'LoveSongs is a collection of fifteen songs written in May, 2004, and premiered by tenor Stephen Oosting and pianist Robert Spillman at Peak Performance in Montclair, New Jersey, in April, 2005. The collection is dedicated to my wife, Paula Stark. I chose poems to set, each of which expressed one of a large range of perspectives on the subject of love; from the simple and lyrical, the angry and agitated, the quixotic and mysterious, the regretful...