life is more true (text: e.e. cummings) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 3’00” (2008)
- Premiered at the University of Pennsylvania by Allison Sanders (soprano) and Donald St. Pierre (piano), 11/16/08
The Lesson (text: Eleanor Aversa) for solo male vocalist, 0’30” (2008)
- Premiered at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay by Randall Meder (Baritone), 10/17/10
Three Poems by Fyodor Tyutchev (text in Russian) for baritone and piano, 6’00” (2005)
Предопределение (Predestination) Аверса/Тютчев-Eleanor Aversa, text: Fyodor Tyutchev
Весь день она лежала в забытьи (All day she lay in oblivion) Аверса/Тютчев-Eleanor Aversa, text: Fyodor Tyutchev
Накануне Годовщины 4 августа 1864 г (On the Anniversary of August 4, 1864) Аверса/Тютчев-Eleanor Aversa, text: Fyodor Tyutchev