The monodrama Ahab is the third that Hall has created with librettist Caitlin Vincent. This ten-minute work takes an imaginary approach to the final moments in the life of Herman Melville's

"American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett and premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1, 2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National

Bells and Grass portrays five intimate scenes, in which small things come into focus and the world recedes: a nightingale’s song echoing from a nearby wall, the bright sun and the waves of

Each song in this collection is dedicated to four singers - friends of the composer. The songs Homecoming and Quilt were commissioned by the West Chester University Poetry Conference (West

Emily Dickinson's nature–inspired text has sparked the creativity of many song writers. This newly engraved 2020 version of Perera song cycle is available for mezzo-soprano with piano or with

William Carpenter's prose poem expresses the longing of a group of widows as they reunite with their husbands in memory. This musical setting for soprano and baritone duet with flute, viola, and piano

This is Juliana Hall’s first sacred song, a setting of a hymn text by the great hymn writer of the 19th century, Fanny J. Crosby. The song is suitable for concert performance or for use in a religious

Lincoln was commissioned for the Lincoln Symposium, Concord, Massachusetts, in celebration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, February 13, 2009. The string orchestra is scored for

Although the texts are adapted from poems by the Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), the poet's intent, imagery, cadence, and the soulful message remain intact. The composer's wish is that these

O Mistress Mine follows a narrative arc illuminating the ever-changing nature of love, from the time we first encounter it as youths to our awareness as we age of its many varying qualities.

The title Propriety comes from an archaic use of that word, meaning the "peculiarity" or "essential quality" of a person or thing, and in the case of this song cycle that subject is classical music itself.

Many attribute this text to to Noah S. ("Soggy") Sweat, a judge and member of the Mississippi legislature, circa 1952. Whether true or not, this piece is an unexpected relief from the formal - or just a

The texts for these songs are adapted from Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), one of America’s most fearless and biting satirists. It is safe to say that these songs are probably not for every performer.

This song cycle is, in part, a mediation on what it means to be a mortal being who exists in time. The first and last movements each present a different take on looking back, and the cycle moves backward in

This text was adapted from Mark Twain's The War Prayer, which he wrote in 1904-5 to protest America’s involvement in the Spanish-American War. His family convinced him to keep if from

A collection of four songs for high voice and piano, these 'Wing' songs are inspired by the many characters of birds portrayed in poetry and folksongs. The tiny swallow is a mournful bird, weeping in