Standard Vocal Repertoire for Developing Vocalists

The spiritual Down to the River to Pray is seamlessly combined with Ken Medema's Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying. Soloists will enjoy the flavor of this partnered song with its

"American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett and premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1, 2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National

Rodrigo's personality and culture are ever present in his vocal songs with guitar. His wife, Victoria, was invaluable to him as she wrote or adapted text as well as provided translations. This album brings

These groundbreaking anthologies of arias for each voice type collect arias and role excerpts from operas of the 20th and 21st centuries. Composers include John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Carlisle Floyd,

The songs of George Gershwin are some of the best creations in the Great American Songbook. Most often written in collaboration with his brother Ira as lyricist, these songs are loved around the world. This

The opening of Stanley Moss's poem unfurls the spirit captured in Zwilich's musical setting for bass voice, djembe, and piano: "I salute a word, I stand up and give it my chair, because this one Zulu word,

A repertoire anthology of opera arias from roles specific to the dramatic-coloratura soprano, with special attention to the appropriate vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) and the

A repertoire anthology of opera arias from roles specific to the dramatic soprano, with special attention to the appropriate vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) and the practical

This work consists of three Latin texts from the Requiem Mass. The first, Exaudi, is in larghetto tempo and serves as a prelude. The composition is based on a plaintive three-note descending

Developing singers will cherish this charming collection of solo songs designed especially for them. Each selection allows young voice students the opportunity to develop creativity, musicality, and

Hall presents a new setting of the same nine sonnets set by Benjamin Britten in his cycle of the same name, providing an alternative view of Donne’s deeply moving and thought-provoking texts on the

Although these arias are sung by the character Alyce, in the production they represent the younger and older versions of herself and are played by two different singers. Young Alyce sings My Darling

Five sweet and succinct poems by Walt Whitman are set similarly for mezzo-soprano and piano. The texts flirt with the concept of love and human connection. Contents: I. To You; II. O You Whom I

Foursquare Cathedral is a setting of five poems from Todd Boss's critically lauded debut volume, Yellowrocket. It was commissioned by Arthur Jacobson and Peninah Petruck for bass-baritone Benjamin

A set of three love poems in three different languages: Latin, French, and English. In all three pieces, the violoncello represents the very soul of the speaker of these three texts as it moves through many

Young Thompson was captured as a POW in the Vietnam War. Now, as Old Thompson, he sings the Catalogue Aria after receiving a letter from Richard Nixon which warns that he might find some

David Conte has set these three William Butler Yeats texts in a short song cycle for high voice and string quartet or piano. The first and last songs (The Sorrow of Love; When You Are Old) are

Edited by Sylvie Bouissou, Benoit Dratwicki and Julien Dubruque. For soprano. This volume includes selections from: Nais, La Naissance d'Osiris, Les Paladins, Platee, La Princesse de Navarre, les Surprises

Dvorak's Gypsy Songs are set to the text of seven poems from Adolf Heyduk's Gypsy Songs from the collection Basne, published in 1859. They appear to have been solicited by Viennese opera

Compiled, edited, and arranged by Patrick M. Liebergen, A Soprano's Duet Book features ten masterwork duets that represent a wide range of styles and composers from the Baroque, Classical, and

All that's missing are your vocals! The music in this book includes the lyrics, vocal lines, and piano accompaniments for ten Disney favorites. The male and female versions have unique songs lists. The

Numbering more than 100 in total, and composed across a 60 year period, Gabriel Faure's songs form the single most influential contribution to the field of French art songs. Despite their importance, the

Though known primarily as a composer of lieder, Schubert's operas and Singspiele were composed concurrently and express many of the same musical characteristics as his famous art songs. This

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,