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About the Anthology
These songs, composed exclusively in the 21st century, represent a broad range of compositional styles from composers living and writing today, and were curated for intermediate through advanced voices. Many of the songs in this volume are excerpted from larger cycles of songs, available directly from the composers.
The NewMusicShelf Anthologies of New Music are a bold, new publishing initiative aimed at bringing new and unknown composers and repertoire to student and professional performers alike. With an emphasis on works not found in the traditional publishing ecosystem, each volume is curated by performers who have a reputation for championing new music, with an eye toward selecting works with a range of styles and difficulties that are suitable for concert and recital performance.
With this innovative mode of publishing, NewMusicShelf advocates for self-published composers in a way previously unheard of in the realm of classical music: all self-published composers retain full ownership of their work while earning a generous royalty on every sale. Your support of this project directly benefits these composers, and also helps NewMusicShelf to continue to promote the works of the many excellent composers writing today. We encourage you to explore these composers' catalogs in greater depth, and hope that these songs inspire many fruitful and rewarding collaborations!
Songs in this volume
Composer | Song Title | Author of Text | Year Composed |
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Michael Betteridge | First Time He Kissed Me | Elizabeth Browning | 2012 |
Mark Buller | From the unreal (from To the Soul: Five Sacred Songs) | The Upanishads | 2017 |
Stephen DeCesare | Sister Maude | Christina Rossetti | 2015 |
Douglas Fisk | love is a place (from Three Songs) | e.e. cummings | 2003 |
Matt Frey | Without A Thorn | Matt Frey | 2017 |
Jodi Goble | I would live in your love (from Three Teasdale Songs) | Sara Teasdale | 2013 |
Ricky Ian Gordon | Let Evening Come (from Late Afternoon) | Jane Kenyon | 2007 |
Cara Haxo | Im Harren | Stefan George | 2016 |
Cameron Lam | Death (from Fragments of Solitude) | Luis de Gongora/Edith Grossman | 2015 |
Cecilia Livingston | Give Me Your Hand | Duncan McFarlane | 2015 |
Shona Mackay | Silent Noon (from Three Songs) | D.G. Rossetti | 2016 |
Tony Manfredonia | Prairie Dawn | Willa Cather | 2017 |
Nicole Murphy | Air Stirs | Bashō | 2016 |
Eric Pazdziora | Thief's Song (from The Accidental Feast of the Holy Fool) | Jane Yolen | 2013 |
Frances Pollock | Scheherazade | Richard Siken | 2016 |
Julia Seeholzer | Prayer at my parting (from Portraits of Disquiet) | Kendall A. | 2016 |
Alan Thiesen | Look Down Fair Moon | Walt Whitman | 2017 |
Dennis Tobenski | Good Bones | Maggie Smith | 2017 |
Moe Touizrar | Dark Pines Under Water | Gwendolyn MacEwen | 2003 |
Ed Windels | Blackbird Etude | A.E. Stallings | 2015 |
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About the Curator
Mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen is a tireless promoter of contemporary classical music for the voice. Her performances thrive on elaborate sound worlds and fully-developed dramatic interpretations. Megan recently debuted on the Oh My Ears Festival, SPLICE Festival, Omaha Under the Radar, Detroit New Music “Strange Beautiful Music Marathon”, the Works and Process at the Guggenheim series, and with NYC-based Stone Mason Projects. Her 'This World of Yes' recital featuring 21st Century compositions with saxophonist and composer, Alan Theisen, has traveled to over a dozen cities in the US. Her recording of Garrett Schumann’s “Bound” with Latitude 49 was selected for both the I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Fall 2015 Mixtape and the CarpeDM Seize Des Moines “Music Mix: Volume III” featured at the 2016 SXSW Festival. Learn more about Megan at meganihnen.com.
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