SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
2016 | Voice
2016 Vocal Competition Repertoire REQUIRED REPERTORY: Each contestant must sing one selection from the following genres. NOTE: Total time for the combined selections MUST NOT EXCEED 20 MINUTES. 1. OPERA: One operatic aria in the original language and key. 2. EUROPEAN ART SONG: One composition from the standard 18th, 19th, or 20th Century art song literature by such composers as (but not limited to) Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Wolf, Debussy, Duparc, Faure, Respighi, Donaudy, Scarlatti, etc. 3. AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART SONG: Each contestant must sing one art song composed by an African American composer. Songs can be obtained from the following sources: Anthology of Art Songs by Black Composers, compiled and edited by Willis Patterson, publ. Hall Leonard Publishers; The Second Anthology of Arts Songs compiled, edited and published by Willis Patterson, 1525 Stonehaven, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; Art Songs and Spirituals by Contemporary African American Composers by Donna Cox and Kathy M Bullock; or A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers by Jeannie Wagner and Margaret R. Simmons additional literature may be founds at The African American Art Song Alliance (http://www.darryltaylor.com/alliance/) or Videmus (http://www.videmus.org/ ). Substitutions can be made of art songs by other African American composers, but they should be of the same difficulty. 4. NEGRO SPIRITUAL: Each contestant must sing one Negro Spiritual set by such composers as (but not limited to) Hall Johnson, H.T. Burleigh, John Work, Jr., R. Nathaniel Dett, Edward Boatner, Charles Lloyd, Mark Fax, Uzee Brown, Moses Hogan, and others. Published collections of spirituals by these composers and others are available, or can be ordered in most music stores.
For additional information, please contact: Dr. Marvin Curtis Scholarship Chair • NANM, Inc. Email: cvm491@aol.com