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Stone Soup

Complete Work Title: 

Stone Soup — a children's theatre work for six musicians

Performance Medium: 

trombone, percussion, oboe/bassoon, horn, violin, viola

Movements: 
  1. Prologue

  2. The Townspeople
  3. The Traveller
  4. Stone Soup

Duration: 

c.20:00

Date Composed: 

May - August 1990

Performance Information: 

Musicians play, act, and narrate this adaptation of the classic tale "Stone Soup" for young audiences.

Additional Information: 

• Commissioned by the new music troupe Tales & Scales
• Story adapted by Nicholas Kryah

Performance History: 

Tales & Scales — William Bootz (trombone), Ron Tucker (oboe & bassoon), Claire Tafoya (horn), Gregg Martin (percussion), Pedro Vera (violin), Robin Vera (viola):
• 15 May 1991; Caze School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 8 May 1991; Harper School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 8 May 1991; Chandler Elementary School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 1 May 1991; Cedar Hall School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 1 May 1991; Oakdale School (Boonville, Indiana)
• 24 April 1991; Fairlawn School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 17 April 1991; Brumfield School (Princeton, Indiana)
• 10 April 1991; St. Benedict School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 10 April 1991; Evansville Day School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 3 April 1991; Cynthia Heights School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 13 March 1991; Daviess County Schools (Owensboro, Kentucky)
• 12 March 1991; Daviess County Schools (Owensboro, Kentucky)
• 6 March 1991; Tennyson School (Mt. Vernon, Indiana)
• 6 March 1991; Loge School (Boonville, Indiana)
• 27 February 1991; St. Matthew School (Mt. Vernon, Indiana)
• 27 February 1991; Marrs School (Mt. Vernon, Indiana)
• 20 February 1991; Sharon School (Newburgh, Indiana)
• 6 February 1991; Stockwell School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 6 February 1991; Hebron School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 30 January 1991; Lincoln School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 30 January 1991; Culver School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 16 January 1991; Stringtown School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 16 January 1991; Scott School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 28 November 1990; Delaware School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 17 November 1990; Old Courthouse (Evansville, Indiana)
• 17 November 1990; McCullough Library (Evansville, Indiana)
• 14 November 1990; Evansville Central Library
• 8 November 1990; Evansville Central Library (Evansville, Indiana)
• 4 November 1990; Henderson Co. High School (Henderson, Kentucky)
• 24 October 1990; Newburgh Elementary School (Newburgh, Indiana)
• 17 October 1990; West Terrace School (Evansville, Indiana)
• 9 September 1990; Evansville Art Museum (Evansville, Indiana)
• 8 September 1990; Evansville Art Museum (Evansville, Indiana) [premiere]