Composers: Charles Ives; Paul Chihara; Lisa Kirchner, Lyricist; John Corigliano; William M. Hoffman, Lyricist; Stanley Silverman; William Shakespeare, Poet; William Schimmel; Ned Rorem; Robert Hilyer, Poet; John Adams; June Jordan, Lyricist; Aaron Copland, arr.; David Del Tredici; Lewis Carroll, Poet; Robert Telson; K. D. Lang, Lyricist; Leon Kirchner; John Harbison; Murray Horwitz, Lyricist; Richard Foreman, Lyricist; William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Lyricist; Wynton Marsalis, Lyricist; Samuel Barber; Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

Performers: Lisa Kirchner, soprano; Irby Sherwin, flute; Joel Fan, piano; Dwayne Burno, bass; Ron Jackson, guitar; Willie Jones III, drums; Irby Sherwin, alto saxophone; Xavier Davis, piano; Vicente Archer, bass; William Schimmel, accordion