215 | Themed Recitals for Community Connection and Profit
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Performer and voice teacher Elizabeth Saunders shares her journey creating themed recitals that engage audiences, inspire musical collaboration with composers, and build community through accessible, unforgettable performances.
🔹 0:00 - Information
🔹 8:41 - Working with living composers
🔹 9:58 - Songs about dogs (The Dog Recital)
🔹 28:20 - Marketing the caregiver fundraising recital
🔹 32:30 - The songs for love, care, and being at home
🔹 40:51 - Elizabeth's 3-day retreat: UnMuted: Reclaiming Your Authentic Expression Through Music and Mindset
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🎵 Elizabeth's Dog Recital Song List:
🔹 Times Like This (from "Lucky Stiff") by Ahrens & Flaherty
🔹 Two Tellings of the Tragic Tale of Mama Hubbard and Her Pooch
🔹 Mrs. Hubbard (from Mother Goose Sonnets of John V. Hicks) by David L. McIntyre
🔹 Old Mother Hubbard (set in the manner of Handel) by Victor Hely-Hutchinson
🎵 Song Cycle: Going to the Dogs by Bruce Lazarus
🔹 Song of the Mischievous Dog (D. Thomas)
🔹 Engraved on the Collar of His Highness' Dog (A. Pope)
🔹 The Hairy Dog (H. Asquith)
🔹 Advice to a Dog Painter (J. Swift)
🔹 The Dachshund (J.E. Donovan)
🎵 Beethoven and Haydn Speak of Poodles
🔹 Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels by Ludwig van Beethoven
🔹 Der schlaue und dienstfertige Pudel by Franz Josef Haydn
🎵 Pups from Opposite Sides of the Tracks
🔹 Lone Dog (Irene R. McLeod, from Tom Tiddler's Ground) by Benjamin Britten
🔹 Sophie's Song (Fredericka von Stade) by Jake Heggie
🎵 Dogs and Romance
🔹 My Dog Loves Your Dog (from "George White's Scandals") by Ray Henderson
🔹 DOG (from "Eight Unnecessary Songs") by Susan Werner
🎵 Songs in Remembrance
🔹 Old Dog Tray by Stephen Foster
🔹 Slow March (Inscribed to the Children's Faithful Friend) by Charles Ives
🔹 What Do I Do with the Love? by Phil Hall
🎵 Dogs Being Dogs
🔹 Duetto Buffo di due Good Boys (The Dog Duet, after Rossini, performed with my pianist) by Robbie Ellis
🔹 For Whom the Dog Tolls (An Opera in One Act for Voice, Piano, Whistle, and Duck Call) by Ashi Day
🎵 Facebook groups to connect with art song composers and find songs on your recital theme:
🔹 American Art Song Composers
🔹 The African American Art Song Alliance
🔹 The Art Songs and Lieder Group
🔹 Classical Art Song Friends
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Learn more about Elizabeth's retreat: https://elizabethsaundersvoice.com/unmuted-reclaiming-your-authentic-expression-through-music-and-mindset/
⭐ About our guest:
Elizabeth is President of the New York Singing Teachers Association, a singing teacher, actor, and performer. After an international career in opera and concert, she expanded into a wider range of vocal styles and acting to explore more authentic human expression. She is the creator and facilitator of Unmuted: Reclaiming Your Authentic Expression Through Music and Mindset, a three-day retreat in the Catskills focused on voice, connection, and healthy vocal instincts.
Website: https://elizabethsaundersvoice.com/
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Hosted by Nikki Loney. Edited and theme music by Shawn Trotter. Released March 27, 2026.
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