• Two Stephens Songs, (baritone, pf.), The Shell and The Lion (In Waste Places), poems by James Stephens, 10’, 1996-8, (©2000), Peters #67646, Lori Gould (mezzo sop.), Gail Jennings, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI, May 20, 2000, comm. by Mu Phi Epsilon
  • Pierrot Songs, (soprano with fl, cl, vln, cello, pf), texts by Albert Giraud (German trans. by Otto Hartleben), 12′, 1988 (©1990), Peters #67222, Christine Schadeberg, NY New Music Ensemble, Robert Black, cond., Los Angeles, Nov. 7, 1988, (first song); Lucy Shelton, Da Capo Chamber Players, Los Angeles, Jan. 25, 1989 (second and third songs), comm. by Schoenberg Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Love Songs, (sop, pf.), texts from anon. Greek, W S Landor, Anne Bradstreet, Emerson, Henry Harrington, 13′, 1975 (©1977), Merion Music (Theo. Presser Co.), Elizabeth Mosher, Jack Roberts, Music Teachers Nat. Assn., Dallas, March, 31, 1976, comm. by Music Teachers Nat. Assn.
  • Time and Beyond, (baritone with clar, cello, pf), texts by Emerson, Tagore, Mark Van Doren, 12′, 1973 (©1980), Peters #66574, Fritz Moses and ensemble at Eastern Mich. Univ, Ypsilanti, MI, June 20, 1973, comm. by Soc. for the Commissioning of New Music.
  • The Jade Garden, (sop. pf.), four oriental poems in English, 9′, 1973 (©1977), Merion Music (Theo. Presser Co.), Emily Lowe, Joseph Gurt, Eastern Mich., Univ, Ypsilanti, MI, Feb. 8, 1976
  • To Music (sop., pf.), texts by Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Wm. Billings, 11′, 1962 (©1966), Peters #67644, (originally published by Highgate Press, Galaxy Corp.), Patty Thompson Gay, John Eaton, Rome, April 17, 1962; comm. by Mu Phi Epsilon music sorority.
  • Four Songs (sop, pf), texts Wm. Blake, Geo. Herbert, Edwin A. Robinson, 10′, 1953, American Composers Edition, BASSE 05246, Norma Heyde, Anita Bassett, Ann Arbor, MI, Nov. 15, 1953