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Five Lyrics of Lermontov
- composed by David Evan Thomas
- for Tenor and Piano
- Texts by Mikhail Lermontov,
- translated by Anatoly Liberman
- Speak to Me
- She Sings
- The Cliff
- A Vision
- The Angel of Heaven
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The Touch of Rain
- composed by Christopher Beardsley
- for Tenor and Piano
- Texts by Robert Herrick, Edward Thomas and Matthew Arnold
- How Love Came In
- Like the Touch of Rain
- Longing
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Sebastiane
- composed by Donna McKevitt
- for Tenor, Viola and Cello
- Text by Derek Jarman
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Compression
- composed by Jake DiFebo
- for Tenor and Piano
- Texts by Samuel Beckett
- Roundelay
- something there
- thither
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A Seven of Sonnets – Poems of Mike Alexander
- composed by Robert McCauley
- for Tenor and Piano
- Texts by Mike Alexander
- Sonnet - The Steps
- Sonnet - Ms Pacman
- Sonnet - "the six strings of yesterday"
- Sonnet - Fermata
- Sonnet - "this skeletal jockey"(Basquiat)
- Sonnet - "this one Lavender Disaster"
- Sonnet - Autopsy, Good Friday
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How Calm t'is Here, Encore
- by Pavel Yakovlev
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I Dream of Jeannie, Encore
- by Stephen Foster
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David Evan Thomas has been honored with two McKnight Foundation Fellowships, an Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and commissions from the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Born in Rochester, New York in 1958, Thomas studied at Northwestern University, Eastman School of Music, and with Dominick Argento at the University of Minnesota. His music is published by ECS, MorningStar, Augsburg Fortress and many others. Thomas lives in Minneapolis.
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Christopher Beardsley lives near Longridge in Lancashire, U.K. His composing career began whilst studying music at Huddersfield University from 1989-92. Since then his works have been performed on a regular basis.
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Donna McKevitt (born 1970) is an English composer based in London. She studied viola with Gustav Clarkson and voice with Linda Hirst and gained a BA Hons in music at Kingston Polytechnic. She was a member of Miranda Sex Garden between 1991 and 1994 Donna is a member of the band The Mabuses and composer for the photographer Emma Summerton contributing film scores and soundtracks for the fashion house Bodyamr, London and Paris Fashion Week, Jaeger and Italian Vogue.
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Jake DiFebo is a current Master's student at Colorado State University, studying Music Education and Composition. He specializes in vocal music, but in studying with Dr. James M. David, he has been experimenting with other instrumentations, including band, winds, strings, orchestra, and more. Jake holds a BA in Vocal Performance from UC Santa Cruz and teaches private voice lessons. He hopes to teach music in public schools, inspiring the next generation of singers and composers.
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Robert McCauley is a composer of modern music for classical and tradional artists, who lives in Houston, Texas. He has a Bachelors in Music Composition from the New England Convservatory and a Masters from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He loves Houston, despite the weather, even though the city seems provincial to him.