I am a librettist.

I hold space and silence for music.

I resist the flow and specificity of too much text. I understand both the editorial mechanics of story and the experiential needs of an audience.

I have a rigorous commitment to excellence for myself and my collaborators.

I do not believe in disposable work.

Before a note forms on the page…

I structure and lay out the possibility of motif.

I have deep pedagogical knowledge of the mechanical functions of the composer’s great ally – the singer – and translate that knowledge into words that sing.

I collaborate with composers by asking permission to access brain and heart and memories.

That’s how I get the good stuff, the story the composer didn’t know they needed to tell.

I hold that trust sacred.