Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 2:16AM 1997, rev.2007 | tenor/piano
Poem by William Carlos Williams.
Song 1 of Full Moon and Light Hearted William: Two William Carlos Williams Songs
In honor of Richard Miller, tenor and master teacher.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 2:20AM Song cycle: Full Moon; Light Hearted William
1997, rev.2007 | tenor/piano
Poems by William Carlos Williams.
In honor of Richard Miller, tenor and master teacher.
Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 3:57PM 2017, Revised 2018 | soprano/soprano saxophone/piano
Song 2 of the song cycle The Ocean of Eternity. Text from Anne Ranasinghe's poem Four Stanzas on Mortality.
Commissioned by Yungee Rhie, Michael Couper and ChoEun Lee.
Premiered February 8, 2019, The National Opera Center, NY, NY
Video of premiere available here, starting at 54:54 in.
Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 12:29PM 2020 | voice and piano
words and music by Lori Laitman.
Written at the request of soprano Melissa Givens, for inclusion in the choral group Conspirare’s Songbook (a response to the Coronavirus era).
Monday, December 7, 2020 at 11:55AM 2020 | baritone/piano
Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Translation by John Whaley, Peter Lang, Berne, 1998.
Used by permission of Peter Lang Ltd.
Gingko Biloba was written as a gift for Mina Miller and Music of Remembrance, to premiere on their virtual Gala December 6, 2020 with baritone Erich Parce and pianist Jessica Choe.
MOR’s 2020-21 season was titled “The Endurance of Hope,” so Mina suggested I reference the gingko tree in my song, as its deep roots and resilience enabled the species to survive even the atomic blast at Hiroshima. I found this Goethe poem, written for the actress Marianne von Willemer, to be perfect for song, due to its simple language combined with a complexity of thought.
The PDF is available for download from my site at MusicaNeo.com (also available from home page of this site). Hard copies are available from www.classicalvocalrep.com.
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 9:45PM 2002 | soprano/piano
Poem by Emily Dickinson
Song 1 of Two Dickinson Songs
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Monday, March 25, 2019 at 1:44PM
Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 12:20PM
2019 | SATB a cappella
Poem by Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
Commissioned by The Grant Park Music Festival to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Carlos Kalmar as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor.
The Grant Park Chorus, under the direction of Christopher Bell, premiered this work on July 18, 2019, at the Columbus Park Refectory in Chicago, IL. This particular poem was written in response to Jeffers' visit to the ancient Esselen people's "Cave of the Hands" near Tassajara, CA. To Jeffers, the multitude of hands painted inside the cave was a reminder that we are part of a continuing chain of humanity and that artistic expression is central to the human experience.
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:19AM 2010 | boychoir/mezzo-soprano/tenor/clarinet/violin/cello and piano
From the Vedem oratorio
Libretto by David Mason
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:19PM 1996, rev. 1998 | baritone/doublebass or baritone/cello
poem by Anne Ranasinghe
Song 6 of cycle Holocaust 1944 Song 10 of chamber opera Come to Me in Dreams
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