R E V I E W S

Mortality Mansions 

"One of the most impressive and deeply moving vocal works of the 21st century"  (NATS Journal of Singing) 

Powerful... glowing... radiant... Garfein keeps the vocal line simple and forthright, communicating the text naturally while allowing the piano part to provide harmonic freshness. (Opera News)

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Sister Carrie
"An important addition to the American operatic canon." (Opera News) ​

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
"Composer-librettist Garfein set the diamond-bright dialogue of the Tom Stoppard play with clarity and wit, heightening the comedy through skillful ensemble writing and characterization.'  (The Wall Street Journal)

E V E N T S​

Dec 3, 2017
"No Giggly Time" & "Ordinary"
The 25th Anniversary AIDS Quilt Songbook
National Sawdust, Brooklyn

June 7, 2019
World premiere of
Garfein: Three Rides
Brooklyn Art Song Society, Brooklyn Hts

N E W S

Brooklyn Art Song Society's "New Voices"
concert, featuring Three Rides, is a pick in 
The New Yorker

✯Billboard-charting Album on Delos Records✯
Mortality Mansions: Songs of Love and Loss After 60
Music: Herschel Garfein
Texts: Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon
Michael Slattery, Marnie Breckenridge, Dimitri Dover

COMING SOON

✯Major new work for cellist Sophie Shao✯

The Layers
will premiere in the 2019-2020 Season

February 12, 2017
Herschel wins his second GRAMMY as Producer of
Ted Nash Big Band: Presidential Suite

Photo of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by James Carnahan