Books ($5-10)
Red Rock Mantras
Inspired by the majesty and serenity of the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Valley of Fire, Red Rocks Park, Arches, Bryce, Zion, and Red Rock Canyon, this book provides weekly affirmations and intentions for meditation and everyday life to help you find enlightenment and empowerment in nature and in yourself. Ebook $5 Buy now
Yoga for Singers
Yoga for Singers shares how yoga can help to improve singers’ physical and emotional well-being, to assist in their alignment and breathing, to bring freedom and control to their singing, and to manage the anxiety of performing with the most personal of instruments-their voices.PDF $10 Buy now
Songs ($5)
Blonde Coffee
For soprano and piano, this comedic song celebrates our fascination with caffeine and blondes, including Paltrow, Witherspoon, and Chenoweth. Range: B3-D6 Buy Now
Singer’s Amnesia
For forgetful coloratura soprano and piano, this encore piece pokes fun at every singer’s worst nightmare, with original text superimposed over a montage of Mozart, Gounod, and Wagner. Range: D4-D6 Buy Now
Eyre to Jane
For soprano and piano, this is an homage to the beloved literary figure, Jane Eyre. Range: Bb3-B5 Buy Now
Sky-born Music
For soprano and organ (or piano), this setting of Ralph Waldo Emerson is ideal for a festive occasion. Range: D4-Bb5 Buy Now
Oh Sweetest Song
For soprano or tenor and piano, this setting of Rainer Maria Rilke is a passionate romantic song. Range: B3-A5 Buy Now
To Give You Up
For voice and piano, this song examines a post-breakup realization and recovery. Range: B3-A5 Buy Now
The Divine Image
For high baritone or tenor and organ, this is a setting of the familiar William Blake poem. Range: C3-F4 (optional Ab4 in falsetto) Buy now
Stay
For baritone and piano, this is a setting of John Donne’s mournful love poem. Range: A2-F#4 Buy now
Only We
For mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano, this duet was written for the wedding of two friends who are singers. Mezzo range: Ab3-C5; baritone range: Ab2-Eb4 Buy now
I Can’t Hold You
This romantic song is for baritone and 3 celli. Range: G2-F4 Buy now
When with you, asleep
This wide-ranging song for soprano and piano has some soaring high notes. Range: Bb3-Ab5 Buy now
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Song Cycles ($10-25)
A Sonnetress Enamored
This song cycle for soprano, violin, and piano follows the course of love for a young poetess. The poetry is in a romantic, courtly style. Range: A3-C6 Buy now
Deep Dreams and Delicacies
For bass-baritone and piano, this cycle explores a complex romantic relationship. Range: G2-F4 Buy Now
Pleas to Famous Fairies
For coloratura soprano and piano, this cycle celebrates famous fairies from Titania to Tinkerbell. B3-Db6 Buy Now
Flags: Summer of 2015
For bass-baritone and piano, this cycle examines events from the summer of 2015, including the legalization of same-sex marriage, the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina capitol, and the murder of 9 African-Americans at a church in Charleston. Range: F2-E4 Buy now
The Landscape of Love
For soprano (or high mezzo) and guitar, this cycle of Rilke poems includes alternative effects for the guitar. Range: Ab3-G5 Buy now
Opera (arias $5, vocal score $25)
State of Grace: No Perfect Yoga Pose
In this aria from the one-act opera State of Grace, Instagram yogini Felicity tries to teach new student Mary that there is no perfect yoga pose. For coloratura soprano and piano, range: B3-D6 (optional E6) Buy now
State of Grace: The Door to the Sanctuary
In this aria from the one-act opera State of Grace, breast cancer survivor Mary realizes her yoga teacher Grace is also battling cancer. She lends her support through the Rumi mantra that Grace has already taught her. For lyric soprano and piano, range: Eb4-Bb5 Buy now
How Clear She Shines!
Narrated by Charlotte Brontë, this one-act semi-opera explores the relationships and writings of the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte (Jane Eyre), Emily (Wuthering Heights) and Anne (Agnes Grey). Buy Now
Libretti ($10-20)
Your True Calling
Composing in the Shadow of Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Mahler is a theatrical work that combines the songs of Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Alma Mahler with a libretto based on their own writings. It highlights the struggles of female composers in the 19th and early 20th century who were discouraged from composing and encouraged to follow their ‘true calling’ as wives and mothers. Buy Now
The Impresario
In this updated libretto for Mozart’s one-act opera, revolutionary female director Frankie is casting the title role in a new opera about Mozart’s sister Nannerl. Buy Now
The Fairy Queen
Comprised entirely of dialogue extracted from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this libretto combines Shakespeare with musical excerpts from Purcell’s semi-opera in a format ideal for the smaller forces of a collegiate opera workshop production. Buy Now