For the last episode of the season, we wanted to present a special topic: Vocalises! Not just for warming up, they can be incredible pieces for an audience as well. This episode covers the Fauré and Copland vocalises, as well as Turina's Op.74, his song cycle Vocalizaciones, with special guest, Jennifer Aylmer, Associate Professor of Voice at Carnegie Mellon University.

Since recording the podcast we've found a couple of other cycles of vocalises, including Daniel Pinkham's Vowels and Prokofiev's Op. 35  Пять песен вез слов (Five Songs without Words--also often performed by violinists). Let us know if you find any others!

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:

• Fauré: Vocalise-étude
• Copland: Vocalise
• Turina: Vocalizaciones, Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6

Recorded at The Camp Recording Studio in Elizabethtown, PA.

Season 2 will begin on August 17, 2023, and will focus on LGBTQ+ composers.

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

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This episode is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University. Learn more about CMU and apply today.