Art Songs ~ Solo Vocal with Piano


Don’t Try So Hard (Stephen Philbrick) 2000


This was commission by a grant from the Cummington Cultural Arts Council.  At the premiere performance, the poet read his work before the song was played.  If you ever get a chance to listen to Stephen Philbrick preach a sermon at the West Cummington Congregational Church, take it!


Performers:  Jonathan Boxer, tenor; Kaeza Fearn, piano

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Don’t Try So Hard used by permission of Stephen Philbrick

K A E Z A  F E A R N  composer ~ pianist ~ educator

© 2009 Kaeza Fearn

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