The monodrama Ahab is the third that Hall has created with librettist Caitlin Vincent. This ten-minute work takes an imaginary approach to the final moments in the life of Herman Melville's

"American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett and premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1, 2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National

Bells and Grass portrays five intimate scenes, in which small things come into focus and the world recedes: a nightingale’s song echoing from a nearby wall, the bright sun and the waves of

Each song in this collection is dedicated to four singers - friends of the composer. The songs Homecoming and Quilt were commissioned by the West Chester University Poetry Conference (West

Teresa’s Four Waters in Song is a musical meditation on St. Teresa of Ávila’s (1515-1582) teaching and experience of prayer, which she likens to four ways of watering a garden. Arise is

This song cycle for soprano or alto voice and piano is a setting of selections from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Each song uses a different text addressed to, spoken by, or describing the character Ophelia.