Composer’s Note:

“A Lamp Unto Thy Tweet” was inspired by “The New Colossus,” a poem written in 1903 by Emma Lazarus to help raise money for the construction of the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty stands. The music transports the poem to 2018, where words from the current resident of the White House complement the welcoming sentiments expressed by the spirit of Lazarus’ poem and the Statue for which it was composed.