Wild Songs

Featuring

Polly Butler Cornelius
Victoria Fischer Faw
Patti Cudd
Steve Heitzeg
Lori Laitman

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Steve Heitzeg's evocative scores frequently incorporate naturally-found instruments like stones, manatee and beluga whale bones, and sea shells.

Recording & Production

This recording was made possible in part by an Elon University Faculty Research and Development Summer Fellowship.

Performer Biography

Polly Butler Cornelius, the soprano on this recording, has created a niche for herself by premiering contemporary American songs written by living composers.

Composer Biography

Steve Heitzeg, an Emmy Award-winning composer, is recognized for his orchestral, choral, and chamber music that often celebrates the natural world.

Composition History

The song "Is Everybody Else Alright?" by Steve Heitzeg features texts from Aeschylus, Robert F. Kennedy's favorite Greek poet, and Kennedy's last words.

Performer Biography

Victoria Fischer Faw, the pianist, specializes in the music of Béla Bartók and is a first-prize winner of the Bartók-Kabalevsky International Piano Competition.

Composer Biography

Lori Laitman is one of America's most prolific and widely performed composers of vocal music, with over 200 songs, two operas, and an oratorio to her name.