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Chris Gainey (b. 1981) received a bachelor’s degree in both guitar performance andcomposition from The Peabody Conservatory. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree inboth areas, in the studios of Ray Chester and Dr. Bruno Amato.2 from YeatsText by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)From Responsibilities, and Other Poems (1916)39. PeaceAH, that Time could touch a formThat could show what Homer’s ageBred to be a hero’s wage.‘Were not all her life but storm,Would not painters paint a formOf such noble lines’ I said,‘Such a delicate high head,All that sternness amid charm,All that sweetness amid strength?’Ah, but peace that comes at length,Came when Time had touched her form.31. A CoatI MADE my song a coatCovered with embroideriesOut of old mythologiesFrom heel to throat;But the fools caught it,Wore it in the world’s eyesAs though they’d wrought it.Song, let them take itFor there’s more enterpriseIn walking naked.2 from Yeats was written in one night (last night!). It is scored for tenor/alto sax, violin, andsoprano. Mr. Cole chose these texts because they were the first two public domain texts thathe found on the Internet that were under a page long. Because of the time frame, he tried toconstrict the formal elements of the piece into very recognizable sections.Andrew Cole is an active composer and performer from the Baltimore area. Hiscompositions have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Mr. Colereceived a B.A. in music and philosophy with distinction and honors from Goucher Collegewhere he studied with Dr. Geoffrey Wright and Dr. Kendall Kenison. He is currently finishinga double master’s degree in music composition and computer music at the PeabodyConservatory where he studies with Dr. Bruno Amato and Dr. McGregor Boyle.Better Luck (… with Government)Text by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)From a letter to John Taylor Philadelphia, June 4, 1798“A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, andthe people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. Better