Eight Love Songs for High Baritone Voice, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, formerly known as Love Songs, contains eight contrasting love songs. Commissioned in 2010 by MusicFestVancouver for renowned Canadian baritone, Tyler Duncan, and Australia's pre-eminent chamber music ensemble Freshwater Trio. The set of eight songs is the result of ongoing collaborations between lyricist, Tara Wohlberg, and composer, Stephen Chatman. The lyrics, full of inner rhymes and wit, explore far ranging aspects of love, such as unexpected encounters, tenderness, Schubert and his song Gretchen am Spinnrade, dreams, dating, some Hanky-panky, and the wrong and right moves of Mr. Smooth. The contrasting musical settings typify Chatman's eclectic panoply of classical and popular musical styles, from Ragtime and Tango to Neo-Romanticism. Total Duration: 19:30

Songlist: Excuse Me, Something like that, Not that kind of song, Dream Girl, Dating is a sport, Hanky-panky, My Love, Mr. Smooth

Due East is one in a series of four choral suites that explore the cultural and natural wonders of various regions of North America. Stephen Chatman's choral settings are broad in scope and tone; the tone painting evokes the stunning landscapes and their diverse communities. Both his original texts and those of poet Tara Wohlberg capture the enchanted worlds of North, South, East, and West. Duration: 7 min

Songlist: Due East: 1. Nor'easter, Due East: 2. Minke Whale, Due East: 3. Farewell Nancy, Due East: 4. Fishing

Due North is one in a series of four choral suites that explore the cultural and natural wonders of various regions of North America. Stephen Chatman's choral settings are broad in scope and tone; the tone painting evokes the stunning landscapes and their diverse communities. Both his original texts and those of poet Tara Wohlberg capture the enchanted worlds of North, South, East, and West.

Songlist: Due North: 1. Mountains, Due North: 2. Trees, Due North: 3. Woodpecker, Due North: 4. Varied Thrushes, Due North: 5. Mosquitoes

Due South is one in a series of four choral suites that explore the cultural and natural wonders of various regions of North America. Stephen Chatman's choral settings are broad in scope and tone; the tone painting evokes the stunning landscapes and their diverse communities. Both his original texts and those of poet Tara Wohlberg capture the enchanted worlds of North, South, East, and West. 1. Arise is the short opening of this suite of five pieces, and is set to glorious homophonic music with rising motives in the lower voices. 2. What's Cookin'? takes its sweet time tantalizing the listener with all the menu items of a truly Southern feast. Music, set to a slow tempo in swing eighths, makes the recitation tempting, if not downright sultry. 3. Bugs is a soundscape of insects and their songs. Precise vocal effects make this challenging but also whimsical, and the result is pure fun. 4. Love, O Love recalls an old-fashioned love letter in which the writer compares the beloved to the moon and the sun and pledges eternal love. The music begins with lush chords sung together, moves to an over-arching soprano line with gentle undulations in the lower parts, and finishes with the choir singing together again, "Love shines on you, my only one." 5. A perfectly apt finale to this choral suite, Kentucky Derby begins with a nod to "My Old Kentucky Home," and then it's off to the races, literally. The text of the suite is declaimed rapidly in patter-song format, almost as if the chorus is calling race as it progresses. A tour de force, and truly, "..a wild ride!"

Songlist: Due South: 5. Kentucky Derby, Due South: 1. Arise, Due South: 3. Bugs, Due South: 4. Love, O Love, Due South: 2. What's Cookin'?

One in a series of four choral suites that explore the cultural and natural wonders of various regions of North America. Stephen Chatman's choral settings are broad in scope and tone; the tone painting evokes the stunning landscapes and their diverse communities. Both his original texts and those of poet Tara Wohlberg capture the enchanted worlds of North, South, East, and West.

Songlist: Due West: 1. Train, Due West: 2. Prairie Lullaby, Due West: 3. Wasps, Due West: 4. Sunset, Due West: 5. Chickadee

22 minutes, 6 movements