Music: Vocal Works
A song cycle in five movements about waiting. A woman bides her time, thinking of her partner who is away at war. Text in English by Melisa Tien. Length (total): 18′
For baritone and piano; commissioned by the Cheah-Chan Duo. Text by Melisa Tien. The song explores the idea of beauty, and how it changes over the course of a lifetime. Length: 5′
For bass-baritone and string quartet. A monodrama set on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the 1980s. Part of the collaborative chamber opera “American Gothic.” Text by Adrian C. Louis. Length: 13′
For tenor and baroque ensemble. Three movements setting texts relating to the New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741.
For dramatic soprano and piano. Length: 3′
A song cycle in two movements for bass-baritone and piano. Texts by Jason Kim and Walt Whitman. Length: 7′
A dramatic scene soprano and piano. Text by Jason Kim, inspired by Racine’s “Phedre.” Length: 6′
For tenor or bass-baritone and piano. A song cycle in eight movements based on poetry by Stephen Crane. Length: 15′
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For soprano and piano. Texts in English by Jean Joubert, Margaret Atwood, and Billy Collins. Length: 11′