Music
All the Smiles
Futzing around at home one Saturday, March 2010. Music composed and performed by Deborah Stokol, 2010. All the Smiles »
Farewell my Love
A sea shanty I wrote in the style of the traditional 18th and 19th c. folk songs. Music and lyrics by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Farewell my Love Farewell my love, my bonny lass Farewell to paradise To you will never be untrue, But I’ll and won’t look twice. Someday, perhaps I will return Someday, I’ll make... »
All the Way Home, Part II
A piece I composed for Harvard-Westlake’s 2000 performance of the play, All the Way Home. Music composed and played by Deborah Stokol, 2000. All the Way Home, Part II »
All the Way Home, Part I
A piece I composed for Harvard-Westlake’s 2000 performance of the play, All the Way Home. Music composed and played by Deborah Stokol, 2000. All the Way Home, Part I »
Oranges and Lemons (Say the Bells of St. Clemens)
My melody to the venerable English folk poem. Melody by Deborah Stokol, 1995. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Oranges and Lemons »
Awaken Not
A song I wrote in 8th grade to a poem encountered in John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. Poem by John Steinbeck. Music by Deborah Stokol, 1997. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Awaken Not »
Trapeze
Music composed and arranged by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Performed by UCLA musicians at Private Island Studios, 2006. Trapeze Photo by Margot Stokol, 2006. »
Voices at the Door
Music composed by Deborah Stokol, 2001 (while on a flight to Athens, Greece). Poem by J.R.R. Tolkien from Return of the King, 1955. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Voices at the Door Photo by Deborah Stokol. San Sebastian, Spain. 2008. »
Crossing the Bar
Music composed by Deborah Stokol, 1999. Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1889. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Crossing the Bar Poem: Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which... »
You Leave Me Behind
Music composed and performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. You Leave Me Behind Instrumental version: You Leave Me Behind (Instrumental) Lyrics: You leave me behind but I don’t really mind You can go explore and I’ll stand aside I don’t mind as long as long as you come home my darling, I believe you and I will have gone my own way too. I impress your friends but it all... »