Music by Roger Bourland

The Crocodile’s Christmas Ball and other odd tales (2002)
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: William MacDuff
UCLA Chorale, Donald Neuen, Director
UCLA Wind Ensemble, D. Thomas Lee, Director
Roger Bourland, conducting
1. Tropical Christmas mp3
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2. A Proper Cat Reflects upon the Holidays mp3
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3. After Halloween mp3
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Flashpoint/Stonewall (1994)
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: John Hall
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Jon Bailey, conductor
Recording by Chuck White
1. Invocation; Evocation; Flashpoint Stonewall mp3
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2. DreamDrag mp3
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3. A Different Child mp3
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4. The Parademp3
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5. Shame mp3
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All there is is love mp3
Music: Roger Bourland
Text: Paul Monette
Jon Bailey conducts the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Published by Yelton Rhodes Music, Los Angeles.
Chuck White, recording
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Paul Monette heard the premiere of HIDDEN LEGACIES in Royce Hall and rushed up to me afterwords to thank John and me. I [...]

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LETTERS TO THE FUTURE (1993)
Music: Roger Bourland
Poetry: James Merrill, May Swenson, Thom Gunn, Francisco X Alarcon, JD McClatchy, bell hooks, Allen Ginsburg, Adrienne Rich
Richard Garrin conducts the Windy City Gay Chorus (June 1994)
Published by Yelton Rhodes Music, Los Angeles
1. Song of God B (Merrill)
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2. Symmetrical Companion (Swenson)
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Hidden Legacies (1992)
1. Before the storm mp3
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2. The nightmare mp3
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3. Give us a death undiminished mp3
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4. Left behind mp3
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5. Dinosaur mp3
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6. Lullabye mp3
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Alarcon Madrigals, Book 3 (2007) mp3

1. Body in flames
2. Lamentario
3. Like a crazed flower
4. Face and heart
5. Guardian angel
Music: Roger Bourland
Poetry: Francisco X Alarcon
Iris Levine conducts Vox Femina -LA
Published by Yelton Rhodes Music – Los Angeles
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Because Vox Femina so loved “Both page and pen” and its erotic imagery, I [...]

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Alarcon Madrigals, Book 2 (2002) mp3

1. I want to stop being an endless night
2. Wind
3. Bird
4. Both page and pen
5. Matriarch
6. Another language
Music: Roger Bourland
Poetry: Francisco X Alarcon
Iris Levine conducts Vox Femina
The Tolerance Project June 22, 2002
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In the late 1990’s, a new women’s chorus was formed in Los Angeles [...]

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Alarcon Madrigals Book 1 (1994) mp3
1. In a neighborhood in LA
2. Un beso is not a kiss
3. Tan real
4. Antiqua cancion
5. A small but fateful victory

Music: Roger Bourland
Poetry: Francisco X Alarcon
Vance Wolverton conducts the CalState Fullerton Women’s Chorus
Published by Yelton Rhodes Music, Los Angeles.
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Garden Abstract (1976) mp3
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Music: Roger Bourland
Poetry: Hart Crane
Conductor: Thomas Toscano; NEC grad students
Publisher: Yelton Rhodes Music, Los Angeles
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In “Garden Abstract” I figured out how to weave voices together in a better harmonic way, making it easier to sing. The piece was premiered on a graduate composers concert at [...]

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