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.
🔹https://elizabethsaundersvoice.com/
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