Inner Astronomy

Vocal Music

4Tay Records is proud to present Inner Astronomy, a marvelous new cantata for voice and strings, with music by Molly Pease, based on poems by her father Randall Pease. The composer writes, “When I was a child, Dad would storytell me to sleep. In every one of these...

VIVA ITALIA! The Queen’s Chamber Band

Vocal Music

“This diverse program has a thread of logic connecting the elements. The composers are Italian, or were influenced by Italian style … The performances are a delight. All of the vocals (Monteverdi, Gorzanis, Handel) are taken by Marshall Coid, who should...

The Deus Ex Machina Cycle

Vocal Music

Elodie Lauten (http://www.lesperformingarts.org/) is an original post-minimalist who writes piano, electronic, chamber and orchestral music. Her landmarks are neo-operas evolving or deconstructing the classic form: The Two-Cents Opera premiered in March 2009 at...

Waking in New York

Vocal Music

During the Summer of 1996, only a few months before his death, the late Allen Ginsberg put together a set of poems on the theme of New York, as suggested by Elodie Lauten for a musical setting. The poems he selected, from Cosmopolitan Greetings 1986-1992, Collected...

Songs from The Bitterroot

Chamber Music, Vocal Music

This collection of original Americana compositions is performed by its composer Taylor Ackley. He is joined by the Deep Roots Ensemble, a passionate group of some of the most talented and creative performers of their generation, playing an eclectic mix of instruments...