The Stanley K. Freiberg Project

Destruction of the Petworth Dam, from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published by Newport Bay Publishing in 2004, is read by Julian Cervello. Julian is a theatre actor and director in Victoria who has been performing in film, tv, and the stage on both sides of the country of Canada for 25 years. He has been recognized and awarded for his one man Chaucer show, Canterbury Cocktails, performed entirely in Middle English.

Winter Rain (read by Naomi Simpson) is from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published in 2004 by Newport Bay Publishing Limited. Winter Rain is told in 5 chapters. The book, On Gravel Roads is dedicated in Memoriam to George and Ruth Grant of Bellrock, Ontario whose ancestral farm and legacy of recollections brought these stories into being.

Winter Rain (read by Naomi Simpson) is from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published in 2004 by Newport Bay Publishing Limited. Winter Rain is told in 5 chapters. The book, On Gravel Roads is dedicated in Memoriam to George and Ruth Grant of Bellrock, Ontario whose ancestral farm and legacy of recollections brought these stories into being.

Winter Rain (read by Naomi Simpson) is from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published in 2004 by Newport Bay Publishing Limited. Winter Rain is told in 5 chapters. The book, On Gravel Roads is dedicated in Memoriam to George and Ruth Grant of Bellrock, Ontario whose ancestral farm and legacy of recollections brought these stories into being.

From On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario

From On Gravel Roads: Tales of the Early Ontario

Read by Iris MacGregor Bannerman D‍‍r. ‍Iris studied theatre and drama at the Rose Bruford College for Speech and Drama, in London, England. Upon leaving College, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. A veteran performer with numerous roles on stage, film, television and radio, Iris then joined the National Theatre School in Montreal in 1971 as the Head of Voice and Speech. She then went on to become the Director of the Acting Program at Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto where she wrote the highly acclaimed curriculum for the four year Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. She obtained her Ph. D. from the University of Toronto in 1995. Since moving west, Iris has taught with the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, Cucumber Satellite, Lyric School of Acting and now with John Cassini at Railtown. Iris has been an integral part in developing outstanding professional actors. Her book on voice entitled "Think, Breathe, Speak" is highly sought after.

Summers End from the Baskets of Baghdad is read by Leanne Allen. Leanne Allen has been in media for twenty years as a producer, host, actor, writer, and is a single mom of two awesome kids.

Recorded in Victoria BC 2020

Anaho of the Southstars; soft cover; 112 pages; Newport  Bay Publishing. A contemporary story of Pyramid Lake, the University of Nevada, and downtown Reno interwoven with Paiute mythology and authentic historical episodes from America's westward movement.

  A Fish Tale - read by actress Amanda Lisman "But she really liked to listen, over and over again, to the part of the story where the Lady saw this very special fish-eye- filling guy go glittering by."

Two Failures (Upon reading Emily Dickinson's poem I Died for Beauty) from Dignity of Dust read by actress Amanda Lisman.

Harbour of No Graves - Recollections of La Manche, Newfoundland read by actress Kassianni Austin.

"My ghost, high-timbered in the trees, is fleeing from the hill to meet me." - La Manche, read by Victoria actress Kassianni Austin.

Holes in the Sky: Stories of Discovery told in verse. Books available. Send us an email [email protected] and we would be happy to send you one for the price of postage. while supplies last.

Preface to the Banquet of Dominion: a literary, historic, scientific exploration of civilization's unblemished bond with savagery.

"We'll have a kind of Irish Wake" - Elegy; read by the author Stanley K. Freiberg.

The title poem to The Caplin -crowded Seas, poems of Newfoundland.

S.K. Freiberg "To Goya" Ariel International, April 1987 - recorded at Victoria Canada October 2019

Composer Freiberg recites the lyric for one of his 24 varied author tone poems which premiered at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

The Higher Innocence: At the grave of Blake (1757-1827); Bunhill Row, England Read by Julian Cervello

The Stone Man of Trout Harbour is an unpublished poem by Stanley K. Freiberg read by Naomi Simpson.

Dinosaur Man from The Dignity of Dust  Read by Julian Cervello.

     But in the museum are your toys -            a few coloured blocks,                and a soldier,           arranged on a brilliant torn rug           where your black horse still prances.

From Twelve Tone Poems

Written by Stanley K. Freiberg in the Spring of 2019 and recorded in Victoria BC in September 2019. Read by the author.

"Want a boat? Want to cross? " - Yes! Read by the author

Read by Brian Linds

   The Hidden City is a book length historical epic poem of Peru.

 Julian Cervello, director and ingenious adapter for the staged presentation of  S.K. Freiberg's epic poem of the Inca Empire "from founding myth to echo" reads the Hidden City's  astronomer seeing signs of  the final conquest of the realm by Spanish invaders. 

Read by Amanda Lisman

The Paracas, who inhabited coastal Peru over 2,000 years ago. excelled in the weaving of textiles.  Their dead were wrapped in dramatically designed funeral shrouds and buried in desert tombs.  SKF read by Amanda Lisman

  Dedicated to the Iraqi people, read by Amanda Lisman.  http://basketsofbaghdad.blogspot.com/ 

Brian Linds reads Pat Fling from The Dignity of Dust.

Iris MacGregor Bannerman reads this delightful children's poem from Holes in the Sky.

Set in Karachi, Pakistan and read by Celine Richmond.

Read by Iris MacGregor Bannerman.

  Flight into Egypt was first printed in Christian Century Magazine (Chicago).  Read by Brian Linds

  Freddy Bye In the days when the Grand Banks were crowded with fish, Newfoundland youngsters earned money and admiration by cutting cod tongues as hauls were landed, weighed, and  swiftly transported from  the harbour stages. Read by Brian Linds

 Dedicated to Ballerina Nina Semirzorova, May 1, 1985, Moscow. Swan Lake at the Bolshoi; Words and Music by S.K. Freiberg arranged by Zachary Power and Elisabeth Wagner, read by celebrated actress Amanda Lisman. 

Read by Stanley K. Freiberg

The Building of the Wall was published in Nightmare Tales by Borealis Press Limited in 1980. Read by Naomi Simpson.

 Fundy Tide: Dalhousie Review, Summer 1987 

 To Goya. Castres, 1980: Ariel, April 1987 

 The Road to Wyandot from Holes in the Sky: Stories of Discovery  is read by Scrumpy Theatre Founder and director Julian Cervello. 

Fjord  houses settled on high cliffs surround  Newfoundland’s remote southeastern coast harbour. Read by actress Naomi Simpson. 

At spring time in Iraq, the Tigris River brings the destitute, silt, soil, and debris for crafting handmade huts for living space and toleration of the summer's heat. Read by Naomi Simpson.

   From 2004's On Gravel Roads: Tales From Early Ontario, Hiram Hiller's Medicine Show is performed and recorded by Brian Linds with post audio by Graeme L. Mick.

   Theatre Inconnu's Artistic Director and renowned actor Clayton Jevne reads The Burning of the Tree from On Gravel Roads.

       The preface to this five act drama of the Mogul Empire from 1631 -168I, Jahanara, Daughter of the Taj Mahal, read by author Stanley K. Freiberg, contrasts the dynasty's rampant dedication to conquest with the practice of peace fostered by Jahanara and Dara, the first born children of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.  The work, researched within the framework of authentic history, unveils Jahanara’s little known life-long humane endeavours benevolence, and legacy of love. It is housed in Special Collections at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada.