My new piece, "Time is Not an Option" premiered last Saturday, April 24, at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus. This piece was commissioned by the
Poets Out Loud faculty of Fordham. Unfortunately, the Fordham poet I was paired with, Elisabeth Frost, was unable to attend as she is in Europe on a Fulbright scholarship. Fordham's poet-in-residence, Janet E. Kaplan, deputized in the reading of Frost's poems. The esteemed musicologist, Lawrence Kramer, refereed the awarding of commissions, and was the evening's emcee. As well, he offered up some of his own music and poetry.
The musicians came by way of Bard College in upstate New York. Soprano Ilana Zarankin sang many of the other songs this evening, and soprano Clarissa Lyons performed my particular cycle. Shun-Yang Lee was the evening's accompanist.
Other composers on the evening included Martin Hennesey, Mary Anne Joyce-Walter, and Alexander Nohai-Seaman. The poems set to music were written by Edward Hirsch, D. Nurske, Janet Kaplan, and Heather Dubrow.
It was a great concert, so I'm posting a lot of pics here, Click image for a larger size.
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| Lawrence Kramer |
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| Clarissa Lyons |
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| Shun Yang, piano; Clarissa Lyons |
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| Ilana Zarankin, Clarissa Lyons, Richard Russell |
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| Clarissa Lyons, Shun Yang, Richard Russell |
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| Janet Kaplan, Lawrence Kramer, Richard Russell |
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