Description
Brief Vibrations (2010) was written for and is dedicated to Jonathan Mark Roberts. The cycle
comprises settings for unaccompanied voice of poems by Elisabeth T. Eliassen (b. 1961) from the
collection Brief Encounters With Fluidity (2008).
I. Kairos
II. Stillness Sings
III. Within the Embrace
IV. Spring Rain
V. The Vine
VI.Vibrations
Performance notes: These songs may be performed by any vocalists of any voice type or sex. They
may also be performed in any transposition. However, all songs performed must be transposed in
exactly the same manner.
Though a performance of all six songs is highly preferred, smaller groupings or individual songs
may be performed, particularly if the performance is not in concert.
Throughout all songs, exceptional sensitivity, expressivity, and freedom is necessary to project a
compelling performance. There should never be any sense of metronomic rigidity. The music
serves to express and declaim the text, and this should be the driving force in shaping any
interpretation.