UCLA Music Library

Written in 2022, Airplay (+ Birdsong) is in ABA form, with the opening melody descending in chromatic patterns, accompanied by augmented harmonies in the piano. Motivic development through various tonalities ensues, with slides, pizzicato and tapping the bow stick on the body of the violin adding panache. The middle section is a rich waltz, with the melody first in the violin, then in the piano with violin obligato. The melody is broadened in full harmonies in the piano, with birdsong depicted through mordents, trills, quick broken chords and harmonics in the violin. A descending chromatic scale leads back into the return of the opening melody, with the material enhanced and divided between piano and violin.

Unaccompanied piece for SATB choir, based on Psalm 96, verses 1, 11-13.

What the Swallows Did is from the short story of the same name by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). The text is the man’s farewell to the swallows whom he had grown fond of after a summer spent together. 

The music paints the words, falling in couplets and imitating flight in rising patterns. The piece can be sung by three women’s voices, or with doubling up to 12 voices

An Evening Prayer (2018)

For male sextet (2 Altos; 2 Tenors; Baritone; Bass), a cappella, 3’50”

Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Unaccompanied piece for SATB choir on a poem by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672).

Piece for male sextet (2 altos, 2 tenors, baritone, bass). Text by Emily Brönte.

For 2-part children’s choir, SATB adult choir, flute/piccolo, double bass, two percussionists and piano. Text by Robert Browning.

An unaccompanied piece for SATB choir on tanka by Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902).

Ages of Ages is for SATB a capella choir. It is inspired by text taken from the medieval Old Hispanic chant, León 8, fol. 273:

Et non deficiet ex te vir qui compleat voluntatem meam;

and León 8, fol. 88v:

Gloria et honor patri et filio et spiritui sancto et nunc and semper et in saecula saeculorum.

An English translation is used for this piece.