Works for Solo Voice
No solo vocal works are currently for sale, as they are in the process of being compiled into an anthology.
Please email me directly if you are interested in any of the works listed on this page.
Au Lecteur
11', for baritone, string quartet, and piano, text by Charles Baudelaire
see the Works for Chamber Ensemble page for more information
Beauty's Daughters
3.5', for medium voice/high voice and piano, text by George, Lord Byron
Beauty's Daughters was first performed by the composer, accompanied by composer Mark Buller, in the Fall of 2012. The excerpt above is from a performance by Trevor Martin, accompanied by Mark Buller, in the Spring of 2013. The piece is dedicated to my wife, Hailey Anthum Hunter.
Miracles
4', for high voice and piano, text by Walt Whitman
Miracles was written during a very short period of time in the Winter of 2010. The work is a setting of a Walt Whitman poem that, like many by Whitman, is something of a catalogue, asking the reader why any particular thing in life is a miracle when everything around us could be considered a miracle. Miracles was first performed by Anna Diemer, accompanied by Anna Schmitz, in the Summer of 2013.
As I Ponder'd in Silence
4.5', for high voice and piano, text by Walt Whitman
The text (by Walt Whitman) describes a poet being beset late one night by the ghost of "the genius of poets of old lands," and is set dramatically - even operatically - for high voice and piano. As I Ponder'd in Silence was first performed by Frances Pollock, accompanied by Anna Schmitz, in the Summer of 2013.
Again and Again
4', for high voice and piano, text by Rainer Maria Rilke
Again and Again was first performed by Caroline Cavenaugh, accompanied by the composer, during the Spring of 2011.
The Princess
2.5', for medium voice and piano, text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Princess was written during June of 2008 and was first performed during the Spring of 2009.