Buyer Beware: Songs from the Supermarket Bulletin Board

Song Cycle for tenor (or soprano) and piano

“Buyer Beware” is a tragicomic song cycle celebrating one of the last analogue information marketplaces in our world: the cluttered and unloved corkboard near the door of the grocery store. You know those overlapping flyers you see tacked up on the bulletin board at coffeehouses and Trader Joe’s? Well, imagine meeting some of the people behind the tear strips . . . but a little bit more desperate and downscale. From the cat lady who wants to unload a few of Mittens’ latest litter to the aging guitar teacher who alone possesses the secrets of the strum and shift pedal, hilariously apt songs by Hilliard and Boresi will remind you that you dial the number in the ad at your peril.