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POETESS Eleven Songs After Female Poets – voice and piano (2025) 32′ Texts
I. Bee I’m Expecting You! (Emily Dickinson) II. Stars (Sara Teasdale) III. January Cold Desolate (Christina Rossetti) IV. A Friend In The Garden (Juliana Horatia Ewing) V. Quoits (Effie Lee Newsome) VI. In Memory Of My Dear Grandchild (Anne Bradstreet) VII. Inspiration (Olivia Ward Bush-Banks) VIII. Oh, What A Happy Soul I Am! (Fanny Crosby) IX. Summit and Vale (Alice Dunbar Nelson) X. A Winter Ride (Amy Lowell) XI. I Miss The Mountains (Baek Nam Seon)
Performances and recording coming this season with Annie Sciolla and Terry Klinefelter
Little Requiem – baritone and piano (2013) 21′ Texts
In memory of those lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in 2012.
I. Introit & Kyrie; II. Rex Tremendae: III. Hostias; IV. Sanctus; V. Agnus Dei; VI. In Paradisum.
Recorded performance by Brian Ming Chu, baritone; and Seth Trumbore, piano.
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Watch a studio performance of In Paradisum with Reginald Pindel baritone; Annette Dimedio, piano.
Watch a live performance of In Paradisum with Michael Jorgensen, baritone; Bonnie Jorgensen, piano
Lost Light – soprano and string quartet (2005) Texts by Kim Rich. 17′
I. Autumn in NY; II. Haiku- Noon Ghost; III. Living Space; IV. Haiku- Some Summer Senses; V. Lost Light
Recorded performance by Eileen Clark, soprano; The Mark Morris Dance Ensemble strings.
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Psalms – baritone and piano (2006) 12′
Texts from Psalms 46, 84, and 51
Recorded performance by Jared Stamm, baritone; Thomas Schmidt, piano. Available on the CD Songs of Seasons
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Seven Sacred Sketches – tenor and cello (1999) 15′
Texts from the Psalms.
Recorded performance by Siddhartha Misra, tenor; and Michal Schmidt, cello.
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WARSONG – two female voices and piano (2004) Texts by Walt Whitman. 13′
I. Look Down Fair Moon; II. Old War-Dreams; III. Dirge for Two Veterans
Recorded performance by Eileen Clark, soprano; Megan Friar, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Schmidt, piano.
Available on the CD Songs of Seasons
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Juliet – Five Songs for soprano, organ, violin, and tubular bells (2002) Texts by William Shakespeare. 23′
Recorded performance by Mary Elizabeth Poore, soprano; Laura Frautschi, violin; Thomas Schmidt, organ. Available on the CD Chamber Works.
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Contemplations – Five Songs on Anne Bradstreet, for soprano, flute, cello, and piano. (2008) 12′ Texts.
Recorded performance by The Essex Chamber Music Players.
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Blake Songs – SATB Quartet and Piano (2002) 15′. Texts.
I. Spring; II. A Dream; III. Night; IV. The Lamb/Infant Joy
Recorded performance by The New Carillon Ensemble. Available on the CD Chamber Works.
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Four Poems of Ben Jonson – tenor and piano (2003) 9′. Texts.
I. Oh That Joy So Soon Should Waste; II. Fall Grief In Showers; III. The Hour Glass; IV. Oh Do Not Wanton With Those Eyes
Recorded performance by Arthur Krieck, tenor; Steven Vosatka, piano.
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Close The Windows – baritone, flute, cello, and piano (2017-2018) 14′
Texts by Robert Frost: I. Blueberries (Summer), II. November (Fall), III. Now Close The Windows (Winter), IV. A Prayer In Spring (Spring)
Composed for Essex Chamber Music Players, Boston
(no recording available yet)