A collection of four songs for high voice and piano, these 'Wing' songs are inspired by the many characters of birds portrayed in poetry and folksongs. The tiny swallow is a mournful bird, weeping in
Written for Jun Mo Yang, a young tenor studying in the graduate Vocal Arts Program at the Bard Conservatory, this piece fulfilled his class assignment to seek out repertoire from a living composer whose
Commissioned by musicians Richard Lee and Karen Lerner as a gift for their daughter, soprano Katherine Lerner Lee, this art song was premiered in Katherine's master's degree recital at the Bard College
Walt Whitman's eight-part poem is the basis for the text of this art song composed for either soprano, mezzo-soprano, or tenor and piano. Very brief pause may be taken between each of the eight sections;