Vocal Compositions

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all compositions are available for purchase from Jazzperson Music

Birdsongs - for medium voice and piano - 2008
(A setting of poems by Rebecca Bauman)

After the Winter - for SATB choir - 2008
(A setting of the poem of the same name by Claude McKay)

Humanity Divine - for medium voice and piano - 2005/2007
(A setting of an orignal lyric by Ryan Jesperson.)

Three Harlem Songs - for tenor, flute, violoncello and piano - 2006
(A setting of The Harlem Dancer, The Tired Worker, and Harlem Shadows by Claude McKay.)

Leda - for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices - 2005
(A setting of Leda by Rainer Maria Rilke.)

Words for the Dead {a chamber opera in one act} - for eight voices and piano - 2003
(A setting of an original libretto by Ryan Jesperson.)