I asked my love (2026):
for TTBB choir
Premiered as part of Constellation Ensemble’s NOVA Series, June 2026
Artists: Matthew Brennan, Conor Broaders, Chuck Chandler, Matthew Cummings, Jim Judd, Dorian McCall, Ryan Townsend Strand, Pete Wesoloski
Artist website: Constellationensemble.org
I ASKED MY LOVE
I asked my love: "Why do you make yourself so beautiful?"
"To please myself.
I am the eye, the mirror, and the loveliness;
The loved one and the lover and the love."
From the Persian of Abu-Said (978-1062)