For narrator, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, violoncello, and piano. English words. Text consists of 5 poems: Canada: case history/Earle Birney; Erosion/E.J. Pratt; Children of Martha/Gilean Douglas; Quiet/Marjorie Pickthall; Paul Bunyan/Arthur S. Bourinot. Ms. (photocopy); transparency of score and parts in CMC Toronto. Commissioned by the McGill Conservatorium of Music in honour of its 50th anniversary. Duration: ca. 15 min