Music

Excerpts from “The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” (2011)

 

(Music, Caitlin Smith; on the short story by Sheila Heti; featuring Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, soprano; Jennifer Ryan, alto; Alex Samaras, baritone; Recorded by the Tiny Alligator Large Band in concert in March 2011.)

 

 

(Music, Caitlin Smith; lyrics, Caitlin Smith and Anne Thériault) Recorded by the Wireless Orchestra at Carroll Music, New York, March 2009. Featuring Hildegunn Gjedrem, voice.

 

(Caitlin Smith) Recorded by the Wireless Orchestra at Carroll Music, New York, March 2009. Featuring Ingrid Jensen, flugelhorn.

Excerpts from “Goat Songs”: 

 

(Music, Caitlin Smith) Recorded by Tiny Alligator Large Band at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, November 2008. Featuring Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, soprano; Andy Ballantyne, saxophone.

 

 

(Music and lyrics, Caitlin Smith) Recorded by Tiny Alligator New York at the Brooklyn Lyceum, September 2008. Featuring Yoon Sun Choi, voice and Mike Fahie, trombone.

 

Excerpts from "When This War Ends," a chamber opera in progress (2012)

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"Insurgency is the most complicated, demanding and subtle of wars."

Libretto and score: Caitlin Smith. An excerpt of Scene VI From "When This War Ends," an opera about the Canadian experience of the recently-concluded war in Afghanistan. In progress.

 

"I concluded that our detainee practices were un-Canadian, counterproductive and probably illegal."

Libretto and score: Caitlin Smith. An excerpt of Scene VI From "When This War Ends," an opera about the Canadian experience of the recently-concluded war in Afghanistan. In progress.

Excerpts from "Safe and Healthy Homes for Children" (2011)

"The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"

Tiny Alligator Large Band, live in concert, March 2011. Music by Caitlin Smith, on a short story by Sheila Heti. Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, soprano; Jennifer Ryan, alto; Alex Samaras, baritone.

"Vibration"

Tiny Alligator Large Band, live in concert, March 2011. Music by Caitlin Smith, on a poem by John Updike. Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, soprano; Jennifer Ryan, alto; Alex Samaras, baritone.

Other Video

An Appeal:

Music, mashup, video, Caitlin Smith; vocals, Rebecca Pellett.