Found Postcards

songs for soprano and piano
in progress

An ongoing collection of songs setting selections from 40 abandoned postcards discovered and compiled by playwright Gary Winter. Found over years of Gary's antique-store and used-bookseller browsing, the brief, sometimes enigmatic messages in these postcards are forever frozen in time, and they offer a curious glimpse into capricious sentiments of sweetness, disappointment, sorrow, playfulness, and wonder. Three are set so far, with several more planned to complete the collection.

First performance: Emily Martin, soprano / David Holkeboer, piano, October 11 2006, The Watkinson School, Hartford CT