Chamber Ensemble & Duets
- Etched in Smoke and Light | piano trio
- Silver Shadows on Sweeping Snow | vln & vc
- All in Starlight | vc & db
- Star-Crossed Signals | string quartet
- Footsteps | sop, harp, vla & perc
- Moonlight Aria and Duet | sop, mezzo, vc & pno
- Nine Lives | fl, ob, cl, vln & vc
- Veil of Leaves | string quartet
- Wordless Creatures | fl, cl, tpt, perc, hp, pno, vln, vc & cb
- Wordless Creatures | gtr, cl, tpt, perc, vln & cb
- I Felt a Cleaving | sop, mezzo, fl, ob, bcl & pno
- Between the Accidental | string quartet
Footsteps
for soprano, harp, viola, and Persian daf (frame drum)
Text by Nahal Navidar
WORLD PREMIERE
Saousan Jarjour, soprano; Liza Wallace, harp; Suzy Eun Won Lee, viola; Steven Logan, daf
April 17, 2016, Los Angeles, CA
Footsteps
Text by Nahal Navidar
Rain falls pitter-patter
In my hometown
Mama, Mama’s footsteps soft
Like warm winter slippers
Moss and earth and leaves
Billows of soft, white cotton
Dance around my open window
The wooden floorboard creaks
Fire crackling
Soot soothing my senses to sleep
Father’s footsteps carry the weight of history
Pacing, pacing, book in hand
The creak creak creak of my house
Tells me the same familiar story
Footsteps pitter-patter
Across the floorboards