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She Never Lost a Passenger: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad 1996, New Chamber Orchestration 2015, 40′
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 […]
She Never Lost a Passenger: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad 1996, New Chamber Orchestration 2015, 40′
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.
The News from Poems – ensemble chamber opera 2015, 110′
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 2015, 30′
“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 […]
Two Tricky Tales 1999, 20′ + 20′
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 […]
Joshua’s Boots 1999, 60′
“…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 […]
And You and I 1999, 6′
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 […]