I want to thank Eric Knechtges, Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Northern Kentucky University, for composing and staging a recital piece for narrator and viola around three of my poems.

The pieces were performed Friday night and the results were ten minutes of absolute beauty.

I am including a link to an unofficial recording of the performance.  The poems, in order, are Teenage Boys, Strings, and Morning Coffee.  I suggest reading the poems in print as you listen to the music.

Shake – Music By Eric Knechtges and Poetry by Bryan Borland

Or click the audio icon to listen here:

As a writer, to hear music inspired by my poetry is humbling and surreal, sort of a cross between a hug, a punch to the gut, and winning the lottery.  Breathless and exhilarated, I will be forever grateful for the experience. No doubt the words were elevated by the brilliance of Eric Knechtges and his musicians.

Thank you Eric!