Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1024943 Composed by Abigail Gilson. Contemporary. 6 pages. Abigail Gilson #3675493. Published by Abigail Gilson (A0.1024943).          The final piece in the three-part song cycle, the young girl has grown up and has taken on the role of a woman. The piece itself is very slow moving, as the woman’s life has significantly slowed down, she’s no longer the young girl filled with hope, she knows what her duty is. The piano itself is always rising, sometimes in major thirds but then followed by clunky seconds and thirds. With a feeling of rush but also as if the whole piece is about to end and resolve, yet it continues in this cycle. Still, there’s reward in her work, a woman gets to see her child grow, and their dreams become her own. As any woman can tell you, there is a reward to being a good mother, wife, and woman. But it is only one that a woman can recognize.

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.834331 Composed by Steven Shade. 20th Century,Romantic Period. 12 pages. Steve Shade #3240751. Published by Steve Shade (A0.834331). Eulalie is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. I have set it to a song for Soprano Voice and Piano. Due to the content of the poem, this piece allows the vocalist to get a chance to work on both expressive and dramatic singing. The vocalist gets a moment to truly shine during a mini cadenza. Although not the soloist, the pianist has interludes that will showoff the player's expressive abilities. Although not technically difficult, this piece does demand a fairly large range from the vocalist. This song would be a good expressive piece to add to a recital. Contents: Cover page, program notes, Eulalie poem in its entirety, full scoreSoprano Range: C4-Bb5Difficulty: Intermediate/Early AdvancedDuration: About 3 minutes

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.873044 Composed by Sally Whitwell. Contemporary. 12 pages. Sally Whitwell #6130719. Published by Sally Whitwell (A0.873044). If you really pushed me to make a call, Mussorsgky’s Pictures at an Exhibition would be one of my favourite pieces in the classical repertoire. Somewhat outrageously, for a pianist, I prefer the colours and textures of the orchestrated version. I reasonably regularly listen to it, especially in transit. But to be honest, it’s not the kind of music that I perform all that often i.e. music by dead, white, male composers. I mean, it’s 2020 and as the meme says I can’t believe I still have to protest this sh*t. And I feel it too for those in the visual art world. I mean, things are a good deal better over there in contemporary art world, where women are exhibited regularly and everyone seems to embrace it without a fuss. As for women artists from centuries gone by, it’s less good news but they’re working on it. I’m reminded of the situation daily as my older brother, who is excellent at choosing gifts thoughtfully, gave me some Guerrilla Girls merchandise which I use as an iPad cover. Entitled Advantages of Being a Woman Artist, it’s a list of truths that’s pretty relatable for any creative woman. My favourite bit - Being reassured that whatever kind of art you make it will be labeled feminine. Ooft. Too real. And so I conceived of this song cycle as a kind of gift for those fighting the traditional, patriarchal structures of the entire creative sector. Three songs, inspired by three works by three wonderful Australian women artists of last century. All are depictions of scenes around Sydney Harbour. In-curve is inspired by Grace Cossington Smith’s The Bridge in-curve, a depiction of an unfinished Sydney Harbour Bridge, painted in 1930 The Code is inspired by Thea Proctor’s woodcut print Women with fans. It is thought to be a portrait of two other artists, printmakers Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme, sitting above Rushcutters Bay. Where would we sail? is inspired by a very different view of the same location Still life and Rushcutters Bay by Margaret Olley.