MI SHEBERACH (2025, rev. 2026)

Instrumentation: soprano, alto saxophone, string quintet, and piano

Duration: ~8 minutes

Performance/Recording History:

• Premiered by Alison Kessler, soprano, Sion Song, alto saxophone, Jiyoon Lee and Andres Engleman, violins, Lily Jonsson, viola, Mary Brook Hartmann, cello, and Jonah Cohen, piano on April 1, 2026 at the composer’s Graduation Recital in Morse Hall at The Juilliard School in New York City, NY.

Text: Traditional (Hebrew transliteration)

Mi Sheberach

Avoteinu: Avraham, Yitzhak, v’Yaakov,

v’Imoteinu: Sarah, Rivka, Rachel v’Leah,

Hu yivarech virapei otenu.

Translation:

May the One who blessed our ancestors

Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah,

May he bless and heal us.