Melia Watras

MELIA WATRAS: LAMENT
for viola solo (2016)

World Premiere: Melia Watras, viola; September 10, 2016, Dayton, OH

Duration: 4:03

Program Notes:
Lament was written in memory of my father, Joseph Watras, who passed away in 2016 after battling cancer. It is impossible for me to express how much my father meant and continues to mean to me and my music. My dad was a philosophical man, and following his lead, the piece became not only a lament for him, but an expression of a shared sense of mourning that we all feel as part of humanity. 

—Melia Watras

Lament is part of the cycle, Firefly Songs. It can be performed independently, in different combinations with the other works, or as part of the complete set.