Gardner’s musical works have been performed by ensembles, choruses and orchestras throughout the U.S., Canada and England. Please use the below link to purchase or rent available works through Hildegard Publishing.

Music Library

Chamber Works

  • Romance (3:30) for flute, viola & guitar
  • Touching Souls (5:40) alto fl, guitar, hand drums
  • Crystal Bells (6:30) flute, cello & guitar
  • Lunamuse (9:00) fl, c, gtr, sm. perc, hand drums
  • Prayer to Aphrodite (3:15) alto fl (or Eng. hn) & strings
  • Atlantis Rising (8:00) fl/G fl, vln/vla, c, prep pno & tape
  • The Rising Sun: Variations on an American Blues Theme (13:00)
    fl/G fl, ob/Eng. hn, cl/bass cl, c & pno/hpsi
  • The Seasons (13:00) fl, alto fl, violin, cello, prep.pno & hp
  • Winter Night, Gibbous Moon: Saga for Eleven Flutes (15:30)
    3 piccolos, 3 flutes, 3 alto flutes, 2 bass flutes
  • Vocalise (2:30) on Bach’s Prelude in C-minor
    flute, violin, cello & keyboard
  • Earth Shadows for Bassoon & Chamber Ensemble (15:00) alto fl, bass cl, bass trom, timp, perc, celeste, db & AA
  • Viriditas (21:00) fl/G fl, bass fl, ob/Eng hn, bsn, vla, c, db, hp & perc
  • North Coast Nights (20:00) for string quartet
  • Rondo (13:00) flute, cello, vibes, cello, hand drums & hp
  • Sailing Song (7:00) for wind quintet
  • Women at the Lakeside (8:00) text: Elsa Gidlow
    narrator, fl, vla, c, bn, hp & perc.
  • A Rainbow Path (40:00) fl/G fl, ob/Eng. hn, cl, bsn, hn, trom, perc, timp, hp, vocal drone, SSA soloists, vln, vla, c, db & tamboura (Rental)

Orchestral Works

  • Rainforest (6:00) for Chamber Orchestra 1111, 1000, perc, hp & strings. Rental
  • The Rising Sun: Variations on an American Blues Theme (13:00) 1121, 0000, piano & strings. Rental
  • Night Chant (17:00) 1111, 2000, timp, 2 perc, piano, SSAA & strings. Rental
  • Prayer to Aphrodite (3:15) alto flute (or Eng. hn) & strings
  • The Greenwood (5:00) strings, timpani & harp
  • Quiet Harbor (4:30) 2221, 2102,timp, 2 perc, hp & strings. Rental
  • Lament for the Thousands & Century March for Orchestra. Rental
  • Lament for the Thousands Solo Organ Edition (2:15)

Oratorio & Opera

  • Ouroboros–Seasons of Life: Women’s Passages (64:00) text: Charlie Hutchins and Ila Suzanne SSA; six female soloists ages 8 to 80, 2222, 4000, perc hp & strings (or reduced score for piano). Rental
  • Ladies’ Voices: A Short, Short Opera (11:00) text: Gertrude Stein 2 sopranos, 2 mezzos, 2 altos, flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, cello, harp & audience. Rental

Solo Instrumental

  • My Mother’s Garden: Melodies for Piano collection of sixteen piano works
  • A River Sings (5:00) for solo cello
  • The Elusive White Roebuck (9:00) for horn & piano
  • Moonflow (6:00) on Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata flute & piano
  • Innermoods (3:00) for flute & guitar.
  • Seven Modal Improvisations (10:00) piano with any instrument(s)
  • Mariachi (4:00) for marimba
  • Travelin’ (6:00) for guitar
  • Thou Little Tiny Child (4:00) piano arrangement of “The Coventry Carol”

Choral Works-Mixed

  • Aquarian Anthem (6:30) text: Kay Gardner
    SATB and prepared piano or vibraphone
  • Time is But the Stream…(4:00) text: Henry David Thoreau SATB & piano
  • Stopping By Woods (4:00) text: Robert Frost
    SATB, 2 violins (or violin, clarinet) & cello
  • Beloved Presence (2:43) text: Mohammed Hafiz
    SATB & piano
  • Affirmation: A Benediction (1:00) text: The Upanishads SATB a cappella
  • Mary Had a Baby (3:00) arr. Traditional Spiritual
    SATB a cappella
  • The Banshee Song (4:30) text: Kay Gardner
    SATB a cappella
  • Lucina’s Light: A Yuletide Pageant/Cantata (45:00)
    SATB, children’s choir, soprano, girl soprano, alto, tenor & bass soloists & piano (or 2 recorders, fl, ob, cl, vln, vla, c, db, piano & perc.
  • Affirmation: A Benediction (1:00) text: The Upanishads SATB a cappella
  • Mary Had a Baby (3:00) arr. Traditional Spiritual SATB a cappella
  • The Banshee Song (4:30) text: Kay Gardner SATB a cappella
  • Lucina’s Light: A Yuletide Pageant/Cantata (45:00) SATB, children’s choir, soprano, girl soprano, alto, tenor & bass soloists & piano (or 2 recorders, fl, ob, cl, vln, vla, c, db, piano & perc. Rental
  • Three Sumerian Hymns for Chorus & Large Ensemble (15:00)

Women’s Chorus

  • When We Made the Music (4:00) text: Kay Gardner SSAA & piano (or Eng. hn, string quartet & pno)
  • The Rootwomen (7:40) text: J Goldspinner SSAA, fl, ob, vln, c, prep. pno & perc
  • A Creed for Free Women (12:13) text: Elsa Gidlow SSAA & piano ( or ob, cl, hn, bsn, perc, vln & c)
  • Dancing (6:00) text: Susan Griffin SSA, alto recorder, violin, harp, tambourine
  • Song of the Dying Amazon (5:40) text: Shirley Tannenbaum SSA & piano ( or oboe, cello & harp)
  • The Spider and the Fly (13:00) text: Mary Howitt SSA with Eb soprano, concert, alto & bass flutes (one player) & harpsichord. Rental
  • Charge of the Star Goddess (6:00) text: Traditional SSA and piano

Solo Vocal Works

  • Mindful of You (4:00) text: Edna St. Vincent Millay soprano & violin
  • Three Mother Songs (9:00) text: Kay Gardner mezzo & guitar
  • Two Sapphic Songs (6:00) text: Elsa Gidlow mezzo & guitar
  • Wise Woman (3:33) text: Kay Gardner mezzo & guitar
  • Beautiful Friend (4:30) text: Kay Gardner mezzo & guitar
  • Changing (4:33) text: Kay Gardner mezzo & guitar
  • Mother’s Evening Prayer (4:45) text: Mary Baker Eddy medium voice & keyboard
  • On Marriage (4:20) text: Kahlil Gibran medium voice & piano
  • Beloved Presence (2:43) text: Mohammed Hafiz
  • medium voice & piano
  • Fragments (5:00) text: Hsin Ping for soprano & piano