Fictive Music

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  • The Giver of Stars in Paris

    The Giver of Stars in Paris

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    Parisians will hear another work of mine on March 23rd at the American Cathedral in Paris. Caroline Drury and Jim Rightmyer are giving a recital, which will include “The Giver of Stars.” Here’s one of my favorite performances of this song online…

  • The Giver of Stars a few years later

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    I wrote “The Giver of Stars” at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2020, just on the eve of pandemic shutdowns and disruptions, confusion and the pervasive smell of hand sanitizer. The text by Amy Lowell, could be read on two levels: a prayer of supplication, and/or an allegorical love poem. Being only one…