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 thestanleykfreibergproject@gmail.com 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.