Muriel’s Songs (2023) for mezzo soprano and eleven instruments

Fl (picc, a fl); Bb cl (Eb, Bass); A Sax; Bsn; Perc; E Gtr; Pn, Mezzo; Vln,Va,VC,DB - 40 minutes

Commissioned by Sound Icon, Jeffrey Means, conductor - for the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress and dedicated to the memory of Andrew Imbrie.

Premiered March 16, 2024, Talea Ensemble with soprano, Sharon Harms, Brandeis University sponsored by the Women’s Studies Research Center

New York City Premiere, April 23, 2026 Talea Ensemble with soprano, Sharon Harms, YIVO Center for Jewish History, 15 w16th Street, NYC.

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