Author Description

Insects Observed, songs by Janet Stimson with settings by Otheim, Webster, Janes and Snow is a collection of eight art songs, which follow in the footsteps of Ned Rorem and Aaron Copland. They are intimate reflections on our smallest neighbors in the house and garden. With humor and warmth the songs describe the insect world in human terms, using imagery such as warlike ants, dancing dragonflies, lonely ladybugs, industrious spiders, home making bees, loving butterflies, and the short-lived fly. For the medium-range male or female voice, and all those who enjoy nature.