Art Songs Collections

A dynamic collection of 20th-century and standard English and American art songs for developing singers. Available for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone, with unique repertoire for each voice

The poetry of Emily Dickinson is especially appealing due to the wide range of topics, diversity of mood, and peculiar imagination of the poet. The writings are reflective, passionate, witty, sensuous,

Letters from Edna presents eight letters sent by the great American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay to members of her family, friends, and business associates. The letters describe the people Millay

The title of the song cycle A World Turned Upside Down comes from an entry in "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, reflecting the sense she felt of her world being upturned when suddenly the

"Mother to Son" is based on the powerful poem by Langston Hughes. The mother (voice) is a strong woman, one who has persevered and is still climbing, still surviving: "Well, son, I'll tell you: / Life for

Tarik O'Regan's Hold This City All Night for mezzo soprano with piano is a ten minute work based on the three poems by Alice Goodman. The work is comprised of three movements: To Peter,

These songs, based upon old Native American texts, were commissioned by soprano Nancy Wait-Kromm. The songs are spiritual in nature and include an invocation for solo flute, prayers, and a love song. I felt

This song is from a projected musical film created by director/writer Margaret Constantas. On the Wentloog Levels near Cardiff, two artisan shoemakers, husband and wife, have fallen on hard times. Their

Flowers of the Soul was commissioned by Ms. Jane Wait to commemorate the renovation of the beautiful rose gardens at Yaddo, the artists' colony in Saratoga Springs, New York. I have always found

In Time of War: Prayers and Meditations was completed in June 2004. The work was written in response to the wartime events of our time, and juxtaposes vocal movements based upon Latin prayers with

Carter Pann's three songs of remembrance create freshly new colors and moods, always remaining melodic and idiomatic for the voice. The songs were born of admiration for soprano/poet Meagan Mahlberg's

A song cycle based on a set of seven poems created as a group by Boston imagist poet Amy Lowell. These poems effectively convey the grim sense of unease felt in a time of war or strife. While they never