Instrumentation: 1,1,1,1; 1,0,0,0; soprano; baritone; piano; strings

Duration: 12 minutes

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Five Haiku, with text by baritone J Bitner, is a work about the longing of a man for his perfect woman and the fact that she likely exists only as a ghost.

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Reading at the Peabody Conservatory with a Peabody Conservatory Ensemble, Pamela Hay (soprano), J Bitner (baritone), Brian Stone, Conductor. 

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Goodwin Recital Hall, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD

May 5, 1998