Commissioned by the Sacramento Philharmonic, Chicago Songs is a five movement, twenty minute orchestral song set for soprano and orchestra. Premiered by soprano Marnie Breckenridge and the Sacramento Philharmonic. Premiere Performance November 2008 in Sacramento, CA. In a soprano/piano transcription, the work has been performed across the country.
Chicago Songs
for soprano and piano
20:00
"Each intimate piece offered haunting and poetic musical lines for soprano that played against tightly focused and descriptive writing for strings and winds.”— Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee