New American Poetry Settings for Oboe & Voice (Angelou, Baldwin Burkholder, Poe)

June 14, 2025 4:00 PM 4:25 PM Schrott Center for the Arts

This recital presentation features the interweaving of oboe and voice through settings composed in 2024 featuring American poetry. The three poets featured in these works—Maya Angelou, Esther Baldwin York Burkholder, and Edgar Allan Poe—have their texts featured as recitations and vocalizations, which blend and delineate the act of reciting and singing a text.

Performers:
David Cyzak, Oboe
Jeremiah Sanders, Baritone

Nevermore for Oboe and Voice, words by Edgar Allan Poe The Raven

David Cyzak (b. 1987)

Scarf of Stars for Oboe and Voice, words by Esther York Baldwin Burkholder (1911-2007) Scarf of Stars

David Cyzak (b. 1987)

A Free Bird Leaps for Oboe and Voice, Words by Maya Angelou (1928-2014) The Caged Bird