Quero (2024)
for high voice and opt. vibraphone, sung in Brazilian Portuguese, ca. 30''
dedicated to Bahué Duo for their Second Annual Latinx Composer Miniature Challenge
text: Mari Esabel Valverde
Canciones del pasado (Songs of the Past) (2019)
for high voice, piano, and opt. flute, violin, and cello, sung in Spanish, ca. 6'30''
arrangement of selected folk songs of the San Luis Valley, United States; commissioned for tenor Matthew Valverde
text: Traditional/Folk
I. Duérmete, niño lindo (Go to Sleep, Pretty Child), ca. 2′
II. El triste león (The Sad Lion), ca. 1’30”
III. Pajarito amarillito (Little Yellow Bird), ca. 1’30”
V. La entriega (The Delivery), ca. 1’30”
The Lady and the Tiger (2016)
for high voice, bass clarinet, and piano, ca. 4'30''
text: Jacob Rakovan
Cuatro poemas de Octavio Paz (Four Octavio Paz Poems) (2012)
for high voice and piano, sung in Spanish, ca. 11’30’’
text: Octavio Paz
I. Árbol adentro (A Tree Within), ca. 2’
II. Las armas del verano (The Arms of Summer), ca. 3’
III. Insomne (Insomniac), ca. 2’30’’
IV. Regreso (Return), ca. 4’
The Soul Selects Her Own Society (2011)
for low voice and piano, ca. 3’
text: Emily Dickinson
To digte af Tove Ditlevsen (Two Tove Ditlevsen Poems) (2010)
for high voice and piano, sung in Danish or English, ca. 5’30’’
text: Tove Ditlevsen
I. Så tag mit Hjerte (Then Take My Heart), ca. 2’30’’
II. Mit hjerte er blevet borte (My Heart Has Gone Missing), ca. 3’
Then of Thy Beauty (2009)
for high voice and piano, ca. 3’
text: William Shakespeare
After Sunset (2008)
for high voice and piano, ca. 3’
text: William Shakespeare
Love Alters Not (2008)
for high voice and piano, ca. 3’
text: William Shakespeare
How Do I Love Thee? (2007)
for high voice and piano, ca. 3'30''
text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poet’s Entreaty (2007)
for high voice a cappella, ca. 1'
text: Mari Esabel Valverde