Vocal Music

  • Quero (I Desire)

    for high voice and opt. vibraphone, sung in Brazilian Portuguese

    ca. 30”

    Published: 2024

    dedicated to Bahué Duo for their Second Annual Latinx Composer Miniature Challenge

    Movements:

    text: Mari Esabel Valverde

  • Canciones del pasado (Songs from the Past)

    for high voice, piano, and opt. flute, violin, and cello, sung in Spanish

    ca. 6’30”

    Published: 2019

    arrangement of selected folk songs of the San Luis Valley, United States; commissioned for tenor Matthew Valverde

    Movements:

    I. Duérmete, niño lindo (Go to Sleep, Pretty Child), ca. 2′
    II. El triste león (The Sad Lion), ca. 1’30”
    III. Pajarito amarillito (Little Yellow Bird), ca. 1’30”
    V. La entriega (The Delivery), ca. 1’30”

    text: Traditional/Folk

  • The Lady and the Tiger

    for high voice, bass clarinet, and piano

    ca. 4’30”

    Published: 2016

    Movements:

    text: Jacob Rakovan

  • Cuatro poemas de Octavio Paz (Four Octavio Paz Poems)

    for high voice and piano, sung in Spanish

    ca. 11’30’’

    Published: 2012

    Movements:

    I. Árbol adentro (A Tree Within), ca. 2’
    II. Las armas del verano (The Arms of Summer), ca. 3’
    III. Insomne (Insomniac), ca. 2’30’’
    IV. Regreso (Return), ca. 4’

    text: Octavio Paz

  • The Soul Selects Her Own Society

    for low voice and piano

    ca. 3’

    Published: 2011

    Movements:

    text: Emily Dickinson

  • To digte af Tove Ditlevsen (Two Tove Ditlevsen Poems)

    for high voice and piano, sung in Danish or English

    ca. 5’30’’

    Published: 2010

    Movements:

    I. Så tag mit Hjerte (Then Take My Heart), ca. 2’30’’
    II. Mit hjerte er blevet borte (My Heart Has Gone Missing), ca. 3’

    text: Tove Ditlevsen

  • Then of Thy Beauty

    for high voice and piano

    ca. 3’

    Published: 2009

    Movements:

    text: William Shakespeare

  • Love Alters Not

    for high voice and piano

    ca. 3’

    Published: 2008

    Movements:

    text: William Shakespeare

  • After Sunset

    for high voice and piano

    ca. 3’

    Published: 2008

    Movements:

    text: William Shakespeare

  • Poet’s Entreaty

    for high voice a cappella

    ca. 1′

    Published: 2007

    Movements:

    text: Mari Esabel Valverde