Grey Areas: Songs of Memory, Imagination, Intellect, and Death
for baritone voice and mixed instrumental octet

Includes texts by Felicia Finley and Alexander Bergman, used with permission.

Written and recorded in partial fulfillment for my master's thesis; full text and score available here:
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/372/

Performers:
James Held, baritone
Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, Alina Nebzhidovskaia, and Ernesto Mendoza; violin
Dr. Evgeni Raychev and Ella Gartner, cello
Dr. Stella Sick, Scott S. Hansen piano
Max Muciño, trumpet and flugelhorn
Mariah Taller, Kurt Swisher, and Ethan Ainsworth; percussion
Jacob Kilford, saxophones
Joshua Pearson, bass clarinet
Kristen Williams and Elizabeth Esquivel, flute and piccolo
Chris Tatem, Tanner Tankersly, and David Klock; guitar

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