During the pandemic, when we couldn’t perform regularly, I wrote art songs for members of the Princeton Singers which form The Princeton Singers Pandemic Songbook. The text settings include Dickinson, Shakespeare, Rilke and contemporary poets. The accompaniment of each song varies – harp, English Horn, vibraphone, percussion toys, accordion, etc. Each song was recorded in 2021.
Author Archives: Steven Sametz
Birds of Paradise
New work commissioned by Chanticleer premiered at the Voces 8 Festival of Voices and reprised by Chanticleer on tour, most recently (Jan. 30, 2022) as part of a streamed concert with Cantus.
Lehigh Choir, Glee Club and Dolce perform at Alice Tully Hall
January 12, 2019, Lehigh University Choir, Glee Club under the direction of Steven Sametz and Dolce (Sun Min Lee, Director) performed as guests of the NY University Men’s Glee Club, along with the Yale GLee Club. Lehigh performed works of Reena Esmail, Jake Runestad, Steven Sametz, Carlos Chavez, Irving Berlin and more
