Carry (2023) soprano and piano, 4’30’
Poetry by Billy Collins
Commissioned by the Cincinnati Song Initiative
Verses Written in Her Book of Hours (2023) song cycle for coloratura soprano and piano, 17’ (coming soon)
Verse I: “A man is lacking in civility…”
Verse II: “The gods, the heavens, death, envy and hate rail on…”
Verse III: “I guide the hours and guide the day…”
Verse IV: “Since she makes honour her mainstay…”
Verse V: “None has the right to bear these arms…”
Verse VI: “A heart which suffers agony…”
Verse VII: “If our thoughts rise heavenward…”
Verse VIII: “For the reward and salary…”
Verse IX: “With feigned good will my friends change toward me…”
Verse X: “Never again in all my fame…”
Verse XI: “Time is more use to us than wealth or fate…”
Verse XII: “Old age is an ill none can cure…”
Texts by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
Commissioned by Catherine Sandstedt, soprano
Piano Lessons (2021-2023) song cycle for baritone and piano, 15’ (coming soon)
I. Blind
II. Shapes
III. Mother
IV. Familiar Anthems
V. Revenge
VI. Curious Beast
Text by Billy Collins
Commissioned by Patrick Graham, baritone
My Funny Valentine (2022) voice and piano, 4’
for Aubrey Smith
Lament (2022) mezzo-soprano and piano, 3’
Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
for Christina Adams
Il suono nel lago (2022) soprano and piano, 4’30”
Text by Federico Favali
Written for Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano, and Karen Lee-Morlang, pianist, for the 2022 Vancouver (Art) Song Lab
The Mill (2021) baritone and piano, 7’
Text by E.A. Robinson
Dedicated to Anthony Coleman Blatter
Dear Danger (2021) extended art song for voice and piano, 9’30”
Text by Ellison Land
Dedicated to Anna Yannessa
How do I love thee? (2017) tenor and piano, 5’30”
Text by Elizabeth Browning
Dedicated to Andrew Flanagin
For Annie (2016) soprano and piano, 4’
Text by Edgar Allen Poe
Dedicated to Hannah D. Zizza Stanfield
This Marriage (2016) mezzo-soprano and piano, 4’
Text by Jalal al-Din Rumi
Dedicated to Bria Jones
To Decipher the Art (2016) high baritone and Pierrot ensemble (fl, cl, perc, pno, vln, vc), 5’30”
Text by Lee K. Acton
Dedicated to Patrick Graham, lyric baritone
A Loving Hand (2016) soprano and piano, 6’30”
Text by Hans Bridger Heruth
Dedicated to Aubrey Smith
Fractals of a Dream (2016) tenor and piano, 5’
Text by Hans Bridger Heruth
Dedicated to Steven Tharp, tenor
Commissioned by the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries
Musings of Sky (2015/16) song cycle for soprano and piano, 15’
I. Funeral for a Robin
II. Another Sunset
III. As we walked into tomorrow
IV. Not a Cloud
Text: Wesley Sexton
Commissioned by Andrea Tulipana
Autumn's Orchestra* (2014) song cycle for soprano, str. qt+pno, 7’30”
I. Overture
II. The Firs
III. The Aspens
Text taken from Autumn's Orchestra by Emily Pauline Johnson