Surprise Me with Beauty: the Music of Human Systems

Paperback - 424 pages (December 2001)
ISBN: 0963395319 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x 9.02 x 6.08

Musical scores and writings on structured improvisation. Poetry, games, mathematics, unusual and familiar sounds, and texts and concepts from varied spiritual traditions combine in multifaceted and entertaining works that invite both musicians and non-musicians to listen, create, perform, and enjoy.

"A wonderful invitation to participate in making music for musicians, interested people and educators. These scores will encourage you to sound the silenced self."

Pauline Oliveros

Shekhinah: the Presence

Paperback - 154 pages (August 1992)
ISBN: 0963395300 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 9.02 x 6.08

A book-length poem based on the evening-length dance-theater work, derived from the movements, texts, and structure of Jewish worship. Focusing on the figure of the Shekhinah, the mystic embodiment of the Presence of God, as she appears to the congregants at a morning service, the poem examines the meaning of tradition and the power of prayer.