Katherine's Aria, from 'PENNY'

About the Composer American composer Douglas Pew (b. 1980) is noted for his ability to strike at the root of the emotional world through his music “with a showman’s touch and a poet’s soul” (Jake Heggie). His music has been heralded as “stunning…magical” (Washington Times) and “sensual, other-worldly, expressive and showcasing a rich harmonic pallet, sure to connect with audiences, while saying something fresh, profound and meaningful” (Scarecrow Press). Douglas has received commissions and performances from ensembles such as Washington National Opera, Atlanta Opera, NANOWorks Opera Company, Polish Chamber Choir, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, Miami University Men’s Glee Club, and the Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra. He has received multiple awards including a Barlow Endowment commission, 1 prize in the 2009 SCI/ASCAP Student Composers Commission Competition, Musica Sacra International Choral Composition Competition in Poland, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, Susan and For Schumann Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, and the Tangeman Sacred Music Center. st

Douglas holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from the University of Cincinnati, CollegeConservatory of music as well as a post-graduate certificate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland where he studied with internationally acclaimed composer Paweł Łukaszewski under the auspices of a Fulbright Grant. Douglas currently lives in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area where he teaches at Northern Kentucky University, is composer-in-residence at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, is a copyist for Cincinnati Opera, and is active as a local conductor and vocalist. His music is published by Boosey & Hawkes, Jackman Music Corporation, and Blue Shore Music. To learn more, please visit douglaspew.com.

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to Kerriann Otaño

WE ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER NOW Katherine's Aria from the opera 'Penny'

Music by:

Words by:

DOUGLAS PEW

DARA WEINBERG

(b1980)

(b1982)

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out.

It's hard

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p molto espress. ‰ b œj œ œ b œ- b œ-

I know you feel worn

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to be in a

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new house.

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Katherine prepares herself to talk to her sister. She is not expecting an easy conversation.

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Soprano

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won't leave—

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for

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life—

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you.

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Penny seems to be listening.

to take care of you now.

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I brought you some - thing

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Taking out the scrapbook.

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op

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44

Katherine hands the scrapbook to Penny, who immediately opens the book and begins to read.

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4

Katherine becomes more intense. Penny, however, absorbed in the scrapbook, does not really notice. She is using the scrapbook to tune Katherine out.

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46

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it's you and me

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now

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Penny looks up for a moment, and looks back to the scrapbook.

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block the morn - ing light,

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o - kay?

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Just don't stay up too

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be - fore you go

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You're real - ly get-ting in - to that scrap - book. That's great.

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Katherine realizes that Penny is engrossed in the scrapbook and not listening to her.

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Sweet dreams.

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Good - night.

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