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Chamber opera in one act, after the play by W. B. Yeats. Four singing roles:
There’s also a non-singing part for a dancer, playing the hawk-spirit that guards the well.
Vocal score (PDF). I expect to arrange this for whatever small forces are available.
The only bit that’s been recorded is an aria, “I came like you”, with Caleb Lewis, baritone.
Songs for voice and piano, with texts from three different writers, composed over the last two years.
“Virtue” is performed by Morgan Balfour, soprano, with James Maverick, piano. “Piano” and “I came like you” are performed by Caleb Lewis, baritone, with Gabe Merrill-Steskal, piano.
The Yeats is part of a complete setting of the play At the Hawk’s Well as a one-act chamber opera.
Setting of the George Herbert poem, for soprano and piano. January 2020 (but building on sketches from years ago).
For 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.
For 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.
For string quartet — specifically for a student group. About 5m. May 2019.
Score here (folder also contains parts, MIDI and synthesized MP3).
Epilogue 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).
Prologue 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).
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