Overture to orioles: solo piano

Audio files containing 12 tracks of piano compositions written and performed by Phyllis Goldin. Ann Reed provides mandolin accompaniment on track 05. Mastered at Wild Audio, Minneapolis and manufactured at Noiseland Industries, Minneapolis, MN in 1999. Album cover art and table of contents is available as the attached PDF file. Table of Contents: Overture to orioles on the Cannon Valley Trail (3:44) -- Suite Colleen (3:12) -- Return to go (4:10) -- Sixplay (3:41) -- Bid you farewell (3:05) -- Sincerely, Helene (3:38) -- Spring thaw (4:49) -- She's like a swallow (4:28) -- North Pole song (4:23) -- Frog call (2:43) -- Sadie (3:02) -- Ancestry dance (3:11).Artist's statement: "The incentive to produce this recording came from The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on the banks of the Cannon River, Red Wing, Minnesota, where I was privileged to be in residence as a jazz composer in May, 1998. I won't soon forget how unseasonably warm the month was and how spring and summer wild flowers bloomed simultaneously on the Cannon Valley Trail. In this atmosphere of abundance, during a morning walk marked by strong contrast of sunlight and shadow, three Orioles landed in a nearby tree. I stopped for a few moments to listen to their plaintive song. In an enchanted state, I captured their melody and rhythm and during the rest of my residency, completed the title composition, 'Overture to Orioles on the Cannon Valley Trail.' Friends at The Anderson Center were taken with the piece and asked if I could produce a recording. In appreciation for their confidence in my work, I offer these piano compositions. They blend my classical, folk and blues influences with an ever-increasing proclivity to jazz."--Phyllis Goldin

American eyes

Song lyrics by Phyllis Goldin. Originally published in Grounds for Peace: An Anthology of Writings by the Members of Women Against Military Madness and Women Poets of the Twin Cities. Minneapolis, MN: Women Against Military Madness, 1994

Our chance to fly

1 audio file (WAV format - 2:06 min.) + 1 p. lyrics.Audio recording and lyrics for Our Chance to Fly, a UWRF Spirit Song written and performed by Phyllis Goldin in 2010

War bride

Poem by Phyllis Goldin. Originally published in Gatherings: Thirty Years of Women Poets & Writers. Ed. Trina Porte. Minneapolis, MN: Chickaree Press, 2004

Here's to you, Anita Hill

Song lyrics by Phyllis Goldin. Originally published in Grounds for Peace: An Anthology of Writings by the Members of Women Against Military Madness and Women Poets of the Twin Cities. Minneapolis, MN: Women Against Military Madness, 1994

Not foreverglades

Song lyrics by Phyllis Goldin. Originally published in Grounds for Peace: An Anthology of Writings by the Members of Women Against Military Madness and Women Poets of the Twin Cities. Minneapolis, MN: Women Against Military Madness, 1994

Spring thaw

Audio files containing 13 tracks of pieces composed and performed by Phyllis Goldin. Wanda Brown provides the vocal harmonies. Engineered and recorded by Brad Stokes, The Tracking Station, Richard Grossman, Studio C, Minneapolis, MN. This digital version of the original cassette recording was created by Nick Dangeur, UWRF Television & Video Service in 2010. Album cover art, lyrics and table of contents are available as the attached PDF file. Table of Contents: Spring thaw (5:01) -- I fell for grace (3:03) -- It could have been to India (3:16) -- Mail the key (1:58) -- All the little glorias (3:16) -- Checkpoint Charlie (1:10) -- Not foreverglades (2:23) -- Dear Bill (3:22) -- Speed of life (3:18) -- This isn't my party (2:46) -- The bomb belongs to me (1:40) -- Twenty seconds on high (2:42) -- Reunion (3:25).Artist's statement: "Spring Thaw, released in 1991, includes a stunning piano solo (the title cut), continuing the 'journal in song' begun on the first album. This cassette recording represents a delightful mix of sensitivity and sadness, humor and outrage."--Phyllis Goldin

In peace we journey here: piano and songs

Audio files containing 23 tracks of pieces composed and performed by Phyllis Goldin. Wanda Brown composed the lyrics to track 02, Winter Ride and track 23 lyrics are from the Robert Frost poem. Mastered by Dave Peterson at Perfect House Studios, River Falls, WI and manufactured by Noiseland Industries, Minneapolis, MN. Album cover art by Phyllis Goldin and table of contents and lyrics are available as the attached PDF file. Table of Contents: The couple next door (3:24) -- Winter ride (2:44) -- Ferry tails (2:36) -- Overture to Orioles (3:21, 3:02, 3:10, 1:49, 3:12) -- American eyes (3:35) -- Vanishing middle class blues (3:07) -- Great nations fall (3:06) -- Somewhere (3:08) -- You slipped away (2:29) -- Lonely street (2:51) -- In peace we journey here (3:56) -- River love (5:38) -- Tsunami 2004 (3:13) -- Friends (2:51) -- Foot drop blues (2:31) -- Sammy (2:09) -- Bye bye baby tooth (2:37) -- Brides and wives (2:35) -- The road not taken (2:25).Artist's statement: "With this live album, in the style of a concert performance, I present a cross section of my diverse 35 year journal of songs and compositions."--Phyllis Goldin

Brides & wives

Poem by Phyllis Goldin. Originally published in Gatherings: Thirty Years of Women Poets & Writers. Ed. Trina Porte. Minneapolis, MN: Chickaree Press, 2004

Warlord's prayer

Poem by Phyllis Goldin. Originally published in Gatherings: Thirty Years of Women Poets & Writers. Ed. Trina Porte. Minneapolis, MN: Chickaree Press, 2004