Lynx Project Autism Advocacy Series

I’m happy to have completed a new song cycle, Defined by Words, for Lynx Project’s Autism Advocacy Series (more info here).

The five songs are settings of poems — “Silence Defined Me,” “My Best Friend,” “Rap About Girls,” “The Yellow Zoo,” and “Lake Eerie,” — written by youth ages 8-20 who have autism and who are primarily nonverbal. It has been a real joy for me to experience this beautiful poetry and to celebrate these voices, and I’m grateful to Lynx Project for inviting me to participate.

Performances of the songs will be scheduled for Winter/Spring 2020, and one will be included in a collection published by NewMusicShelf.