AACI Compositions Performed

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H. Leslie Adams: For You There Is No Song
Anthology:Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Edna St. Vincent Millay
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyCCy7Vhw60
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Hold Out for Joy
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Regina Baiocchi, based on Psalm 30:5
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVTnRmHpGs
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Margaret Bonds: Minstrel Man
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
also in Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of0qNXmgjJU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Charles Brown: A Song Without Words
Anthology:Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2010
2018
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l83_Y2EgszY
https://youtu.be/p6KO3_UZabA
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Bird Alone
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdKj3MsyM8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_KTjinKM3Q&feature=youtu.be#t=4m53s
Further information:AACI commission
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Bird Alone
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdKj3MsyM8
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Farmchild's Lullaby
Instrumentation:high voice, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar/ Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/8xV8RvtGV-Q
Further information:Movement 3 of 5 movement work. 'The Gift of Song', text adapted from Paul L. Dunbar
arranged by Josephine Gandolfi with permission from the composer for solo voice and piano from the original work for SSA choir and piano
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Rainbow
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKSdfzTTr4
Further information:AACI Commission
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Autumn
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zYZLLiaoA
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jeremiah Evans: April Rain Song
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/-qRazyR3Eew
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jeremiah Evans: The New Colossus
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Emma Lazarus
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/3M0McIoGEP4
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Adolphus Hailstork: Longing
Anthology:Second Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers. Compiled and Edited by Willis C. Patterson, copyright 2002
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dnfVXjMIc
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: A Change Has Got to Come
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/VaGzB-wGXFU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Betty Jackson King: In the Springtime (Shakespeare)
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Shakespeare
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Jacksonian Press, inc
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aft8gHLzneg
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Charles Lloyd, Jr.: Compensation
Anthology:Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2011
2018
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmJLavuIdWs
https://youtu.be/dcJDWbyjAQA
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Lena McLin: He Had a Dream from 'Free at Last! A Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
Anthology:Lena McLin, Songs for Voice and Piano
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Manuel McLin
Publisher:Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYIq7AlFEwE
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Andre Myers: Harlem Night Song
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Andre Myers
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/VpBS8qXemrQ
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Sunset
Anthology:Songs and Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8YIKzzohNU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: Hold Fast to Dreams
Anthology:44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price, edited by Richard Heard
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSVIuw3ViH8
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: My Dream
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor,
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2010
2017
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhxF_aaYdmU
https://youtu.be/FQc6seWDjUU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: Night
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor,
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Louise C. Wallace
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0MplEP-SuM
Further information:also in Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: We Have Tomorrow
Anthology:44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price, edited by Richard Heard
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/RHIdgRFa7n0
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
William Grant Still: Grief
Anthology:William Grant Still, An Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Leroy V. Brant
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1siEMjK18I
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
William Grant Still: Song for the Lonely
Anthology:William Grant Still, An Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Verna Arvey
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2009
Video:N/A
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Howard Swanson: A Death Song (Lullaby)
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7bgOd6_Ac
Further information:William Grant Still Music, Flagstaff, AZ
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Dolores White: Give Birth to the Dream for soprano and tenor
Instrumentation:soprano, tenor, piano, chimes
Lyricist:Maya Angelou
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
2025
Video:https://youtu.be/i0EGYIJ6_Y8
https://youtu.be/Uotmi5C3wWs
Further information:Arranged by the composer for soprano, tenor, piano, and orchestral chimes from the larger work for soloist, narrator, and orchestra
Genre:art songs for voice and piano