I Didn't Dare — Young Leah's aria from Uncovered — Scene 1: The Wedding
2020 | soprano/piano or soprano/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax On the evening of her Hasidic wedding, Young Leah has a dream vision of her true love, a woman named Ana. Sheet music...
View ArticleI'm Learning to Pray — Young Leah's aria from Uncovered — Scene 1: The Wedding
2020 | soprano/piano or soprano/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax Leah withdraws into her prayerbook amid the bustle of preparations for her wedding, soon to begin. As guests buzz about...
View ArticleThe Mikvah Aria — Young Leah's aria from Uncovered, Scene 2 — The Mikvah
2020 |soprano/piano or soprano/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax Leah immerses in a mikvah ritual bath as her entry into hasidic married life. She marvels at how exposed she feels there...
View ArticleFor a While – Levi's aria from Uncovered — Scene 5: Motherhood
2020 | tenor/piano or tenor/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax Levi tells of joining the men praying in synagogue early mornings as his holy refuge from the stress of raising a large...
View ArticleParadise — Older Leah's aria from Uncovered — Scene 5: Motherhood
2020 | soprano or mezzo-soprano/piano or soprano or mezzo-soprano/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax Leah reminisces about a more innocent time before she had her seven children. The...
View ArticleTo a Lost Child — Levi's aria from Uncovered — Scene 7: Secrets
2020 | tenor/piano or tenor/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax After Leah aborts their child, Levi imagines it was a boy. He imagines taking him to synagogue and teaching his son his...
View ArticleWhite Walls — Older Leah's aria from Uncovered — Scene 9: Uncovered
2020 | soprano or mezzo-soprano/piano or soprano or mezzo-soprano/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax Before she leaves, Leah walks through the house she spent years making into a home for...
View ArticleOur Every Move — Young and Older Leah's duet from Uncovered — Scene 9: Uncovered
2020 | Soprano and soprano or mezzo-soprano/piano or soprano and soprano or mezzo-soprano/clarinet/violin/cello/piano Libretto by Leah Lax Leah reminisces with her younger self, blesses the children,...
View ArticleSnowy Night
2019 | SATB a cappella Poem by Mary Oliver Commissioned by The Donald Sinclair Sutherland Music Endowment for the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Matthew Robertson, Director of Music
View ArticleThanks A Latte
2021 | soprano/piano Commissioned by Laura Strickling for her 40@40 project, this humorous song sets the poetry of Caitlin Vincent. The sheet music is available for PDF download on my site at...
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