Lullaby Project

working title:

In Search of Stillness

Description

I have commissioned a collection of lullabies for the intimate and vulnerable moments that beg for comfort and quiet. Sweet calming melodies are wonderful, but I also want to explore what it means to find a state of calm: a contemporary perspective of the lullaby in today’s complicated world. Vulnerability can be painful; intimacy can be just as heavy as it can be fragile; quiet can come after a storm. Everybody needs a lullaby sometimes, which can traverse a wide range of feelings before we get to our destination.

This collection ranges from a beautiful cello duet to a crunchy temper tantrum to a development of a popular children’s song, and I believe it crafts an appealing pathway to solace.

Tracks

alphabetical by title

• Jorge Sosa - Amado

• Gemma Peacocke - Down in the Meadow

• Annika Socolofsky - Glimmer

  • Featuring Annika Socolofsky, voice

• Kevin Joest - Lullaby

• Amy Beth Kirsten - Lullaby for a Poet

• Dimitri Cervo - Lullaby for a Wounded World

• Griffin Candey - Sink Me With Stones

• Paul Osterfield - Song of the Sandman

  • Featuring Alexa Stier, piano

• Mary Kouyoumdjian - Sway

• Dan Layus (of the band Augustana) - TBD

Select samples: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dovPoDtbvKCoD12BnTJZXjKk_Nsofjc7?usp=sharing

All tracks: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hSS5lBrjqz61lXFwzi9F1ScfXhU8tEs-?usp=sharing

Credits

Performers: Bryan Hayslett, cello; Alexa Stier, piano; Annika Socolofsky, voice

Producer: Phillip Keveren

Recording engineer: Kent Hooper

Recording location: Speakeasy Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Recording dates: June 2, 2026

Label: TBD

Artwork: TBD

Funding/support: This recording was made possible with support from Middle Tennessee State University.