Lullaby of the Iroquois
An original work based on a poem by Pauline Johnson, whose father was a Mohawk chief and mother an Englishwoman. This work won the Canadian composition contest for the 9th International Handbell Symposium in Birmingham, England, 2000. Background music for the reading of the poem is included. The main work features a sweet, dotted-rhythm melody in 3/4 time.