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