Behind “An Homage to Music” - About the Composers & Poets

To learn more about the composers & poets featured on the concert, please click on an image below

Robert A. Harris (b. 1938)

"How Can I Keep From Singing" (1868)

Reena Esmail (b. 1983)

Hafiz: "When the Violin"

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

William Shakespeare: "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank" (Merchant of Venice)

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Arthur O'Shaughnessy: "We Are the Music Makers"