piano solo or oboe (eng. hn.), clar. (bass cl.), horn, perc (2), pno, 2 vln, vc. African-American soprano or Mezzo; African-American tenor; white soprano or mezzo; white baritone; Chorus/Children’s Chorus; Commissioned by […]
William Grant Still, founder of the Philadelphia Vigilant Committee, receives a letter in code from Abolitionist Quaker Thomas Garrett, telling him news of “Moses” and her human cargo moving north towards his safe house. Still sings of Harriet Tubman, known as Moses, the extraordinarily courageous woman who “never lost a passenger” along the underground railroad.
Genius Ambition What happens to those in the wake Of such magnetic, cyclonic energy? William Carlos Williams, his wife, Flossie, and Ezra Pound Based on the work and correspondence of […]
“Hermestänze rises beautifully to the challenge of compressing a lot of musical information into a small space…swift, evocative pencil sketches…lovely and evanescent.”– Joshua Kosman, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “…subdued and gentle Messiaen-like […]
can be performed together or separately narrator, cl/bs cl, Bb tpt/picc tpt/ C tpt/ flugelhorn, vn, vc, perc Hermes and the Milk-white Cows Brer Rabbit Gets the Meat Available from Subito […]
“…lively music…and a clever libretto” The Wall Street Journal “…engaging and heartwarming” The Kansas City Star Libretto by Susan Kander, Music by Adolphus Hailstork Black cowboys and the heyday of […]
Sop solo, 2 pt children’s chorus, SATB, vn, db, pno Text – Poem by Anonymous Girl in Room 28 in Terezín Concentration Camp and Song of Songs Published by Boosey and […]
text by Susan Kander music by Anthony Piccolo children’s chorus, celeste, perc Available from anthonypiccolo.com Available on the recording Imaginary Symphony and other tales, music of Anthony Piccolo (Navona NV5904) Listen: I […]
A real frau’s liebe und leben exists in two versions: soprano or mezzo, Bb/C tpt/flug/cornet/optional picc tpt or Bb/Eb cl/b.cl/alto sax, pno Available from Subito Music Recorded on the Album Susan Kander: Five […]