Still With Me
Year
2020
Length
7'00"
Category
Chamber
Arrangements
Euphonium and Piano
Horn and Piano
Commission
Frank Meredith
Premiere
November 6, 2020
Frank Meredith and Laurie Vivona Bunn
Program Note
Still With Me was commissioned by euphonium virtuoso Frank Meredith in memory of Sandy, his beloved Yellow Labrador. Our collaboration, which started pre-COVID as an elegy for “man’s best friend,” took on new meaning with the onset of a global pandemic. By the time I completed the piece in September 2020, over 850 thousand people had died worldwide. The pain of loss is interminable. Yet when somebody touches you, they touch you forever. Friends and family who pass on remain with us always, living on in our hearts.
Performance History
- December 7, 2024: Anne Howarth and Julia Scott Carey, First Baptist Medford, Medford, MA
- November 18, 2023: Anne Howarth and Julia Scott Carey, First Baptist Medford, Medford, MA
- June 25, 2023: Anne Howarth and Julia Scott Carey, New England Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA
- June 24, 2023: Anne Howarth and Julia Scott Carey, Longfellow House-Washinton's Headquarters National Historic Site, Cambridge, MA
- June 11, 2023: Anne Howarth and Julia Scott Carey, New England Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA
- November 6, 2020: Frank Meredith and Laurie Vivona Bunn, Livestream on YouTube
