215 |Themed Recitals for Community Connection & Profit
Performer and voice teacher Elizabeth Saunders shares her journey creating themed recitals that engage audiences, inspire musical collaboration with composers, and build community connection through accessible performances.
🔹[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 Our 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.
