Zeke Morgan – KOL (2025)

KOL – Zeke Morgan. World premiere on January 12, 2026 in Ades Performance Space at the Manhattan School of Music. KOL was written as a part of the "Resurrection" project, co-organized by Zeke Morgan and Jonathan Gold with the support of the Manhattan School of Music. The text in "KOL" comes from the catholic liturgical mass and "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran. Press the closed captions button to see the text with the music. i. ee-yeh 00:00 ii. o-ia 16:00 iii. crey-d 29:30 iv. sanc-tus 53:51 v. agnus dei 59:51 "How can I live without thee, how forego Thy sweet converse, and love so dearly joined, To live again in these wild woods forlorn? Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no, no, I feel The link of nature draw me: flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be severed, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself." -John Milton, Paradise Lost Musicians and cast: Piper Weldon, Law Grace Trenouth, Love Garrick Neuner, Work Matthew Jiang, Freedom Riley Craig, soprano Gina Han, soprano Alexandra Roges, soprano Michelle Chen, alto Isabelle Papa, alto Izzy Shapiro, alto Jonathan Gold, tenor Nick Ochoa, tenor Gabriel Legros, tenor Angela Tse, tenor Owen Bloomfield, bass Kevin Cromer, bass Henry Mauser, bass Daniel Powers, bass Sydney Weiler, flutes Ariana Vavaro, oboe Mariana Clavijo Ledesma, clarinets Nadia Ingalls, bassoon Amber Dai, horn Grace Goss, percussion Joe DeAngelo, violin Oliver Costello, violin Sage Small, viola Han Zhao, cello Jielin Lei, double bass Timothy Morrow, conductor Recorded and live-streamed by the Manhattan School of Music production team. Music © 2025 Zeke Morgan All rights reserved