Description
Each anthology features:
- 20 songs written for the young mezzo-soprano voice
- Song Text, IPA for foreign language songs, and select program notes by the composers
- Song ranges
- Composer information
Recordings by age-appropriate voices for all Volume 1 songs are constantly being updated. It is important for developing singers to hear repertoire sung by young singers to help them learn and embrace their own voice without trying to emulate the voices of professional singers.
Click on any song that has a link to hear a recording. New recordings are being added all the time so be sure to check back often! Clicking on the composers name will take you to the composer’s website.
Mezzo-Soprano, Vol. 1
| Title and Year of Composition | Composer | Range |
|---|---|---|
| But I cannot forget (2017) | Rachel Devore Fogarty | F4-F5 |
| Expletive Song (2019) | Lucy Shirley | D4-F5 |
| The Fox and the Crow (2020) | Maria Thompson Corley | D4-F5 |
| The Fox and the Goat (2020) | Maria Thompson Corley | D4-D5 |
| In Fountain Court (2018) | Joseph Dubois | D♯4-F♯5 |
| In Vain (2018) | Dave Ragland | B♭3-B♭4 |
| Kudzu (2010) | Kenneth Frazelle | A3-D5 |
| Listen (2012) | Scott Gendel | C4-D5 |
| A Long Sad Song (2016) | Quinn Mason | A3-C5 |
| A Lover (2020) | Matthew Shreve | E4-F5 |
| Lullaby (2017) | Wayland Rogers | C4-E♭5 |
| Lullaby for Thessaly (2019) | David Evan Thomas | B3-B4 |
| Orpheus (2016) | Daniel Gilliam | A♭3-E♭5 |
| Pierrot (2017) | Jodi Goble | B♭3-E5 |
| Pondering Twilight (2020) | Michael Ching | G3-F5 |
| The Silver Swan (2007) | Lori Laitman | C4-A♭5 |
| Speaking Softly with you (2015) | Thomas Pasatieri | D4-G5 |
| The Tyger (2018) | Ian Wiese | E4-E5 |
| Warm Summer Sun (2015) | Leonard Mark Lewis | A3-C♯5 |
| Weavers (2020) | Erik Franklin | D4-F♯5 |
