Description The community songbook is a collection of songs and short pieces that I’ve written over the years for communities. This collection is licensed under Creative Commons, and is available for free download (see sidebar […]
If the River Leaves Without Me (SATB)
Program Notes Something that looks brave on the outside doesn’t always feel brave on the inside. Sometimes what that feels right to us on the inside can separate us from the flow of everyone and […]
If the River Leaves Without Me (SSAA)
Program Notes Something that looks brave on the outside doesn’t always feel brave on the inside. Sometimes what that feels right to us on the inside can separate us from the flow of everyone and […]
This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity (SSAA version)
NOTE: This is the page for the SSAA (treble choir) version of This Love Between Us. For the SATB (original) version please go to This Love Between Us. Program Notes This Love Between Us is a […]
Lacrimosa (from Malhaar: A Requiem for Water)
Program Notes This Lacrimosa interweaves the original Latin text from the requiem mass with the beautiful poetry of William O’Daly. The Lacrimosa begins: “Full of tears shall be that [judgement] day…” But O’Daly’s text asks […]
I do not know what I know (version for soprano and piano)
Program Notes When a person is gaslit, they are taught to not trust their own mind, their memories and reasoning. Their thoughts become rearranged, and with their thoughts, their reality. This can be true for […]
Presence
Program Notes Presence was the culminating work of a yearlong collaboration with Austin Classical Guitar — the title of the piece was the theme of ACG’s season. What does it mean to be present with […]
This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity, mmt 6 (version for SSAA choir/sitar/tabla/string orchestra)
Program Notes This Love Between Us is a piece about unity. Its seven movements juxtapose the words of seven major religious traditions of India (Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Jainism and Islam), and specifically how each […]
This Love Between Us, mmt 5 (soprano/tenor/piano version)
Program Notes This song for soprano, tenor and piano and violin was originally the fifth movement of my oratorio, eponymously titled This Love Between Us. The text comes from a variety of translations of ancient […]
Malhaar: A Requiem for Water
Program Notes In Hindustani music, Malhaar(p/d) refers to a family of raags that beckon rain. As the legend goes, the greatest musicians could cause a downpour from even the most severely parched skies by the […]
Say Your Name
Program Notes ‘Say Your Name,’ a voting-rights cantata composed by Reena Esmail and written by Rebecca Gayle Howell. Here is the resilient story of a woman named Democracy, a woman battered by gaslighting and confusion. […]
This Love Between Us, mmt 5 (Trio Version)
Program Notes This song for soprano/mezzo, piano and violin was originally the fifth movement of my oratorio, eponymously titled This Love Between Us. The text comes from a variety of translations of ancient saint-poet Kabir’s […]
