Prairie Epitaphs (2022) for soprano & piano. Poems from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
OTIYOT (Hebrew Letters) (2021) 9-movement suite for soprano, harp and double bass
Would That Loving Were Enough (2021) for soprano, English horn, violin, viola and cello; 4 movements, lyrics by the composer (also arranged for soprano, clarinet & piano)
Sakura (2017)
Arrangement of Japanese folksong
soprano, clarinet & piano Boosey & Hawkes #HL48024250 sample pages & audio
Ashes & Dreams (2016)
Haiku & waka settings
soprano, clarinet, & piano Kesselman Press hear recording
Stairway to Paradise (2015)
Arr. of George Gershwin song
For voice, clarinet & piano Boosey & Hawkes #HL48023888 sample pages & audio
Jolere (2015)
Solo soprano and string quartet
Commissioned by Alternative Motion Project Dance Company , Minneapolis, MN Kesselman Press watch performance, starts at 11:30 mark
Make me a Willow Cabin (2014)
Concert scene for soprano, clarinet & piano
Text: Shakespeare, from Twelfth Night
Composed for HAVEN Available from MusicSpoke see score & hear recording
Piangerò (2012)
Recitative & aria for soprano, cello & piano
Recomposed from the original work by G F Handel from Giulio Cesare Kesselman Press hear recording
There Will I Go (2012)
Soprano & organ
Text: Book of Ruth Available from MusicSpoke see score, hear recording
trplfy (2012)
for solo S, MS, and A solo voices
text by the composer Kesselman Press
FACES (2011)
Songs for voice and piano
Poetry by Rita Dove, Amanda Riva, e. e. cummings
1. If this world could stop hear recording 2. I carry your heart with me hear recording
3. I am writing poetry (opt. cello) MusicSpoke See score, hear recording
I Am Come into My Garden (2009)
for voice and piano
Text: Song of Songs
You Shall be My Roots (2008)
for voice and piano
Text: Mark Z. Danielewski Kesselman Press
For Love is Life (2008)
for voice and piano
Text: Umar ibn al-Farid Kesselman Press hear recording
How I Hate This Room (2007)
concert scene for soprano, cello and piano
libretto by James Tucker based on
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Kesselman Press hear recording
Circles (2005)
4 songs for soprano, contrabass and piano
I. Only Music
II. The Dance that Circles Life Around
III. Our Children, Coming of Age
IV. The Wheel Kesselman Press
Hineni (2004)
Texts: Isaiah
for 2-solo voices (SA or SS) & piano
Commissioned by Susan Windham
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48018974
The Lonely Death (1993), To An Unfaithful Lover (1990), Triad (1990),
Susanna and the Elders (1990), soprano and piano, text: Adelaide Crapsey Kesselman Press
LOVE PHASES
The Cat and the Moon (1990), Those Dancing Days are Gone (1990),
A Drinking Song (1990), Who Could Have Foretold (1990),
baritone and piano, text: W. B. Yeats Kesselman Press