Go to the premiere!
As a serial commissioner, tonight I got to experience the commission process from the other side – as the composer! I was thrilled to receive a commission from the Grandville Middle School Choirs for a 2-part choral piece with piano and violin; I set the Sara Teasdale poem “The Crystal Gazer.”
It is a miraculous thing to have spent hours alone in your workspace, crafting a piece of music, and then hear it fully formed in the world. I’m grateful to conductor Rachel Niewada and her wonderful singers for the commission and for the care they put into the premiere. It will stay in my heart for a long time.