Stone Soup

Complete Work Title:

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

Performance Medium:

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

Duration:

20:00

Date Composed:

May – August 1990

Movements:

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

Additional Information:

  • Musicians play, act, and narrate this adaptation of the classic tale “Stone Soup” for young audiences.
  • Commissioned by the new music troupe Tales & Scales.
  • Story adapted by Nicholas Kryah.

Performance/Broadcast History:

DateVenueLocationPerformer(s)
29 May 1991Harper School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
15 May 1991Caze School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
8 May 1991Chandler Elementary School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
1 May 1991Cedar Hall SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
1 May 1991Oakdale School (2 performances)Boonville, INTales & Scales
24 April 1991Fairlawn School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
17 April 1991Brumfield School (2 performances)Princeton, INTales & Scales
10 April 1991St. Benedict SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
10 April 1991Evansville Day SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
3 April 1991Cynthia Heights School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
13 March 1991Daviess County Schools (2 performances)Owensboro, KYTales & Scales
12 March 1991Daviess County Schools (2 performances)Owensboro, KYTales & Scales
6 March 1991Tennyson SchoolMt. Vernon, INTales & Scales
6 March 1991Loge School (2 performances)Boonville, INTales & Scales
27 February 1991St. Matthew SchoolMt. Vernon, INTales & Scales
27 February 1991Marrs SchoolMt. Vernon, INTales & Scales
20 February 1991Sharon School (2 performances)Newburgh, INTales & Scales
6 February 1991Stockwell SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
6 February 1991Hebron School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
30 January 1991Lincoln SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
30 January 1991Culver School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
16 January 1991Stringtown SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
16 January 1991Scott SchoolEvansville, INTales & Scales
28 November 1990Delaware School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
17 November 1990Old CourthouseEvansville, INTales & Scales
17 November 1990McCullough LibraryEvansville, INTales & Scales
14 November 1990Evansville Central Library (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
8 November 1990Evansville Central LibraryEvansville, INTales & Scales
4 November 1990Henderson Co. High School (2 performances)Henderson, KYTales & Scales
24 October 1990Newburgh Elementary School (2 performances)Newburgh, INTales & Scales
17 October 1990West Terrace School (2 performances)Evansville, INTales & Scales
9 September 1990Evansville Art MuseumEvansville, INTales & Scales
8 September 1990Evansville Art MuseumEvansville, INTales & Scales