215 |Themed Recitals for Community Connection and Profit

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Performer and voice teacher Elizabeth Saunders shares her journey creating themed recitals that engage audiences, inspire musical collaboration with composers, and build community through accessible, unforgettable performances.

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🔹[8:41] Working with living composers

🔹[9:58] Songs about dogs (The Dog Recital)

🔹[28:20] Marketing the caregiver fundraising recital

🔹[32:30] The Songs for Love, Care, and being at home

🔹[40:51] Elizabeth’s 3-day retreat: UnMuted: Reclaiming Your Authentic Expression Through Music and Mindset

**Elizabeth’s Dog Recital Song List:**

🔹Times Like This (from “Lucky Stiff”) by Ahrens & Flaherty

🔹Two Tellings of the Tragic Tale of Mama Hubbard and Her Pooch**

🔹Mrs. Hubbard (from Mother Goose Sonnets of John V. Hicks) by David L. McIntyre

🔹Old Mother Hubbard (set in the manner of Handel) by Victor Hely-Hutchinson

**Song Cycle: Going to the Dogs by Bruce Lazarus**

🔹Song of the Mischievous Dog (D. Thomas)

🔹Engraved on the Collar of His Highness’ Dog (A. Pope)

🔹The Hairy Dog (H. Asquith)

🔹Advice to a Dog Painter (J. Swift)

🔹The Dachsund (J.E. Donovan)

**Beethoven and Haydn Speak of Poodles**

🔹 Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels by Ludwig van Beethoven

🔹Der schlaue und dienstfertige Pudel by Franz Josef Haydn

**Pups from Opposite Sides of the Tracks**

🔹Lone Dog (Irene R. McLeod from Tom Tiddler’s Ground) by Benjamin Britten

🔹Sophie’s Song (Fredericka von Stade) by Jake Heggie

**Dogs and Romance**

🔹My Dog Loves Your Dog (from Fox Picture “George White’s Scandals”) by Ray Henderson

🔹DOG (from “Eight Unnecessary Songs”) by Susan Werner

**Songs in Remembrance**

🔹Old Dog Tray by Stephen Foster

🔹Slow March (Inscribed to the Children’s Faithful Friend) by Charles Ives

🔹What do I do with the Love? by Phil Hall

**Dogs Being Dogs**

🔹Duetto Buffo di due Good Boys (The Dog Duet, after Rossini, performed with my pianist) by Robbie Ellis

🔹For Whom the Dog Tolls (An Opera in One Act for Voice, Piano, Whistle, and Duck Call) by Ashi Day

**Facebook groups to connect with art song composers and find songs on your recital theme:**

🔹American Art Song Composers

🔹The African American Art Song Alliance

🔹The Art Songs and Lieder Group

🔹Classical Art Song Friends

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⭐ ABOUT OUT GUEST:

Elizabeth is President of the New York Singing Teachers Association, a singing teacher, actor, and performer. After an international career in opera and concert, she expanded into a wider range of vocal styles and acting to explore more authentic human expression. She is the creator and facilitator of Unmuted: Reclaiming your authentic expression through music, a three-day retreat in the Catskills focused on voice, connection, and healthy vocal instincts.

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