solo voice, flute (movement 3), and piano

NOTE FROM THE COMPOSER

I have always had a strong affinity for the solo voice, and in fact, two of my degrees are in vocal performance.  Of course, most of my compositional output is directed toward ensemble writing, but I feel my anchor – certainly in writing choral works – is in that study and knowledge of the idiosyncrasies of the human voice.  Love’s Waning Seasons is a set consisting of four movements for voice and piano.  Movement three additionally involves the flute.  My dear friends, Marian Stieber (Soprano) and Jon Garrison (Tenor) recorded these four works, and I served as piano collaborator.  Each of these songs is a solo vocal work, and they are often done by only one voice in a recital format and so on.  But I wanted to share this music with both of these, my colleagues, and so that is the reason for two singers on this solo set.

1) Autumn
2) A Winter Night
3) I So Liked Spring (*with flute)
4) Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?

Texts by: Charlotte Mew, Sara Teasdale, William Shakespeare, and Walter de la Mare

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OTHER SOLO WORKS
Amor de mi alma – High Voice and Piano
I Am Not Yours – Mezzo and Piano