TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title

Signature Page

Introduction

Key Words

Working Artist’s Statement

Table of Contents

Personal Story

Veils of Singleness -

Veil One

Early Music and Other Banal Influences

Acoustic & Vocal Freedom

Flying, “No-Hans” Solo

Lies of Childhood

I am...Nunk

Stories of Loneliness and Family -

Open Window

Dad’s Bulbs and Hayley’s Blunder

Veil Two -

The “Quest”ions of Swedes...& Filmic Images

Macro Images of the Mundane

Leaving My Mind Behind: Opening to Form and Aura

Egg Ink Book

No Baggage Here

New Ground Covered

Nature Is Calling

Photographs

Beauty & Florals

Animals & Insects

Humour

Portraits

Viewpoints & Perspectives

My Spirit

The Organics of Creativity

Covering & Un-Covering...through Spirit

Improvisation/Spontaneous Composition

Practicum Report

Nature of Project & Project Reflection

Websites

Documentation & Compositions

#1 BaBaBa

#2 Conversations ~ “We Have The Stars”

#3 Dinner For One

#3 1/2 Dinner For One (rewrite)

#4 Iroko ~ Tree

#5 Where Are You Now...my love?

#6 Sissorly Submission ~ Video

Classroom Teaching

Improvisation In Life & Art

Vocal Improvisation

Music

Facilitation -

Sharon Bridgforth

Social Order, Cultural Influence & Personal Politics

The Freedom of Improvisation

Social Change & Empowerment

Remarkable Influences

Jay Clayton & Jerry Granelli

Pauline Oliveros

Meredith Monk

Bobby McFerrin

Rhiannon(music)

Laurie Anderson

John Cage

C.H.I.C. (Capital Hill Improv Choir)

Bounce: A Connective Composition

In Closing

Appendix

Annotative Bibliography

Bibliography & References