The Catalog of Texts for Speaking Voice includes a list of ten sets of short texts (fifty-five total, 1990-1997), The Violin Player (1991), Epochs of Consciousness (with Amy Robinson, 1997), The Chicken and the Egg (1998), A Walk in the Park (from Invisible Ideas, 2003), Strategies for Survival (2006) , Facts of Life (2006).

Some of the texts for speaking voice are performance texts for unaccompanied voice, and were written to be spoken aloud. Others are performed with complementary music played 'live' or recorded in between segments of text, such as A Walk in the Park or Facts of Life.

In general, the substance of the texts involve issues concerning nature, science and art.

see Catalog of Musical Scores for pieces for Speaking Voice and Piano

 Selections

• 10 Short Texts for Speaking Voice (Table of Contents)
• The Violin Player
  
• True or False No. 7 (from 9 Short Texts for Speaking Voice)
• Caprice (from 5 Short Texts for Speaking Voice)
• The Chicken and the Egg
  
• Time's Constant
  
• Common Time
  
• Now and When
  
• Procrastination
  
• Imprinting
  
• A Walk in the Park
  
• Facts of Life 1 (Part 1 of 4)
  
• Facts of Life 2 (Part 2 or 4)