Pieces for piano + electronics, i

Myr (From "Mend") - Solo Piano

Vagus - Downtempo Electronic Sketch

Offhand

Notes to Self

Notes to Self (From "Offhand")

Agasga (From "Offhand")

Unaccompanied Chorus, setting text of Christina Rossetti. Score available at www.forrestpierce.com.

Short is time, and only time is bleak;
Gauge the exceeding height thou hast to climb:
Long eternity is nigh to seek:
Short is time.
Time is shortening with the wintry rime:
Pray and watch and pray, girt up and meek;
Praying, watching, praying, chime by chime.
Pray by silence if thou canst not speak:
Time is shortening; pray on till the prime:
Time is shortening; soul, fulfil thy week:
Short is time.

Short Is Time, for SATB chorus

The lyrics to 'Ammunition' were compiled from ad copy appearing in the New York Times, Nov. 21st, 1963--the day before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. 

LYRICS:
"Happy the hostess who receives Cartier's exclusive crystal and sterling silver caviar or shrimp bowl. 
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"Queenly elegance in the northern or southern clime"
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"Now you can see what a tavern was like in colonial days" 
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"The complete man wears his finely-tailored town and country coat with lustrous Persian lamb lapels and collar...poor lamb"

"Boys and Girls, flirting comes naturally in this party going dress--a raspberry red velvet in a "little-girl" shape" 
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"Some men do wear brown shoes after five..."
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"If you hem and haw while dictating you're wasting your secretary's time"
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"Bask in the light of holiday white!" 
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"Your copy of VIP Desk Diary will be waiting at Brentano's when the chauffeur calls for it"
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"Ready, aim, Canon's derringer is filled with many shots of perfume! An unsuspecting weapon to give as a welcome gift. Choose either fleur-de-Rocaille, deceptively innocent or the spicy Belladogia as ammunition! BANG!"

Ammunition

If Only

Music by Robert Vuichard 
Recorded Live: Temple au Bas Neuchâtel - Neuchâtel, CH 
Le Louverain Chant Choral 
Dr. Mark Marotto, Conductor 
Based on the 8th psalm of Clement Marot (1496-1544)

Psaume Huictisme de Clement Marot

Music by Robert Vuichard 
The Yale University Glee Club - 150th Anniversary in New York
Recorded Live: Carnegie Hall - New York, New York 
Dr. Jeffrey Douma, Conductor 
Based on text from John 3:8

Zephyr Rounds

Composer, pianist, and songwriter living in the Pacific Northwest.

If Only

Nathan Wasner

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