Ties That Bind
a collaborative song-cycle by composers Conni Ellisor, Don Hart and John Mock—and songwriters Karen Taylor-Good, Gretchen Peters, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Craig Bickhardt, Richard Leigh and John Jarrard

WORLD PREMIERE		March 21, 1998 Turner Hall, Vanderbilt University Nashville Chamber Orchestra Paul Gambill, conductor Kathy Chiavola, soprano
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.	Beloved Enemy (Peters/Ellisor) My Softest Heart (Chapman/Ellisor) Daddy (Jarrard/Hart) Black Sheep (Good/Hart) Sixty Years (Bickhardt/Mock) The Man Who Moved A Mountain (Leigh/Mock)
INSTRUMENTATION		soprano solo, strings
DURATION		16:00
COMMISSION		Commissioned by Orchestra Nashville With support from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission
MUSIC AVAILABILITY		contact Orchestra Nashville at 615-322-1226 ext. 3
LINKS		Craig Bickhardt Beth Neilsen Chapman Kathy Chiavola John Mock Conni Ellisor Karen Taylor-Good John Jared Richard Leigh Gretchen Peters John Mock Don Hart