 [2022-25]

Text by 

Instrumentation

 

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Lorna Crozier

Voice / Piano / Cello

Voice / Piano / Bass Clarinet

B3 to D6flat

E4 to G5 

~ 20:00

English

Astonishing Light [2023]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Rumi and Hafiz

Voice / Piano

D4 to E5

G3 to A5

~ 8:00

English

Cuisine Lyrique [2020]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Albert Giraud

Voice / Melodica

A3 to A5

F4 to F5

~ 4:00

French

Forgotten and Forgetting [2017]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​​

Christina Rossetti

Voice

D4 to B5

A4 to F5 

~ 4:00

English

Forgotten and Forgetting - Song / From the AntiqueDanika Lorèn
00:00 / 04:41

Strange Voices [2020-21]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Christina Rossetti

Voice / Piano 

G3 to B5

F4 to A5

~ 20:00

English

Tombstones in the Starlight [2022-23]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Dorothy Parker

Voice / Piano / Clarinet

B3 to A5

E4 to D6

~ 20:00

English

Tell Everyone [2022-23]

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Translations by

 

 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Sappho

​Mary Barnard

Julia Dubnoff

Danika Lorèn

Voice / Piano / Clarinet

B3 to A5

E4 to D6

~ 20:00

English

Commissioned by the Sappho Project

for Nicole Ross, Grace Skehan and Martine Jomphe

Thread of Life [2024-25]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Christina Rossetti

Voice / Piano

E4 to A5 (E3 to A4 for tenor)

G4 to G5 (G3 to G4)

~ 12:00

English

Commissioned by the Women's Musical Club of Toronto for Asitha Tennakoon and Steven Philcox

Singles

Single Art Songs

Ónoma [2025]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​​

Rachel Fenlon

Voice / Piano

G3 to C4

F3 to E4 

~ 3:00

English

Commissioned by the National Association of

Teachers of Singing and Cincinnati Song Initiative,

with major support from Lori Laitman.

performed by Randell McGee and Sasha Rasmussen

Close By [2018]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​​

E. Pauline Johnson / Tekahionwake

Voice / Piano

B2 to F4

E3 to C4 

~ 4:30

English

The Idlers [2018]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

E. Pauline Johnson /Tekahionwake

Voice / Piano

E4 to A5

A4 to E5 

~ 4:30

English

performed by Danika Lorèn and Steven Philcox

At Sunset [2018]

Text by 

 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

E. Pauline Johnson /

Tekahionwake

Voice / Piano

E3 to G4

D3flat to A4

~ 4:30

English

Evening Song [2021]

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​​

Willa Cather

Voice / Piano

C4 to A5 (optional C6)

G4 to E5 

~ 4:00

English

Evening SongDanika Lorèn and Darren Creech
00:00 / 05:03

Prayer to Persephone [2021]

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Instrumentation(s)

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Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​​

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Voice / Piano / Clarinet

Voice / Piano / Violin

Voice / Piano

C4 to B5

A4 to G5 

~ 3:00

English

Night (2022)

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​​

H.D (Hilda Doolittle)

Voice / Piano

B3 to G5

D4 to E5 

~ 2:00

English

Arirang (arrangement)

commissioned by Daniel Hamin Go

Salome's Dancing Lesson (2024)

Text by 

Instrumentation

Vocal Range

Vocal Tessitura

Duration

Language​​

Dorothy Parker

Voice / Piano

D4 to E5

D4 to E5 

~ 2:30

English

performed by Danika Lorèn and Steven Philcox

Arias

Arias (piano vocal versions)

Hedda's Aria (Hedda)

Original play by

Libretto by 

Voice Type

Vocal Range

Character

Duration

Language​​​

Henrik Ibsen

Danika Lorèn

Soprano

​F4 to C6 

Hedda

~ 2:30

English

Thea's Aria (Hedda)

Original play by

Libretto by 

Voice Type

Vocal Range

Character

Duration

Language​​​

Henrik Ibsen

Danika Lorèn

Soprano

​F4 to A5 

Thea

~ 2:00

English

Bear Slayer (when we dead awaken)

Original play by

Libretto by 

Voice Type

Vocal Range

Character

Duration

Language​​​

Henrik Ibsen

Danika Lorèn

Baritone

A2 to C4

Ulfheim 

~ 2:00

English

Little Locked Casket (when we dead awaken)

Original play by

Libretto by 

Voice Type

Vocal Range

Character

Duration

Language​​​

Henrik Ibsen

Danika Lorèn

Tenor

A3 to B4​

Arnold Rubek

~ 3:00

English

Opera

Operas

Hedda (based on Hedda Gabler)

Original text by 

Libretto by​

Language​​​

Roles

Henrik Ibsen

Danika Lorèn

English

Hedda Gabler (soprano)

Jörgen Tesman (baritone)

Thea Elvstead (soprano)

Ejlert Lövborg (tenor)

Aunt Julle Tesman (mezzo)

Judge Brack (mezzo, countertenor or tenor)

Hedda's aria, performed by Danika Lorèn with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rivard

when we dead awaken (based on When We Dead Awaken)

Original text by 

Libretto by​

Language​​​

Roles

Henrik Ibsen

Danika Lorèn

English

Arnold Rubek (tenor)

Maia Rubek (soprano)

Ulfheim (baritone / bass-baritone)

Irene (mezzo / countertenor)

Sister of Mercy (high soprano)

Concierge (mezzo / tenor / countertenor)

optional chorus (SATB)

Orchestration

Strings:

Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

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Woodwinds:

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (b flat), Bassoon

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Brass:

Horn, Trumpet (c), Trombone

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Percussion:

Timpani, Glockenspiel, Harp

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