A setting of the Herman Melville poem, for choir and piano. SATB with brief divisi.
Flora and Pomona
June 20, 2021Two songs for soprano and piano, from poems by William Morris. (Yes, that William Morris.)
- Score (PDF)
- Live performance by Tricia Bell, soprano, and Dan Cromeenes, piano (Jul. 24, 2022)
At the Hawk’s Well
April 20, 2021Chamber opera in one act, after the play by W. B. Yeats. Four singing roles:
- First Musician, mezzo-soprano
- Second Musician, soprano
- Old Man, baritone
- Young Man, tenor
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.
Three songs
March 17, 2021Songs for voice and piano, with texts from three different writers, composed over the last two years.
- “Virtue” (George Herbert): score, recording.
- “Piano” (D. H. Lawrence): score, recording.
- “I came like you” (W. B. Yeats, from At the Hawk’s Well): score, recording.
“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.
Virtue
January 28, 2020Setting 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).
