Escape

High voice + piano, 12’ (2025)

1. The dreams of the dreamer

2. Escape

3. I want to die while you love me

4. Let me not lose my dream

5. My little dreams

Commissioned by Mary Hubbell.

This song cycle on poems by early Harlem Renaissance poet Georgia Douglas Johnson centers around escapism and dreams, bringing the poet’s vibrant rhythm and lyricism to life.