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Carlos Simon and Dave Ragland: Songs


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This episode was inspired by the program of a colleague that was posted on Facebook! Both Carlos Simon and Dave Ragland are modern composers working with some of the most important companies and singers of our time, creating all kinds of new works that are powerful, accessible to audiences, and absolute gems of the repertoire.

Carlos Simon:

  • Caro mio ben (sung by Solomon)
  • Vocalise (sung by Toni)
  • Prayer (Gather Up) (sung by Solomon)


Dave Ragland:

  • I Believe (High Voice score, Low Voice score) (sung by Ricky)

Posting a quote here from Carlos in an interview with Good Faith Media a few months ago:

"We’ve always been here, but there’s been in classical music, there has been such a large spark of new commissioning, new music that has come about, yeah. I think people just want to hear new music, and it’s all really just happening here in America. Talking to my colleagues in Europe, they’re kind of stuck in the old way of Beethoven and Bach, which is great. But to really push the envelope and push the medium forward, that comes with funding, which we are seeing. So that is another thing I’m hopeful about."

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So Lit Song Lit is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.

You can follow Ellen and The Diction Police on Facebook and at www.dictionpolice.com.

You can follow Toni Marie on Facebook at Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano and Instagram @ToniMariePalmertree

For more information on Ricky L. Owens, Jr., countertenor, visit his website.


Solomon Onyukwu is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

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