NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music: Trans & Nonbinary Voices, Vol. 1

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About the Anthology

Curated by writer and singer Aiden K. Feltkamp, this collection of 21 works for solo voice and piano accompaniment is ideal for trans and nonbinary singers looking for repertoire written by their community, teachers searching for exciting new repertoire for their studios, presenters expanding the diversity of their programming, and singers of any ability or gender seeking out new works. The anthology spans genres, including Western classical art song, opera, musical theatre, and singer-songwriter.

These works, all of which were composed in the 21st century, represent a broad range of compositional styles from composers living and writing today, and were curated for beginner through advanced singers of all vocal ranges. All songs are available for transposition into any key by request.

Songs in this volume

Composer	Song Title	Author of Text	Year Composed
Keith Allegretti	"Breathe" from Good Country	Cecelia Raker	2019
Penrose Allphin	Open-Mouthed Gemini	Morgan Ureña	2019
Adam Burnette	Spätherbst	Hermann Allmers	2013
Griffin Candey	Foxes	Anastasia Pennington-Flax	2019
Nell Shaw Cohen	Fallen Star	Mashuq Mushtaq Deen	2017, rev. 2020
Rosśa Crean	Solitaire	Amy Lowell	2019
Rylan Gleave	Walrus	Elizabeth Foster	2020
Grey Grant	"Prelude" from Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region	Grey Grant	2019
Leo Hurley	"Chapel Hill Gets Lonely" from The Body Politic	Charles Osborne	2016
Dana Kaufman	"To my mother's closet", Caitlyn's Aria from Cycle Kardashian	Tom Swift	2017
Melissa Li	"Loser Dumplings" from Interstate	Melissa Li & Kit Yan	2016
Tony Manfredonia	Your Heart	Aiden K. Feltkamp	2018
Pax Ressler	Love Song for Me	Pax Ressler	2019
Hope Salmonson	"At a Dinner Party" from Three Amy Levy Songs	Amy Levy	2019
Isaac Schankler	"With Such Teeth" from Sharp	Jillian Burcar	2007
Ashley Seward	Let the Little Birds Sing	Edna St. Vincent Millay	2020
brin solomon	And Still the Last Abandoned Angel Sings (Hallel)	brin solomon	2020
Mickie Wadsworth	Lake Song	Angela Rebrec	2020
Yoshi Weinberg	Captain of my Soul	William Ernest Henley	2018
LJ White	Labor Day	Erika Meitner	2012
Thomas Yee	"The Smoke Curls into the Sky" from Eva and the Angel of Death	Aiden K. Feltkamp	2019

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About the Curator

Aiden K. Feltkamp (they/he) began their musical life at the age of 5 playing a quarter-size cello and now they’re "upending preconceptions about voice and gender" (New York Times) as a trans nonbinary writer and specialist in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Aiden’s operatic libretti center marginalized characters, and span the serious and the ridiculous, the real and the surreal. Their work includes a queer sequel to Don Giovanni, an homage to Clara Schumann, a vignette of an old married couple on Long Island, and Holocaust remembrance art. Their libretti have been commissioned by Albany Symphony, Cantus, The University of Texas at Austin, The Emily Dickinson Museum at Amherst College, and the International Museum of Surgical Science. They also write science fiction, poetry, and educational non-fiction. Most recently, their work has been published in Crêpe & Penn, Bait/Switch, and NewMusicBox.

Aiden began as a mezzo-soprano specializing in Baroque opera and new music. Now they wrangle composers and administrators as the Director of Emerging Composers and Diversity for American Composers Orchestra. They hold degrees from Hofstra University and Bard College Conservatory of Music, and a certification in DEI from Cornell University. They live in Jersey City with their partner, cat, two parrots, and robot dog.

You can find them online as @TransCherubino and at www.aidenkimfeltkamp.com.

 

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A Note on Binding

To adhere to recommendations by the Music Library Association, and to aid in library shelving, the NewMusicShelf Anthologies are perfect bound books. Since perfect binding frequently prevents books from lying flat (which is especially helpful for pianists), you may choose to have the anthologies rebound for use in performance. Most copy shops are able to - quickly and cheaply - shave off the spine of a perfect bound book and rebind it with a coil/spiral. Coil binding is usually preferable to comb binding in this instance because coils preserve the pages better, and turn more quietly, provided that the coil is wide enough to accommodate page turns.