Six Little Songs for solo voice and chamber winds is now available - listen and purchase here.
Six Little Songs is my third song cycle (after Alcott Songs, and New England Folk Songs). In this song cycle, I set short, whimsical poems written by my wife Ashley. I wrote the songs originally in 2017 for voice and piano, and in 2020, Trae Blanco and Murray State University led a consortium that commissioned a new version for solo voice and small chamber ensemble - flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, and one percussionist.
The six short songs present contrasting musical moods, each one painting the scene of the particular poem used for that song.