Perigee recording

I'm very honored to share this video of my latest composition, "Perigee". The text is a poem by my friend Mary Craig from a series of birthday elegies for her son, Simon Craig Vodosek, who died of neuroblastoma at the age of 7 in 2004. This piece was an enormous labor of love for both of us, as well as for our fellow singers in Voces Novae led by the incredible Susan Swaney. Thanks also to our amazing pianist and rehearsal accompanist, Kim Carballo!

I'll write a blog post sometime soon about the experience. For now, I'll caution that the piece is quite sad, but there are also many uplifting moments...and it's long (9 minutes). I encourage you to read the poem first and listen when you're in a good head space to think about hard things. I hope it will feel worth it. Please tell me what you think!