Note: This is the Hindustani/period instrument version of this piece — for the version with soprano, please see Subah Shaam Program Notes I’ve always been fascinated by iconoclastic women — those who somehow saw beyond […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sunāō (सुनाऔ)
Program Notes Sunaao is a set of three pieces designed to introduce young choirs to the Hindi/Urdu language. Aao beckons us to share our musical traditions with one another, exploring changing open vowels. Khattar Pattar […]
Subah Shaam (Morning and Night)
Note: this is the first three movements of this set – mmts 4 and 5 as well as an overture is still being written. Program Notes I’ve always been fascinated by iconoclastic women — those […]
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 […]
This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity
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 […]
