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Hello, Vern
Date Completed:January 1, 2000
Duration:about 2 minutes
Instrumentation:violin
First Performance:Thursday noon, January 20, 2000 by the composer University of Pittsburgh
Comments:for Vernon Shepherd
Program Notes:Hello, Vern is a New Year greeting composed on that day in 2000. It is meant to invoke certain lyrical and mischievous qualities of Vernon Shepherd, who was later to create the roles of Minister and Judge in Zahab's ghost opera Uncovered by Night.
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