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Program Notes This is one of those stories that has the aura of a myth, but sometimes these little miracles happen to each of us. One afternoon in the summer of 2018, I was at the Corona Institute for Women, a women’s jail just outside of Los Angeles doing a concert of some of my … Read more
Program Notes Thirteenth century Sufi musician and poet Amir Khusro wrote the beautiful verse which inspired this piece. I set the piece with the energy of first love — the first time we encounter a person to whom we feel completely inseparable. But the opposite circumstance is important too: as humans we are so related … Read more
Program Notes original text by Melissa Studdard (all info coming soon) Recording (see video above) Text View/download the full text of We Are Love here: Special Performance Requirements We Are Love is a work designed for two types of choirs to perform together: a regular SATB chorus and a community chorus. While the community part … Read more
*please note: while this is the original version of the work, it is also the least performed one, because it is quite fiddly! If you want the more streamlined version, it’s here. Program Notes This is one of those stories that has the aura of a myth, but sometimes these little miracles happen to each … Read more
NOTE: There are two versions of Even After All This Time — this one is without clarinet. See sidebar for version with clarinet obbligato. Program Notes Even After All This Time… takes its text from a beautiful quote by 14th century Persian poet, Hafiz, in a translation by Daniel Ladinsky. The text of the piece is simply: Even after all this time,the sun never says to … Read more
Program Notes Even After All This Time… takes its text from a beautiful quote by 14th century Persian poet, Hafiz, in a translation by Daniel Ladinsky. The text of the piece is simply: Even after all this time,the sun never says to the earth,“You owe me.”Look what happenswith a love like that:it lights the whole sky. Ladinsky’s texts are not direct translations — rather, they are … Read more