"Of Memories and Love: Summer 1978" was composed in the spring of 2014 and was commissioned by the Essex Chamber Music Players in memory of Joni A. Finegold. It is a large work, in eight movements, with the cornerstone as a setting of Rabbi Alvin Fine's healing poem/prayer, "Birth Is A Beginning."
The work was premiered on June 22, 2014 in Andover, MA.