Here’s a link to a YouTube of “Blue Merengue,” one of the five Latin dances with percussion from Dances for Harp and Flute. When I made this video, I was thinking of the approach of summer and of my … Continue reading
The “Birthday Bossa Nova” was the first of the suite of Five Latin Dances that I composed. I was looking for a way to celebrate the birthday of my flute partner, Susan Purinton, and I thought it might be fun … Continue reading
Many thanks go to Mary Radspinner, who, in the midst of setting up an entirely new website for Melody’s Music, was able to find time to produce Dances for Harp and Flute. The collection, as noted in an … Continue reading
From the composer, Carol Wood: “It’s rare and wonderful to encounter a poem or a song about being married for a long and happy time. This book is a collection of musical settings of some of those rare poems on … Continue reading
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Delightful Latin rhythms with percussion parts! For flute and harp. Percussion parts included. From Carol: I do hope, though, that the “Five Latin Dances” are very suitable for dancing. The percussion parts are optional, but they do make the pieces … Continue reading
This piece from Songs for Married Lovers is a setting of a poem by American poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921). One of the most lyrical yet technically skilled of poets, Wilbur writes in sophisticated verse forms filled with wit and … Continue reading
Probably more than any other poems, three by Paul Zimmer (American, b. 1934) made me want to write a collection of Songs for Married Lovers. I probably first encountered Zimmer’s poetry when I was an undergraduate English major, and I … Continue reading
I wrote “In May” when I lived in Lake Charles, Louisiana, very near the Gulf Coast. I was still teaching at McNeese, and the month of May was always a time of deeply mixed feelings. The joyous release promised by … Continue reading
I’ve been working on making YouTubes of some of my older pieces, and here’s a video of the “Cyanoblue Waltz” that I wrote many years ago for my friend the photographer John Metoyer. He often works in the medium called … Continue reading
I’m very proud and happy to announce the publication of a new collection of art songs that I have been working on now for several years, Songs for Married Lovers. This book was inspired by the rare and wonderful poems … Continue reading
