First Ladies at the Smithsonian
for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Text by Gene Scheer
duration: ca. 15'

Commissioned by VOCAL ARTS DC to open its 25th Anniversary Season on Sept 12, 2015, and supported by generous contributions from the Shamos Family Foundation, Yolanda C. Oertel MD, and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon & Howard Solomon.

First Performance: Sept 12, 2015 at the Terrace Theater of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Jake Heggie, pianist