The Apartment House (2019)
Mezzo-soprano, violin & piano
Text by Alfred Joyce Kimer
Duration: 3'
Premiere performance on November 15, 2024 by Valerie Gonzalez, soprano, Aurora Mendez, violin, Craig Ketter, piano at Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.
Two Dogs I Have (2019)
Narrated voice & piano
Text by Ogden Nash
Duration: 4'
Premiered February 13, 2023 by Anthony de Mare, Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center, New York, New York.
Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2014)
Set of three songs: The Day Is Done, Sleep, and Daybreak
Soprano & piano
Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Duration: 13'
Premiere performance June 10, 2014 by soprano Lauren Ishida and Claudine Hickman, piano, at Spectrum/NYC, New York, New York.
Performed by Joy Regimbald, soprano, Patrick Wickliffe, piano, October 10, 2015 at Malone College, Canton, Ohio
Trees & Other Poems (2018)
Set of four songs: Trees, The Apartment House, Mount Houvenkopf, and The House With Nobody In It
Soprano, violin & piano
Text by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Duration: c. 17'
Premiere performance on November 15, 2024 by Valerie Gonzalez, soprano, Aurora Mendez, violin, Craig Ketter, piano at Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (2014)
Voice & piano
Text by Robert Frost
Duration: 3'
Premiere performance February 27, 2016 by soprano Emily Custer with Moriah Custer, piano, at Bryan Recital Hall in Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Four Songs from "The Bird Lady" Opera (2021)
Set of four songs from the The Bird Lady opera: Mourning Dove, The Hummingbird, Whose Face Is This?, Father, Won't You Stay?
Soprano, violin & piano
Text by Linda Marcus & Julie I. Meyers, and Germaine Shames
Duration: c. 16'
Premiere performance of "Mourning Dove" and "The Hummingbird" February 27, 2018 by Lauren Ishida, soprano; Christopher Sahar, piano; Artie Dibble, viola, at Advent Lutheran Church, New York, New York.
Vocal Art Songs
The House With Nobody In It (2017)
Mezzo-soprano, violin & piano
Text by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Duration: 8'
Commissioned by illumine in August 2017
Premiere performances July 20-21, 2018 by illumine (Kaitlyn Waterson, mezzo-soprano; David Matthew Brown, violin; Jodie Brown, piano) in East Greenville, Pennsylvania and Devon, Pennsylvania.
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Mount Houvenkopf (2019)
Soprano, violin & piano
Text by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Duration: 3'
Premiere performance on November 15, 2024 by Valerie Gonzalez, soprano, Aurora Mendez, violin, Craig Ketter, piano at Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.
Poets (2019)
Mezzo-soprano, violin, viola, cello, and harp
Text by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Duration: 3'
If He Were Alive, Mayhap, Mr. Morgan (2019)
Narrated voice & piano
Text by Ogden Nash
Duration: 3'
Premiered February 13, 2023 by Anthony de Mare, Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center, New York, New York.
Winter (2014)
Voice & piano (also available for voice & marimba)
Text by Walter de la Mare
Duration: 3'
Premiere performance December 20, 2014 by baritone Shawn Tolley in Spokane, Washington.
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Trees (2018)
Soprano, violin & piano
Text by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Duration: 3'
Premiere performance on November 15, 2024 by Valerie Gonzalez, soprano, Aurora Mendez, violin, Craig Ketter, piano at Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.
(See video below: Trees & Other Poems)
(See video below: Trees & Other Poems)
(See video below: Trees & Other Poems)
(See video below: Trees & Other Poems)
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(Recording currently unavailable)
The Ship That Ne'er Returned (2011)
Voice & piano
Text by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884)
Duration: c. 3'
