This song was written by Lincoln and Cat Rakowski.

Lyrics:
One morning the sun came up
And there I saw a sweet little kitty cat
And he was just born

His sweet little paws were white
The rest of his body was black and white
I love him so much

His mommy was nice to him
And even all the humans were nice to him
And he loved them back

He played with a rubber ball
Across the room he chased it just like a dog
The cats were confused

 But then as he grew up
All the other cats understood him better
And this is the end.

Winter The Cat

little things

Demo from an abandoned piece called MARCH AND THE RAIN, featuring Michael K. Lee.  Who still has my first season DVDs of LOST.

I Can Hear

Live recording 2011 New York City.

Hannah Moon -vocals
Saul Rubin -guitar
Steve Ash - piano
Frank Levatino - drums
Corcoran Holt - bass

Fall 2011

Quiet Nights

Singing of Goose by Luo Binwang (619 – 687 CE) 
Song of Snow by Zhang Dayou (Middle Tang) 
Composition by Stephanie Chou

Singing of Goose is set for: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Erhu, Orchestra
Song of Snow is set for: Bass soloist, TTBB choir, Erhu, Orchestra

Singing of Goose by Luo Binwang (619 – 687 CE) 骆宾王 《咏鹅》
The poet, at the age of 7, wrote this short poem with simple words that paint a colorful picture and capture the child’s spontaneous delight at the sight of geese in a pond.

鹅,鹅,鹅,
曲项向天歌。
白毛浮绿水,
红掌拨清波。
Goose – Goose – Goose,
Necks arched, they sing to the sky, 
White feather floating on green water, 
Crimson webs paddling clear ripples.

Song of Snow by Zhang Dayou (Middle Tang) 张打油《咏雪》
A man named Zhang Dayou — an ordinary scholar by all account — was the first to come up with this style: something more like a limerick than a poem, strictly speaking. It is casual, seemingly simple and often humorous. Here he was describing a snow scene without ever using the word “snow”. In quick broad strokes he tells us the details within this white expanse. His style was later much copied and was named after him to become dǎyóushī 打油诗”.

                江上一笼统,
                井上黑窟窿。
                黄狗身上白,
                白狗身上肿。
The river is one sweeping sight; 
The well looks like a hole in the night. 
Yellow dog is covered with white; 
White dog looks swollen all right.

Chou added her own lyrics to the introduction of Song of Snow: 
大家看過來!
來~來~來~
我們來猜謎.
看誰能猜中!
誰能猜猜中?
大家專心了!
Everybody listen up! 
Gather round. 
Listen to my riddle. 
Let's see who can guess correctly. 
Who will guess right? 
Everyone pay attention!

Instrumentation
Goose: Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano
Snow: Bass solo and TTBB
Erhu
Symphonic Orchestra
Woodwinds 3332, Brass 4331, Timp+3 Perc, Piano, Harp, Strings

Composed June 2020, Steph Chou Music (ASCAP)

Recording is
Banlingyu Ban, voice(Goose)
James Wordsworth, voice (Snow)
Ravel Virtual Studios, orchestral rendering

Singing of Geese & Song of Snow - Demo

Invisible String - Cheng sisters version

A mini-agit-propera, written to be the centerpiece for the song cycle LINES.  Featuring Danielle Gimbal, Marc de la Cruz, Lizzie Hagstedt, TH, and Raymond J Lee

Through Line: Andy Pickets

From Peter and the Wave.  Featuring Daniel J. Edwards, Viveca Chow, Cathy Ang, Marina Kondo, Michael Hicks, Chris Tamayo, Helen Shen, Nic Rouleau and Marc de la Cruz,

Peter and the Wall

Monstrosity(feat. Daniel J. Edwards)

From a new musical Intruction Manual About "Myself"

自我

Composer.  Lyricist.  Asian dude.  Recent works include Peter and the Wall (Dramatist Guild Fellowship, Rhinebeck Fellowship) Costs of Living (2016 Richard Rodgers Award, 2012 Jerry Harrington Award, 2015 NAMT, 2015 New American Musical Award, 2012 ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop, 2012 BMI Master Class with Steven Sondheim, 2012 Weston New Musical Award Nominee) Timothy Huang: Chinese or Crazy?(NYTB), Missing Karma, (Prospect), Crossing Over (NAAP) Other works: LINES (NYMF ‘08), The View from Here (Top 10 Cast Albums of 2006) Death and Lucky (MacDowell Fellowship). Timothy holds an MFA from NYU/Tisch and is a 2013 Fred Ebb Award Finalist and Dramatist Guild Fellow for musical theater.  www.timothyhuang.net 

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Timothy Huang

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