Song

We Will Outlive Them...letters to Rivka from Galicia

2024

Commissioned by soprano Jessica Bloch

IV. Third Letter from Moshe premiered at NYC SongSLAM in January 2024, then the whole cycle premiered at the Boston Synagogue Produced by West End Lyric.

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Commissioned by Jessica Bloch, set to letters delivered her Great Great Grandmother in the US while the rest of her family was in Galicia in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire through WWI and WWII. Premiere set for May 5th, 2024 with West End Lyric and the Boston Synagogue.

I. From Moshe

II. Second Letter from Moshe

III. From Israel

IV. Third Letter from Moshe

V. From Gizu

VI. Second Letter from Israel

VII. From Brontzi

VIII. From Chaim

IX. Second Letter from Brontzi

X. Second Letter from Gizu

XI. Death Letter

A Cappella Arias

2016-2021

For Unaccompanied voice

Duration: 0.5-2 minutes each

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A book of arias sung without accompaniment. They can be sung anytime, anywhere for any occasion. The only preparation needed is practice. I started writing these arias in a time when I was struggling to find an accompanist to perform with me. Ifever I was at an open mic, I could just jump onstage and sing these songs. I'm still writing new songs to add to this collection. I hope to publish several volumes of this collection and turn a cappella singing into a standard practice for singers.

The Thing About Cats (text by John L’Heureux) 2016

Witness (text by Quinn Gutman) 2016

Mowing (text by Robert Frost) 2017

Talk (text by by D. H. Lawrence) 2018

Three Things to Remember (text by William Blake) 2018

Die Erblendende (text by Reine Maria Rilke) 2020

The Unseen Playmate (text by Robert Lewis Stephenson) 2020

Letter (text by Amy Lowell) 2020

Pain or Joy (text by Christina Rossetti) 2020

App-les (text by Kelvyn Konig) 1:00

Warbler Woman

2016

poem by Louise Edwards

2018 version voice and piano.

(for original version, see Chamber with Voice)

Duration: 5:23

Premiered: April 2016

This song tells a fictional legend about a half bird/half woman creature and her impact on the world on the day of her birth.

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