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Norman Mathews

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Norman Mathews has written for the concert stage, orchestra, string quartet, jazz, musical theatre, and cabaret. His song cycle to Walt Whitman poetry was recorded by Gregory Wiest for Capstone Records, was performed at the Kennedy Center, and has won numerous awards. Rossetti Songs, a cycle for mezzo-soprano, piano, flute and cello was recorded by Navona Records, to be released by Naxos in 2010. Mathews will be composer-in-residence at Shorter College in 2011. His one-woman musical theatre piece about Dorothy Parker, You Might as Well Live, has been performed by Tony-Award-winner Michele Pawk, and by Broadway/cabaret star Karen Mason. His cabaret works have been sung by Tony-Award-winner Debbie Gravitte, and Broadway/concert star Liz Callaway. Mathews has a BA and MA in music and has studied with Richard Danielpour and Richard Hundley.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Sonnet No. 61	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2009	00:04:11	Sonnet No. 61 Sonnet No. 61
String Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:18:00	String Quartet String Quartet String Quartet String Quartet
May	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2008	00:02:16	May
A Summer Wish	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2008	00:01:54	A Summer Wish
When I Am Dead, My Dearest	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2008	00:02:54	When I Am Dead, My Dearest
"No, Thank You, John"	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2008	00:02:28	"No, Thank You, John"
Sleeping at Last	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2008	00:02:54	Sleeping at Last
The Triumph of Night	Orchestra	2000	00:09:00	The Triumph of Night
Sometimes With One I Love	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:01:38	Sometimes With One I Love
That Music Always Round Me	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:02:54	That Music Always Round Me
Here the Frailest Leaves of Me	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:01:28	Here the Frailest Leaves of Me
Tears	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:03:36	Tears
As the Time Draws Nigh	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:04:05	As the Time Draws Nigh
Grand is the Seen	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:01:33	Grand is the Seen
The Last Invocation	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:03:31	The Last Invocation
Relections	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:01:40	Relections
Fancy	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:00:49	Fancy
Fishes Swim	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:00:49	Fishes Swim
Velvet Shoes	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:02:55	Velvet Shoes

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