Works for Soprano Voice

Op. 395A Pentecost Prayer (1999, rev. 2002) for Unison Chorus (or Solo Voice) and Organ2 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer

Caitlin Ferguson, soprano; Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Marisa

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1386A Philosophy (2021) for Voice and Piano2.5 min.

Text by Virginia Woolf

Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg, countertenor and piano

Dedication: with gratitude for Professor Stephanie Paulsell’s ministry at the Memorial Church of Harvard University, 2019–2021

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Op. 971A Prayer in Spring (2012) for Soprano and Marimba3 min.

Text by Robert Frost

Dedication: for Sonja Tengblad and Jonathan Hess, on their marriage

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 709Aux Tuileries (2006) for Voice and Piano5 min.

Text by Jean-Thierry Boisseau (in French)

  • Le grand basin
  • Manège
  • Les chaises

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 870Brief Vibrations (2010) for Solo Voice8 min.

Text by Elisabeth T. Eliassen

Matthew Curtis, tenor

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Dedication: for Jonathan Mark Roberts

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 848Chasing the Moon Down (2009) for Mezzo-Soprano, Trumpet, Piano16 min.

Text by Katherine Gekker

Dedication: for Chris Gekker, Gail Collins, and Stephen Brown

Commission: Commissioned by Chris Gekker

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 266Christ, We Wait (2001) for Voice and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Richard Leach

Dedication: for Frederick and Susan Frahm

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 904Circe (2010-11) for Soprano and Organ7.5 min.

Text by Louise Glück

  • Circe’s Power
  • Circe’s Torment
  • Circe’s Grief

Jolle Greenleaf, soprano; Christian Lane, organ

Dedication: for Jolle Greenleaf and Christian Lane

Commission: Commissioned by Christian Lane

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1029Drone Mass (2013) for Voice and Organ4 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer (in English)

  • Kyrie
  • Sanctus
  • Agnus Dei

Dedication: for Heinrich Christensen

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1141Epitaph (2016) for Soprano and Trumpet4 min.

Soprano sings wordless vocalise

Dedication: for Corrine Byrne, in memory of her mother

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 723Gold into Diamonds (2007) for Voice and Piano10 min.

Text by Rebecca Forsythe

  • So Long an Oak
  • Stranger in Egypt
  • Ballad
  • The Lace of Poetry

Dedication: Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe in honor of the birthday of her mother, Rebecca Forsythe

Commission: Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 952In Beauty Walking (2012) for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quintet or Orchestra15 min.

Text by Mary Austin

  • Morning Song
  • Star Song
  • Rain Song
  • Cradle Song
  • The Eagle’s Song

Dedication: in memoriam Shirley Cooman Holtman (1930-2012)

Commission: Commissioned by Gibbs & Main for EuphoNY 2012

Publisher: Soundspells Productions

Op. 810In memoriam George Perle (2009) for Soprano and Piano2 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

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Dedication: for the New York Miniaturist Ensemble

Publisher: free download

Op. 896Irreversible Heart (2010) for Soprano, Violin, Piano9 min.

Text by Jane Hirshfield

Christine Howlett, soprano; Patrick Wood Uribe, violin; Holly Chatham, piano

Dedication: for Christine Howlett and the Chatham-Wood Duo

Commission: Commissioned by Christine Howlett

Op. 753Lingering, Lonely Callings (2004-05) for Voice and Piano20 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Jeffrey Grossman, piano

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 938Mercy and Truth (2011) for Voice and Organ3.5 min.

Text from the Bible: Psalm 85:10-13

Dedication: for Jim and Don Anderson

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 770Now That You See the Night (2008) for Soprano and Harpsichord4.5 min.

Text by Joyce Carol Oates, Sarah White, and Wallace Stevens

  • On This Morning of Grief (for Joyce Carol Oates on her 70th birthday)
  • Yucca on White Sands
  • Sonatina to Hans Christian (for Jeff and Katharine)
Op. 930Ostinato Mass (2011) for Voice and Organ4 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer (in English)

  • Kyrie
  • Sanctus
  • Agnus Dei

Dedication: for Thomas Gregg and Heinrich Christensen

Commission: Commissioned by Thomas Gregg

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 837Rise Up, My Love (2009) for Voice, Flugelhorn (Trumpet), Organ3 min.

Text from the Bible: Song of Songs 2:10b–12; 13b

Dedication: for Greg and Lisa, and the Cleary family

Commission: Commissioned by the St. Theresa Parish Choir, West Roxbury, Massachusetts; Richard Bunbury, organist and director

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 629Seven Haiku (2005) for Voice and Piano4 min.

Text by Hilary Tann

  • Each Twig
  • Above the Embers
  • Beneath the Skylark
  • Morning Mist
  • Snow Covered Cornfield
  • Night Journey
  • Finding the Sky

Dedication: for Amanda Elizabeth Forsythe and Edward Elwyn Jones, on the occasion of their wedding, June 4, 2005

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 805Songs from the City of Light (2009) for Voice and Piano19 min.

Text by Richard Leach

  • Wake Up
  • Make It Easy
  • Crayons (Stay Inside the Lines)
  • Summer in the City
  • Dancers
  • Second Act of Day
  • City of Light

Dedication: for Harry Lyn Huff

Op. 1090Spring Night (2014) for High Voice and Harp4 min.

Dedication: for Benjamin Agustoni

Commission: Commissioned by Benjamin Agustoni

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1160Sunset (2016) for Two Voices and Piano2.75 min.

Text by Robert Creeley

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Dedication: for the 2016 Lyrica Dialogues in memory of Peter J. Gomes (1942–2011)

Commission: Commissioned by the Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations

Publisher: free download

Op. 663Tempt Me (2005) for Soprano, Tenor, Piano3.5 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

Dedication: for Derek and Laura Chester

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 1341The Shores of Light (2019) for Soprano and Organ11 min.

Textless (vocalise)

Dedication: for Ketti Jane Muschler and Thomas Sheehan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 707Three Songs from “As You Like It” (2006) for Voice and Piano5 min.

Text by William Shakespeare

  • Under the Greenwood Tree
  • Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
  • It Was a Lover and His Lass

Dedication: for Di Trevis

Commission: Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 120Two Catullus Songs (1999) for Voice and Piano3 min.

Text by Gaius Valerius Catullus (in Latin)

  • Iam very eglidos
  • Odi et amo

Dedication: for Jill Crooker

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 365Two Oates Miniatures (2002) for Voice and Piano1.5 min.

Text by Joyce Carol Oates

  • The Forbidden
  • Lost

Dedication: for Lena Murais

Commission: Commissioned by Lena Murais

Op. 201Two Vergil Songs (2000) for Voice and Piano3 min.

Text by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Latin)

  • Vere rosa
  • Ego haec

Dedication: for Ray Perez

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing