Category: Full orchestra with narrator (or actor)

Music: Lawrence Wolfe

Libretto: Stephen Edward Gerber

Character: Nancy Nervosamente created by Nancy Hoffman

Performance time: 13 minutes

Rehearsal time: 30 – 60 minutes (typical, professional orchestra)

Instrumentation: 2 Flutes & Piccolo, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, 2 Percussion, 1 Harp, Strings

Synopsis: Her voice filled with excitement and wonder, Nancy Nervosamente wakes and turns to face the audience. “Would you believe me if I said, last night I led an orchestra in my bed?”