Four Songs
Four Songs was composed for mezzo-soprano Michelle Monroe. The texts included in this set are:
- Actaeon (1908) – Floyd Dell
- The Man He Killed (1902) – Thomas Hardy
- Submarine (1917) – Eugene O’Neill
- When You Are Old (1893) – W.B. Yeats
This composition was completed in Louisville on 3 August 2019. The songs were premiered by Professor Monroe and Dr. Robin Guy (piano) 10 March 2022 in Bengtson Hall at the University of Northern Iowa. This is a performance by Page Stephens, mezzo-soprano, and David Heid, piano, at Duke University on 26 September 2025.
Four Songs is included on my 2023 release, remember (Neuma 183).