Composed for a concert of new short works performed by Cassia Streb (viola) and April Guthrie (‘cello) on October 12, 2005.

MP3 of first performance

Duration: 5-6 minutes

Year(s) of composition: 2005

A setting of a poem by Mazarine Treyz.

MP3 as performed by:

Soprano – Kris Wildman

Piano – Danny Holt

‘Cello – Aniela Perry

Duration: approx 4:00 (this recording 4:06)

Year(s) of composition: 2004

The performers begin and end each phrase together but intentionally drift rhythmically in-between.

MP3 as performed by:

Soprano – Kris Wildman

Piano – Danny Holt

‘Cello – Aniela Perry

Duration: 2:50

Year(s) of composition: 2003, revised 2005

A setting of an Emily Dickinson poem. One of five such pieces used in Solitude, a collaborative project with five filmmakers. The original vocal line, which contained the words of the poem, was moved to the ‘cello part and the poem’s stanzas are not sung in the revised version.

A door just opened on a street–
I, lost, was passing by–
An instant’s width of warmth disclosed
And wealth, and company.

The door as sudden shut, and I,
I, lost, was passing by,–
Lost doubly, but by contrast most,
Enlightening misery.