I am a Soldier
Photos & Video by Lynn Lane
Mark Buller, composer
Sam Schultz, baritone
Category: media
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Nicholas Davies
But We Were
Cris Perez, baritone, Peter Pasztor
Nicholas Davies, Oskar Yetzirah
Not Knowing Him
Dennis Arrowsmith, baritone, Peter Pasztor
Nicholas Davies, Anonymous
MC Warwick
Impractical Joke
Megan Berti, mezzo-soprano; Wesley Landry, baritone, Bradley Moore
Mary Carol Warwick
Inspired by David W. Burleigh, Tyler R. Mitchell and John Williams
Mark Buller
Intangible Repercussions
Wesley Landry, baritone, Mark Buller
Mark Buller, Lex Loya
Overboard
The HGOco Ensemble
Mark Buller, Leah Lax
On February 28, 1942, the Battle of Sunda Strait embroiled two ships in a naval battle with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Overboard pays tribute to the fine seamen of the USS Houston and the HMAS Perth. Recognizing the lifesaving friendship between them, this three movement song cycle honor their deaths and the life the survivors managed to live after the war. Commissioned as part of the Veterans Songbook project to be featured in a touring exhibit, Overboard premiered at the Julie Ideson Library on March 1, 2017 and a recording traveled with the exhibit to Australia.
Kate Wasserman
Tony’s Song
Kate Wasserman, vocals and guitar
Kate Wasserman, Anthony J. Butina
Henry Darragh
Homie
Brennan Blankenship, mezzo-soprano, Peter Pasztor
Henry Darragh, Nealy
George Heathco
1:45AM Somewhere in Vietnam
John Weinel, tenor, Peter Pasztor
George Heathco, Larry Rider
Just another day at work
Alejandro Magallón, tenor, Bradley Moore
George Heathco, Mario Cook
Twenty One
Alexander Scheuermann, tenor, Peter Pasztor
George Heathco, John Sandel
Read the story that inspired Twenty One.