Michael Kelly, baritone; David Leisner, guitar. Six songs with texts from poems by Emily Dickinson: I - Exultation; II - Beauty; III - Madness; IV - Letter; V - Humility; VI - Simplicity.
Andrew Garland, baritone; Jeremy Reger, piano. Four songs originally scored for mezzo soprano: I - Despedida (Farewell); II - Yo Crio una Mosca (I raised a fly); III - Carnaval de Tambobamba (Carnival of Tambobamba); IV - Yunca. Texts from Quechua poetry collected by Peruvian folklorist, poet and Quechua advocate José María Arguedas, translated into Spanish by Arguedas.
Eric Ferring, tenor; Madeline Slettedahl, piano. Four songs: I - Hold On (based on a speech by Joel Burns); II - Uncle Ronnie (based on text by Randy Roberts Potts); III - Love Remained (set to poem by Michael Kelly); IV - Hope (based on “Hope Speech” of Harvey Milk).
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano; Carol Rosenberger, piano. Three songs with texts by the composer: I - Anne Wiazemsky; II - Pina Pellicer; III - Larisa Shepitko.
