Commissions

John Dowell, photographer Lyric Fest’s COTTON is a spellbinding multimedia song-cycle. It brings together the extraordinary cotton photography of John Dowell with newly commissioned poems by 8 renowned African American poets, all set to music by composer Damien Geter. Scored for mezzo soprano, baritone, and piano, the work unfolds against the backdrop of enormous, constantly…

For voice, oboe, guitar, and cello  

For tenor and piano Text by Todd Hearon

For baritone and piano Traditional Nicaraguan text adapted by the composer

For baritone and piano Text by Ozzie Jones

For tenor, oboe, viola, cello, and piano Text by W.B. Yeats

For Soprano and chamber ensemble Text by Martha Medeiros

For voice and piano Traditional sevdalinka folk song text

For 3 voices, viola, and piano Text by Justin Warner

For mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano Texts by the composer