A Blessing for this Place
© Becky Reardon 2016 | Recorded on Here
A hymn of blessing for places we have created and/or gathered in together.
A Raveling Dance
© Becky Reardon 2005 | Recorded on Inside the Outside
A waltz-time musing on transformation.
Dance on the Porch All Day
© Becky Reardon 2016 | Recorded on Here
A song celebrating our happiness when a dark cloud has passed over.
Dancing to the Dark
© Becky Reardon 2003 | Recorded on Songs for a Walk
A round celebrating the days around Winter Solstice.
Don’t Give Up
© Becky Reardon 1998 | Recorded on Songs for a Walk
This jazzy round gives us courage to keep flowing like a river.
Don’t Miss This
© Becky Reardon 1998 | Recorded on Follow the Motion
This jazzy tune encourages us to stay in the present moment.
Drena’s Mountain Song
© Becky Reardon 2009 | Recorded on Inside the Outside
Based on Melanie DeMore’s writing, this round is about keeping vigil with a loved one who is dying.
Eve’s Longing
© Becky Reardon 2011 | Recorded on Shift
A ballad of longing to return to the Garden, to a time when humans weren’t separated from other beings.
Famous
© Becky Reardon 2008 | Recorded on Inside the Outside
Based on Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem of the same name, this round has a Latin beat.
Follow the Motion
© Becky Reardon 1997 | Recorded on Follow the Motion
A round with complex syncopation exploring what to do when there are no signs pointing the way.
Give it Away
© Becky Reardon 1997 | Recorded on Songs for a Walk
A round that celebrates the generosity of the natural world.
In Fives
© Becky Reardon 2008 | Recorded on Inside the Outside
This round swings in 5/4 time.
It’s a Hard Time for a Restless Woman
© Becky Reardon 2021 | New and Unreleased
A lament for our isolation during the Covid pandemic.
Old Woman Juniper
© Becky Reardon 2007 | Recorded on Inside the Outside
A song that compares the singer as she ages to an old juniper tree in the desert.
River of Grace
© Becky Reardon 2012 | Recorded on Shift
A song about being lifted by grace from our everyday worries and fears, and from thinking we know where we are going.
Seleyaseyabo
© Becky Reardon 1999 | Recorded on Follow the Motion
An 8-part rollercoaster of a round, with vocables instead of lyrics.
Take Heart, Take Part
© Becky Reardon 2019 | Recorded on Here
This part-song is based on Pete’s Seeger’s affirmation that participation will save the human race.
Tarantulas
© Becky Reardon 2005 | Recorded on Natural Rhythms
A comedic march in round-form describing the mating season of tarantulas.
That Kinda Woman
© Becky Reardon 1998 | Recorded on Follow the Motion
A round dedicated to Kate Munger, founder of the Threshold Choirs.
The Iguana Climbed the Mangrove Tree
© Becky Reardon 2012 | Recorded on Shift
This round tells the story of an iguana who falls asleep during a hot day and slips from the branch where he was resting.
The Sticky Cocklebur
© Becky Reardon 2007 | Recorded on Shift
A jazzy fantasy on a cocklebur’s escape from the mesa via a little black dog’s ear.
The Turtle Remembers
© Becky Reardon 1998 | Recorded on Inside the Outside
This dreamlike round invokes a return to the source.
This Body
© Becky Reardon 2023 | Recorded on Songs for a Walk
A part song to center us in our own bodies and breathing.
Walking in the Red Rock
© Becky Reardon 2003 | Recorded on Songs for a Walk
A round evoking a hot walk in the Utah red rock country,
searching for shade.
When the First Star Lights
© Becky Reardon 1998 | Recorded on Songs for a Walk
A song of one last moment of happiness before a farewell.
Where is the Moon
© Becky Reardon 1994 | Recorded on Follow the Motion
Known widely as ‘the moon instructional song’, this song uses the three-part round form to follow the three phases of the moon: new, waxing, waning.
Winter Solstice Round
© Becky Reardon 1995 | Recorded on Follow the Motion
A gentle lullaby to be sung at the dark of the year.
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NATURE SONGS & ROUNDS FOR ALL AGES
Becky’s new songbook is here!
“Nature Songs and Rounds for All Ages” includes ten of Becky’s best-loved songs, vibrantly illustrated by art students at the Taos, NM Middle School. Songbook is sold in print form.
$12 – $15