Vocal Music
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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
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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
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The Lady and the Tiger
for high voice, bass clarinet, and piano
ca. 4’30”
Published: 2016
Movements:
text: Jacob Rakovan
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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
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The Soul Selects Her Own Society
for low voice and piano
ca. 3’
Published: 2011
Movements:
text: Emily Dickinson
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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
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Then of Thy Beauty
for high voice and piano
ca. 3’
Published: 2009
Movements:
text: William Shakespeare
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Love Alters Not
for high voice and piano
ca. 3’
Published: 2008
Movements:
text: William Shakespeare
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After Sunset
for high voice and piano
ca. 3’
Published: 2008
Movements:
text: William Shakespeare
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Poet’s Entreaty
for high voice a cappella
ca. 1′
Published: 2007
Movements:
text: Mari Esabel Valverde