Recorded by Emily Pace at Baylor University 2024. High Key.

I’VE NEVER BEEN GOOD AT MEETING PEOPLE
INTROVERTS NEVER ARE
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN THE KIND OF GIRL/GUY WHO SITS
WITH HER/HIS BACK TO THE WALL
TAKING IT IN
BUT REALLY WANTING TO BE HOME
MY FRIEND SHERYL/SHERRILL CONVINCED ME TO TRY THIS
SHE’S/HE’S SITTING OVER THERE
YOU CAN TELL THAT ITS HER/HIS KIND OF THING 
SHE’S/HE’S COMFORTABLE ANYWHERE
TAKING IT IN
SHE’S/HE’S REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE
ANYWAY I WORK IN A LAB
I TAKE CARE OF THE MICE
IT’S A LITTLE SAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT
ONCE AND ONLY ONCE I RESCUED A MOUSE
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY IT LOOKED AT ME
SO THERE WE SIT
ME AND THE MOUST AT HOME
in a panic I NEVER SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO COME HERE
THIS WAS A MISTAKE
I THINK IT’S TIME FOR ME TO GO NOW
THIS WAS SUCH A MISTAKE
I’M SO SORRY
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.

Dater #12 Panic Attack performed by Emily Pace

Michael Ching is an opera composer/librettist, songwriter, and conductor. His opera SPEED DATING TONIGHT! has had over a hundred forty productions since its 2013 premiere. It is constantly being expanded and this is the place to hear the demos of new dater songs. This summer, Savannah Voice Festival will premiere his opera CINDERELLA'S ROYAL FEAST, a sequel to Rossini's opera. In 2024, the University of South Dakota-Vermillion premiered his opera, NOTES ON VIARDOT. It has subsequently been performed by Arizona State University and On Site Opera. His other sequel--to Puccini's GIANNI SCHICCHI is BUOSO'S GHOST. BUOSO is published by E.C. Schirmer Classical and has been performed by the Florida Grand Opera, Detroit Opera, OperaDelaware and several other companies. In 2020, the University of Alabama commissioned and premiered his opera RSBE. It is now on its sixth production. In 2018-19 high school students in Palm Springs premiered his opera, THRIVERS. His opera about Grant Wood, EIGHT WOODS AND A VAN, premiered at Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre.  Michael has written four one act operas for Savannah Voice Festival, including ALICE RYLEY and ANNA HUNTER, both about Savannah. Michael developed confidence in his ability to write words by trying to write songs. His favorite composer is George Gershwin. 

Most of these files are working files here for reference by the commissioning and producing organizations that Michael works with. There are also some singer-songwriter songs.