Program 23
Ann Callaway, Char, premiere of complete work
on poetry of Kurahara Shinjirô
Ann Callaway, piano Monica Chew, Ice Calf + New work TBA Monica Chew, piano Allen Shearer, Strange Gifts, on poetry of W. S. Graham and Norman MacCaig, premiere
Jeffrey Sykes, piano Peter Josheff, Exquisite Corpus: Images from the Past IV, fourteen poems for spoken voice & piano, premiere Peter Josheff, words & music, spoken voice Brenda Tom Vahur, piano Alden Jenks, Josie Baby Jonathan Smucker, tenor Monica Chew, piano |

Composer Alden Jenks writes: “Josie Baby” is my adaptation of a short story by Larry Brown that fell into my hands out of a neighborhood free book exchange box. Simple stuff --- boy loves girl loves boy, tires go flat, romance goes sour... love conquers all. Part song, part straight story-telling. Monica and Jonathan will tell you all about it. I hope you like it.