Chansons Innocentes
(2015)
Written for soprano, clarinet, and piano
Cycle of five songs:
“In Just-Spring”
“Hist Whist”
“Little Tree”
“Why Did You Go”
“Tumbling-Hair”
Text by: E. E. Cummings
2017 winner of the International Alliance of Women in Music New Music Competition Patsy Lu Prize
Commissioned by Emma Rose Lynn
Approximate duration: 16:20
Premiere: September 11, 2016, Punk-Ass Classical VIII (Minneapolis, MN), Emma Rose Lynn, sop.; David Soro, cl.; Johanna Kvam, pno.
Live recording by Soprano Emma Rose Lynn, clarinetist David Soro and pianist Johanna Kvam in Mairs Concert Hall, during their 2016 SEEN/UNSEEN Artists in Residence at Macalester College.