20th / 21st Century Song Collections

Dedicated to celebrating the life of a young woman who exemplified grace and goodness in all her pursuits, this tribute will serve as a loving way to honor and celebrate any cherished friend, mentor, or

"Once is a love song expressing both tenderness and impassioned awe as one realizes the harmony between two partners in love. The work was premiered at the wedding ceremony of my sister and her husband, and

A set of songs from Tom Cipullo for baritone and piano based on the poetry of Dana Gioia. Also included in the collection Songs for Baritone, Volume 2. Titles include: Rough Country; Prayer at

A song cycle from Cipullo's Songs for Baritone, Volume 1. Titles include: Echo; Impossible; Unbroken; Between Verses; A Plea for Mercy; Glance; Echo 2.

A set of seven songs based on texts by Polish poet Agata Tuszynska for mezzo-soprano and piano. Also included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Mezzo-Soprano. Titles include: Echo; Impossible;

Excerpted from the ten-movement, 30-minute work "Insomnia," this stand-alone art song for baritone and piano is also included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Baritone, Volume 2.

A set of songs for baritone and piano included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Baritone, Volume 2 and based on the poetry of Linda Pastan. Titles include: blizzard; The Almanac of Last

Winter Windows is a cycle of songs that each offer a "window" into a different wintry scene. There is, of course, a snow-man, and there are snowflakes and fields piled high in snow drifts, but the

Bells and Grass portrays five intimate scenes, in which small things come into focus and the world recedes: a nightingale’s song echoing from a nearby wall, the bright sun and the waves of

Lovestars is a set of five love songs on the poetry of E. E. Cummings, which is at once celebratory of both the spiritual and physical realms that are part of our common human experience of

Fables for a Prince evokes images of aristocratic life in days past, when a young prince would be taught his lessons always with an appreciation of him one day becoming the king. Both animals and

The title Propriety comes from an archaic use of that word, meaning the "peculiarity" or "essential quality" of a person or thing, and in the case of this song cycle that subject is classical music itself.

The five letters which provide the lyrics for these songs (written by John Muir and adapted by the composer) were selected for their range of topics and sentiments. Some portray wildlife in the mountains,

The Poet's Calendar is based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's set of 12 poems of the same name, in which each song describes a month of the calendar year. Longfellow invokes vivid imagery from

The third volume of songs by one of the leading composers of American art song. Cipullo's vocal works continue to garner attention and performances worldwide. This collection includes the set of songs