CREATIONS (12 or 16 voices)

Creations explores creation myths of the world, from the initial abyss, to gods of the sea, the sun and moon, sky and earth, and endless binary representations of light/dark, left/right, male/female. The work explores resonance, storytelling, and mystery. Text collected by the composer from ancient religious texts and mythologies. 


A seminal choral work, Creations was composed at the Banff Centre for the Arts in the spring of 1988 and was revised in 2016 to make it easier to perform by reducing unnecessary complexities. The composer also created a version for 12 voices, removing the antiphonal placement and making minimal adjustments to reduce the number of voices.