AACI Compositions Performed

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Regina Harris Baiocchi: Hold Out for Joy
Instrumentation:voice, piano, cello
Lyricist:Regina Baiocchi, based on Psalm 30:5
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/3aijNr3m89Q
Further information:Additional Information: cello part added by the composer
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Shadows
Instrumentation:voice, piano, percussion, bassoon
Lyricist:Regina Harris Baiocchi
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/0oShriYrIdo
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- Postlude -- Change
Instrumentation:ensemble
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:youtu.be/88tKd6mBcOU
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- Tableau 1 -- Lullaby
Instrumentation:ensemble
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UreuhKbBHtU
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- Tableau 3 -- Where are all the children?
Instrumentation:ensemble
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbtuMddFBms
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- Tableau 4 -- Reflections
Instrumentation:ensemble
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkH-RESi-zE
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Spring
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:vocal
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMi9L4Lbyo
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Summer
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:vocal
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liCwt1bB4Rg
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Winter
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:vocal
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU23Xow6iG4
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers : We Wear the Mask
Instrumentation:tenor, piano, bass, percussion
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEE1oFUSX_8
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Jeremiah Evans: Two Nocturnes for soprano, violin, cello and piano I. A Winter Night, II Spring Night
Lyricist:Sarah Teasdale
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/thncVSWSwDI
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Joshua McGhee: Where Freedom Rings
Instrumentation:vocal, chamber ensemble
Lyricist:Joshua McGhee
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOST73wJUV0
Further information:AACI commission
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Sean Okpebholo: A Balm in Gilead
Anthology:The Shawn E. Okpebholo Collection of Negro Spirituals, Yellow
Instrumentation:tenor, flute, piano
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/m-2dUKMYqNc
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments