Mary Ann Joyce
Girl with Cello
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with solo instruments
Score PDF: girl_with_cello-pgs1-3-secure-5.pdf
Description: May Sarton, poem. Premiered by Nancy Ellen Ogle and Ginger Hwalek; recent performances include Sara Paar, soprano, Mary Robb, cello, and Catherine Miller, piano, NYC 2012. A dark but joyful poem: “….there had been no such music here until a girl came in from dark and snow….” (Audio excerpt is transferred from a cassette tape performance recording with Nancy Ellen Ogle, soprano;
Allison Moore, piano; and Lurene Ekwurtzel, cello.)