SONGS AND VOCAL SOLOS

see also compositions for chorus and vocal ensembles

UNACCOMPANIED VOICE

Oh My Oh So Lovely Valentine (Oof Oof) (2005)
for unaccompanied voice. Text by Olivier Cadiot (Translation by Cole Swensen), from A.W.O.L. (Le Colonel des Zouaves). 2 minutes.

When Daffodils Begin To Peer (2000)
for unaccompanied voice. Text by William Shakespeare, from A Winter's Tale. 3 minutes.

VOICE AND PIANO

Night Washes Over The Mind for soprano and piano (2006)
Text by Mario Luzi, translated from Italian by Dana Gioia. 2 minutes.

Baby Blackbird, Fly Now for voice (any type) and piano (2004)
Text by Tony Kushner. 2 minutes.

To Become and Islander for soprano and piano (2000)
Text by Susan Gubernat. 2 minutes.

Garden Dance for soprano and piano (1999)
Text by Adam B. Silverman. 1 minute.

In All This Rain song collection for baritone and piano (1999)
Text by Dr. John Stone. The Truck | Outside the Cave | Beef Tongue | In All This Rain | The Girl in the Hall | Autopsy in the Form of an Elegy. 8 minutes.

Bore for baritone and piano (1999)
Text by Dr. John Stone. 30 seconds.

VOICE AND ENSEMBLE

Shnei Shiri Ahavah Tanachayim (Two Biblical Love-Songs) (1997)
for tenor, violin and piano. 7 minutes.

"FOLK" SONGS

Higglety Pigglety Pop! (2007)
A round. Lyric by Maurice Sendak (1967). Commissioned by the Rosenbach Museum and Library.
[view score in pdf format]

What's in (Sophie's) Diaper? (2005)
A song to sing while changing your child's diaper [view score in pdf format]

Barley, a Bottle, and a Cap (1993)
A drinking song

The Ballad of Texas Cohen (1989)
Lyric by Adam B. Silverman and Greg Rolnick. "And as he traveled westward across the USA, he'd ride into a city and he'd rest on Saturday..."