Ronald Perera

Ronald Perera was born 1941 in Boston. He studied composition with Leon Kirchner at the Harvard University and electronic music with Michael Koenig at the University of Utrecht. He has received prizes and scholarships from the Harvard University, the Paderewski Fund, the Goethe Institute, the Artists Foundation of Massachusetts, the National Endowment of the Arts and ASCAP. He now holds the Elsie Irwin Sweeney chair of music at Smith College.
Website: www.ronaldperera.com
Works included on programs sung by Gregory Wiest:
Shakespeare Songs
Songs from Sleep Now
Individual song titles:
Take, O Take Those Lips Away
Hark! Hark! The Lark
Full Fathom Five
Where the Bee Sucks
O Mistress Mine
I Hear an Army
Ecce puer
Sleep Now
The Twilight Turns from Amethyst
Audio excerpts available on this website:
TitleFormatFilesizeLink
I Hear an ArmyQuickTime180kbQT
I Hear an ArmyRealPlayer116kbRM
I Hear an ArmyMp3680kb Mp3
I Hear an ArmyOgg Forbis600kbOF
I Hear an ArmyWindows Media796kbWMV