Monica Houghton

an American composer
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Anymore

  • 2:00
  • 2018
  • Mezzo-soprano, Piano
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A wistful song with text by the composer.

Lullaby for the Apocalypse

  • 4:30
  • 2020
  • Piano
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This work is straight from the mold of Chopin’s Berceuse. Hear it on my streaming album Consolations with pianist James Winn.

High and Away in Washoe

  • 9:30
  • 2018
  • Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin
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      High and Away in Washoe Premiere edited This one movement work for piano quartet, inspired by the composer’s own experience and love for the nearby mountains, was commissioned by the Tahoe Chamber Music Society and premiered on July 14, 2019, by Ruth Lenz, violin; Dustin

De la Noche

  • 13 minutes
  • 2017
  • Mezzo-soprano, Piano
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This is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano consisting of settings of seven poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, in the original Spanish. The poems are: I Preludio II Cumbre III Inventos IV Las Seis Cuerdas V Total VI Abajo VII Meditación Primera (y última) de la

Whalefall (art song)

  • 6:00
  • 2006
  • Mezzo-soprano, Piano
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Performances World Premiere: Andrea Chenoweth, soprano, Eric Charnofsky, piano, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, September 23, 2007. New England Premiere: ContemporaryAmericana Festival, Boston Massachusetts, September 24, 2010. Text “Whalefall,” by Elizabeth Bradfield, “Interpretive Work” (Arktoi Books, 2008). Program Note After hearing the poet read the

Three Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson (Three Gems from Emily Dickinson)

  • 4:00
  • 2011
  • Piano, Soprano
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The Three Poems Reverse cannot befall that fine Prosperity … We play at paste … I held a jewel in my fingers … Premiere Performance Premiere: Katherine DeBoer, soprano, James Winn, piano, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, January 31, 2013 Discography Recording by Andrea

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