SEEKER OF TRUTH

SEEKER OF TRUTH
14 Songs for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor,
Alto & Baritone Saxophones (one player), Cello, and Piano
on poems by E. E. Cummings

Publisher
in manuscript

Availability
planned for publication in 2024

Description
text

Text
1 – everybody happy?
2 – plant Magic dust
3 –why
4 – ev erythingex Cept:
5 – n/
6 – old age sticks
7 – seeker of truth
8 – what Got him was Noth
9 – a total stranger one black day
10 – you no/
11 – who are you,little i
12 – jack’s white horse(up
13 – now is a ship
14 – If you can’t eat you got to

Vocal Range : Soprano
A 3  :  A-sharp 5

Duration
28′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura : Soprano
G 4  :  E 5

Vocal Range : Mezzo-Soprano
A 3  :  G 5

Vocal Tessitura : Mezzo-Soprano
D 4  :  B 4

Vocal Range : Tenor
C-sharp 4  :  F-sharp 5

Vocal Tessitura : Tenor
G 4  :  E 5

Year of Composition
2006

First Performance
May 3, 2008
Eno Memorial Hall
Simsbury, Connecticut

First Performers
Cherie Caluda, soprano
Judy Bowers, mezzo-soprano
Paul Rudoi, tenor
Carrie Koffman, saxophones
David Sims, cello
Sam Sims, piano