Setting of the George Herbert poem, for soprano and piano. January 2020 (but building on sketches from years ago).
Splinters
November 27, 2019For flute, clarinet and bassoon. Written for the Left Coast Ensemble’s Intersection workshop.
Score (PDF)
Video of performance at the Crowden School in Berkeley, February 2020.
Downriver
November 27, 2019For string quartet. Written for the Left Coast Ensemble’s Intersection workshop.
Score (PDF)
Performance (video, somewhat truncated) at the Crowden School in Berkeley, February 2020.
Queen Under the Hill
May 22, 2019For string quartet — specifically for a student group. About 5m. May 2019.
Score here (folder also contains parts, MIDI and synthesized MP3).
At the Hawk’s Well: Epilogue
April 4, 2019Epilogue to Yeats’s At the Hawk’s Well, set for soprano, mezzo and piano. The full opera will also include roles for baritone and tenor soloists (and will be arranged for at least somewhat larger forces). April 2019.
Score (PDF).
At the Hawk’s Well: Prologue
March 23, 2019Prologue to Yeats’s At the Hawk’s Well, set for soprano, mezzo and piano. The full opera will also include roles for baritone and tenor soloists (and will be arranged for at least somewhat larger forces). March 2019.
Score (PDF).
A Sentinel
January 10, 2019For choir, SATB a cappella with a few divisi. About 3m long.
Text is canto 126 of Tennyson’s In Memoriam, with only slight repetitions added.
- SATB score (PDF)
- SATB with keyboard reduction
- Rehearsal recording (Anne Maverick, organ)
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