My voice teacher hosts an annual voice recital for her studio; it's a combined performance of high schoolers and adults rooted in support and mutual growth. I was lucky enough to have my mom fly in from Wisconsin to support me. I sang two pieces; Si mes vers avaient des ailes by Reynaldo Hahn, and "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady.

The below text is from composer Kile Smith's website: "The Waking Sun is my attempt to understand Stoicism. When Donald Nally first asked me to participate in The Crossing’s Seneca project, my first thought was No. I have always puzzled over why a non-Christian, say, would bother composing a piece with Christian themes, so as a Christian I thought it presumptuous to take on this patron of Stoicism, Seneca the Younger. The more I read his work, however, the more attracted I be

Florence Price's Song of Hope represents her first-known attempt at choral-orchestral writing. There was no known performance during...

Some pieces of music cause such an intense outpouring of emotion that you can't help but weep. For me, this adaptation of O Magnum...

Margaret Bonds was an American composer and pianist who is best known for her adaptations of African American spirituals. Her early...

Thought to have been published around 1708 as a wedding cantata, this musical gem was composed by Bach in five movements. I performed...