The Last Leaf

Chamber opera in three scenes. Excerpt: "One Leaf Falling". Recorded and performed in July 2000 at the American Festival for the Arts summer music conservatory, Houston, Texas. Featuring Kelli Estes (Johnsy), Emily Freeman Brown (conductor), Peter Isaacson, Matthew Loden (violin), Susan Dubois (viola), Alberto Parrini (cello), Sandor Ostlund (bass), Kirsten Larsen (flute), Keve Wilson (oboe), Jessica Phillips (clarinet), Susan Loegering Andrews (bassoon), Molly Pate (french horn), Paul Bellino (trombone), Ikuko Qano (harp), Michael Remson and Andrea Moore (percussion). Engineered by Andreas Klein. Special thanks to Samuel Adler.

Song cycle for baritone and chamber group. Excerpt: "The Open Road". Music by Michael Remson, text from selected poetry by Walt Whitman. Recorded live at the American Festival for the Arts summer music conservatory, Houston, Texas, July 2002. Featuring Omari Tau WIlliams (baritone), Alex Adkins, Trung Trinh (violin), Sheila Browne (viola), Wendy Smith-Butler (cello), Sandor Ostlund (bass), Andrea Moore and Joel Stein (percussion). Conducted by Eric McIntyre. Recorded by Afshin Farzadfar.

Song cycle. Excerpt: "White Shoulders". Music by Michael Remson, text from selected poetry of Carl Sandburg. Recorded at Dudley recital hall, Moores School of Music, University of Houston, January 2002. Featuring Kelli Estes (soprano) and Cathy Lysinger (piano). Recorded by Afshin Farzadfar.

Choral song cycle. Excerpt: "The Valley". Music by Michael Remson, text from the cycle of poems, Chamber Music, by James Joyce. Commissioned by the Rhode Island College Chamber Singers, conducted by Teresa Coffman. Featuring James Breyley, Thomas Conlon, Lisa Ducharme, Jeremy Fortier, Marlena Gervelis, Amanda Howard, Patricia Kammerer, Shawna McKay, Michael Paz, Carminda Rocha and Kerry Walsh as part of the ensemble. Piano: Natasha Goncharova. Kristie Arruda: flute. Recorded by the composer.

Choral song cycle. Excerpt: "Go to Sleep". Arrangements of traditional lullabies of North and South America. Conducted by Gabrielle Kayes Forest. Featuring Rachel Brownlee, Elizabeth Green, Sheena Lewis (soprano), Teresa Coffman, Stephanie Linney, Susan Surdacki (alto), James Brown, Luis Ramirez, Mehran Ziafat (tenor), Michael Kapinus, Scott O'Neal, Michael Remson (bass). Recorded live at Dudley Recital Hall, Moores School of Music, March 1997.

Woodwind quintet. Recorded live at the American Festival for the Arts summer music conservatory, Houston, Texas. Commissioned by the American Festival for the Arts in celebration of the five year collaboration with the Meliora Winds -- Kirsten Larsen (flute), Keve Wilson (oboe), Steven Williamson (clarinet), Susan Loegering Andrews (bassoon) and Jill Bobo Williamson (french horn).