Program 23

​Ann Callaway, Char, premiere of complete work
on poetry of Kurahara Shinjirô

1. Char
2. Salmon
3. A Sparrow
4. Sunset
5. A Far-off Friend
6. Thoughts on Stones

Richard Mix, bass
Ann Callaway, piano
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​Monica Chew, Ice Calf
+ New work TBA
Monica Chew, piano

Allen Shearer, Strange Gifts, on poetry of W. S. Graham and Norman MacCaig, premiere

1. Since All My Steps Taken
2. I Leave This at Your Ear
3. Aunt Julia
4. Between Mountain and Sea

Allen Shearer, baritone
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
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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.

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