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1983 The Seventh Healing Song of John Joseph (Blue) (9'), for flute and tape premiered by Eric Hoover at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Dedicaçe (5’) for Cello and Piano premiered by Alexandre Debrus and the composer in Biarritz, France.
Four Songs of Love (from the sonnets of W.S.) (14’) for tenor (or high baritone) and piano.
Tapestry X (8’) for Tuba Quartet
Desert Songs (22') six songs for soprano, cello, alto saxophone, piano and percussion performed by Beverly Claflin and the Tos ensemble.
Arias for Brass Quintet (12’) commissioned and premiered by the St. Louis Brass Quintet.
Kokopelli Songs, nine songs for baritone and piano, commissioned by Art Renaissance Initiative, premiered by Stephen Schermitzler and the composer.
Neon Babylon (12') for saxophone quartet performed by the Joseph Wytko Saxophone Quartet.
Businesses, as with other sectors in society, are not yet taking sufficient action towards achieving sustainability. The United Nations recently agreed upon a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which if properly harnessed, provide a framework (so far lacking) for businesses to meaningfully drive transformations to sustainability. This paper proposes to operationalize the SDGs for businesses through a progressive framework for action with three discrete levels: communication, tactical, and strategic. Within the tactical and strategic levels, several innovative approaches are discussed and illustrated. The challenges of design and measurement as well as opportunities for accountability and the social side of Sustainability, together call for transdisciplinary, collective action. This paper demonstrates feasible pathways and approaches for businesses to take corporate social responsibility to the next level and utilize the SDG framework informed by sustainability science to support transformations towards the achievement of sustainability.