What a gorgeous setting, Dale! Your setting brings out things I had never realized about the poem--particularly the momentum it starts out with and how that contrasts with the gentleness of the ending :)

Annie Finch's daughter is in my chorus class and sings the alto part with me. absolutely beautiful.

Follow along with the score here: bit.ly/wingedlullaby

Butterfly Lullaby for SATB chorus, cello, and vibraphone (or piano) was premiered by the Syracuse University Concert Choir (as Winged Lullaby) on April 23, 2014, conducted by Elisa Dekaney. This piece was selected as the winner of the 2013 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest. 

Text: 
My wild indigo dusky wing
my mottled, broad-wing skipper, 
a sleepy, dreamy dusty wing, 
flying through my night.

My northern, southern, cloudy wing, 
my spring azure, my crescent pearl, 
a silver-spotted, sweet question mark, 
sleeping in my sky.

A tiger swallowtail, harvester, 
moving through my hours, 
an eyed brown in the redwing dark, 
wrapped softly in my words. 

—Annie Finch
First published in Calendars, Tupelo Press, 2003.

Butterfly Lullaby

Carol Of The Angels

In The Silence

Softly there falls the silver rain

USC Thornton Symphony; Donald Crockett, conductor

Dark Sand, Sifting Light

Whispers of Jasmine

Sea Dream Elegies (Excerpts)

Serafin String Quartet

Veil of Leaves

I’m so excited to share this conversation with composer Dale Trumbore! Dale has been called “a rising star among modern choral composers” (AXS), and her music has been praised for its “soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies” (The New York Times). She also is a wonderfully thoughtful person who packed a TON of awesome insights into this episode, especially for those of us doing full-time creative work. She shares:  Tips about balancing work and your wellbeing to avoid burnout Ways to switch up your process to launch over your stumbling blocks Simple yet effective ideas on how to tap into your existing network to find new opportunities  Dale has written extensively about overcoming creative blocks and establishing a career in music in essays for 21CM, Cantate Magazine, the Center for New Music, MusicSpoke, and NewMusicBox, and she is currently at work on her first book. Don’t miss this one! - Trumbore's compositions have been performed widely in the United States and internationally by ensembles including the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), Inscape Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, and more. She has served as Composer in Residence for Nova Vocal Ensemble and as Artist in Residence at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Copland House, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. How to Go On: The Choral Works of Dale Trumbore, Choral Arts Initiative's album of Trumbore's choral works, debuted at #6 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Chart. As a composer who works frequently with words, Trumbore is passionate about setting poems, prose and found text by living authors to music. Trumbore holds a dual degree in Music Composition and English from the University of Maryland and a Master of Music degree in Composition from the University of Southern California, where she studied with Morten Lauridsen and Donald Crockett. A New Jersey native, Trumbore currently lives in Los Angeles, her home of nearly a decade, with her fiancé and their extremely helpful cat.

#37: Unlocking Your Creativity (Consistently) with Composer Dale Trumbore

TEM144: Evolving career goals and finding your personal creative rhythm - A conversation with composer Dale Trumbore 

Dale Trumbore is a Los Angeles-based composer, author and teacher.

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TEM144: Finding your personal creative rhythm - A conversation with composer Dale Trumbore

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Hailed by the New York Times for her "soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies," Dale Trumbore has received commissions, performances and awards from organizations including ACDA, ACME, Inscape Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists and VocalEssence. Learn more about her music at daletrumbore.com.

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