A Long Journey Called Home

About the Project
"A Long Journey Called Home" is a solo piano recital program and therapeutic coming of age story. The recital first revisits the past, presenting canonical repertoire from formative years at the instrument, including works by Mozart and Mendelssohn. The second half of the program offers pieces that became newly emotionally and technically available in adulthood, ending with Missy Mazzoli's stunningly cathartic 2022 work, "Forgiveness Machine," originally commissioned for pianist Adam Tendler’s elegiac Inheritances project. Through performance, personal essays as program notes, medical records, and images, the recital tells the story of growing up musically and invites listeners to be part of a journey still unfolding.

About the Artist
Anne Lovering Rounds is a poet, pianist, and professor of English at Hostos Community College, where she has been a faculty member since 2012. As a pianist, she has performed in venues including New York’s Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, and Queens Public Library. In 2016, she was a visiting artist at the Mount Sinai Ambulatory Care Center. She is the author of three books of poetry: Variations in an Emergency (Ravenna Press); Little Double Elegy for All of You (Ravenna Press); and Clearing the Stage: A Suite From / For Pandemic Times (Bottlecap Press). Her work has also appeared in creative and critical journals including Soundings, CEA Critic, and New Writing.

Upcoming Performances

Sunday, March 8, 2026, time TBD
("Forgiveness Machine" only)
Kaufman Music Center: Day of Musical Action
Merkin Hall
129 W. 67th St., New York, NY 10023

Friday, March 20, 2026, 12 PM
Barbara E. Field Recital Hall
Thrid Street Music School Settlement
235 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003

Sunday, April 26, 2026, 4 PM
Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
120 W. 69th St., New York, NY 10023

Sunday, June 7, 2026, 3 PM [homecoming]
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
306 N. Division St., Ann Arbor, MI


Click on a section in "Texts" below to view the recital setlist or read the story through program notes.