the embryology of the heart — solo cello (2023)
This work was developed during a residency at the Tusen Takk Foundation, for Andrew Yee, duration 9’
the embryology of the heart sets several texts to timbral commentary:
i. resources for healing the voice
brooke smiley — Friday, January 29, 2021
Learning to Speak: Resources for Healing the Voice
From Embodied Social Justice Summit
ii. there are only so many breaths
Alok Vaid-Menon, “feelings are biological facts,”
from your wound / my garden (2021)
iii. if this should be
e.e. cummings, “it may not always be so;and i say,”
first published as “Sonnets—Unrealities I” in Tulips and Chimneys
New York: Liveright, 1996.
brooke smiley and Seth Parker Woods performing resources for healing the voice from embryology of the heart at Ojai Music Festival, June 8, 2025
Physical sheet music for the embryology of the heart for solo cello. Music by Leilehua Lanzilotti, lyrics by brooke smiley, Alok Vaid-Menon, and e.e. cummings.
Digital download of the sheet music the embryology of the heart for solo cello. Music by Leilehua Lanzilotti, lyrics by brooke smiley, Alok Vaid-Menon, and e.e. cummings.
This PDF is only for individual use. Libraries wishing to acquire the score should purchase the print edition.
Past Performances
Sunday, June 8, 2025 — Seth Parker Woods gives the west coast premiere of the embryology of the heart, with a special guest appearance from brooke smiley, at the 79th Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, CA
Saturday, July 29th, 2023 — Andrew Yee gives the world premiere of the embryology of the heart, Bās Bookshop, Honolulu, HI