Libretti and Recordings

 Complete Libretti

“Beatrice Chancy: A Libretto in Four Acts.” When Words Sing: Seven Canadian Libretti. Ed. Julie Salverson. Toronto: Canada Playwrights Press, 2021. 25-62.

"Trudeau: Long March / Shining Path." Canadian Theatre Review. 128 (Fall 2006): 67-88.

"Beatrice Chancy: The Opera: A Libretto in Four Acts." Marigraph: Gauging the Tides of Drama from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island. Ed. Bruce Barton. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2004. 272-88.

“Québécité: A Jazz Libretto.” Kola. 15.2 (Fall 2003): 6-49.

“Québécité: A Jazz Libretto in Three Cantos (Third Draft).” Testifyin’: Contemporary African-Canadian Drama, Vol. II. Ed. Djanet Sears. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2003. 221-55.

“Québécité: A Libretto in Three Cantos (First Draft).” Canadian Theatre Review. 112 (Fall 2002): 27-45.

"Beatrice Chancy: A Libretto in Four Acts." Canadian Theatre Review. 96 (Fall 1998): 62-77.

Recordings

Accudub (Toronto) manufacture of CD, Anthem, by the Afro-Métis Nation. Received August 1, 2025. 525 copies. Executive Producer: GEC. Producer: Ken Whiteley. CD Design & Booklet Preparation: Aurélia Morin-Clarke (AuMoCla). Barcode: 77320-20232.

T: 1 00:00:00:000 Afro-Métis Anthem #1 -- Chris White

T: 2 00:03:50:777 Beauty Is Beauty -- Russell Kelley

T: 3 00:06:46:351 Raised in the Lost and Found -- Linda Carvery

T: 4 00:11:02:356 Letter from Department of Indian Affairs Ottawa 1921 -- George Elliott Clarke

T: 5 00:18:32:193 Surviving the Storm -- Karen Ashton

T: 6 00:23:42:749 Live for the Day -- Sheila White

T: 7 00:27:04:526 Elegy for Mona States -- George Elliott Clarke

T: 8 00:36:40:002 Homecomin' Roam-No-Mo' Blues -- George Elliott Clarke

T: 9 00:41:14:779 Lucky Day -- Sheila White

T:10 00:43:48:408 Don't Give Up On Your Dreams -- Sugar Plums Croxen

T:11 00:47:29:448 I Love Playin' Music/Accordion -- Sugar Plums Croxen

T:12 00:50:16:679 Bloom Where You're Planted -- Chris White

T:13 00:53:36:231 We Don't Need to Stand Alone -- Russell Kelley

T:14 00:55:58:572 Afro-Métis Chant –Sugar Plums Croxen

T:15 00:56:19:441 Everything Is Free (spoken) -- George Elliott Clarke

T:16 00:57:22:955 Everything Is Free -- Linda Carvery

E: 01:01:31:003

Issuance of CD, Constitution, by The Afro-Métis Nation. Featuring GEC, Karen Ashcroft, Shari Clarke, Sugar Plum Croxen, Gilbert Daye, Shelley Hamilton, Russ Kelley, John Somosi, Chris White, Ken Whiteley, and Brent Williams. Produced by Ken Whiteley and The Afro-Métis Nation. 18 tracks, incl. “O Canada” (Words: GEC), “Hymn to Portia White” (Words: GEC), “For the Murdered and the Missing” (Words: GEC), “Ain’t You Scared of the Sacred” (Words: GEC), and “Pass Me Not” (Words: GEC).

https://theafrometisnation.bandcamp.com/album/constitution

George Elliott Clarke Koiné Opera. Music by Bruno Censori. Musicians: Gionni Di Clemente, Triot, Bruno Censori, Michele Gazich. Tracks: “Portents,” “IV.ii (for Andrea Thompson),” Edgar Mittelholzer,” “The Assassination of Malcolm X,” “IX/XI,” “Bellagio (II),” “Hard Nails,” “Tomcat/Pussycat Blues,” “To the Muse,” “From a Room,” “Will.” Vicenza: The Arts Box, 2017.

Whylah Falls. [Audio cassette of CBC Radio Play, Whylah Falls (1996)]. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions—BTC, 2002.

Whylah Falls. [3 Audio cassettes; container includes Braille.] Read by Robert Adams. [Burnaby, BC]: Library Services Branch, Province of British Columbia, 2002.

Lush Dreams, Blue Exile. [Audio cassette.] Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1994. Poetry. Music by Doug Barron and Lesley Choyce.