Composers & Vocal Competitors
Composers
Willie Cornish, Career Professional
“The Butterfly Effect” by Willie Cornish
Poet: Emma Lazarus and Jean Toomer
Myah Paden, mezzo soprano and Kathryn Goodson, piano
Nikea Randolph, Graduate Student
“Rivers” by Nikea Randolph
Poet: Langston Hughes
Myah Paden, mezzo soprano and Kathryn Goodson, piano
Ronald Walton, Graduate Student
“See Your Equal” by Ronald Walton
Poet: Jarrod Lee
Myah Paden, mezzo soprano and Kathryn Goodson, piano
High School Vocalists
Ella Vaughn, soprano
Spiritual: “Oh what a beautiful city” by Edward Boatner
Art Song: “Night” by Florence Price
Sarah Wright, soprano
Spiritual: “My Lord, What a Mornin” by arr. Harry T. Burleigh
Art Song: “Seasons from Child’s World” by Mable Bailey
Art Song: “Song To The Dark Virgin” by Florence Price
Collegiate Vocalists
Maia Aramburu, soprano
Spiritual: “Come Down Angels” by Undine Smith Moore
Art Song: “Gué, gué, solingaie” by Camille Nickerson
Art Song: “Prayer” by Carlos Simon
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Oh Bob, can’t I make your understand” from Highway 1, USA by William Grant Still
Anne-Marie Atanga, soprano
Spiritual: “Give Me Jesus” by Moses Hogan
Art Song: “Minstrel Man” by Margaret Bonds
Art Song: “Dream Variation” by Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “I, Too” by Margaret Bonds
Rebecca Clark, soprano
Spiritual: “Peter Go Ring Dem Bells from Cantata” by John Carter
Art Song: “Minstrel Man” by Margaret Bonds
Art Song: “I, Too” by Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Deep River” by H.T. Burleigh
Seth-Emmanuel Clarke, bass-baritone
Spiritual: “Crucifixion” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “Song to the Dark Virgin” by Florence Price
Art Song: “Ngiyamazi UZibhebhu” by Princess Magogo
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Howard Swanson
Dominique Cooper, mezzo-soprano
Spiritual: “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “For You There is No Song” by H. Leslie Adams
Art Song: “Minstrel Man” by Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Genius Child” by Robert Owens
Lauren Fleming, soprano
Spiritual: “Were You There” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “Velvet Shoes” by Dolores White
Art Song: “The Secret” by Robert Owens
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “On Consciousness Streams” by Jacqueline Hairston
Aldo Pando Girard, baritone
Spiritual: “It’s Me, O Lord” by Betty Jackson King
Art Song: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Margaret Bonds
Art Song: “Sence You Went Away” by H. Leslie Adams
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “A Dream Wasted” by William Grant Still
Elizabeth Hanje, soprano
Spiritual: “Deep River” by Moses Hogan
Art Song: “Minstrel Man” by Margaret Bonds
Art Song: “Night” by Florence Price
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Love let the wind cry” by Undine Moore
Karen Jane Ludwig, soprano
Spiritual: “Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “I, Too” by Margaret Bonds
Art Song: “Dream Variation” Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Songs to the Dark Virgin” by Florence Price
Dalia Marquez, mezzo-soprano
Spiritual: “I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “Soliloquy” by John W. Work
Art Song: “Minstrel Man” by Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Song to the Dark Virgin” by Florence Price
Tyrique McNeal, bass-baritone
Spiritual: “Dont Feel No-Ways Tired” by Jacqueline Hairston
Art Song: “For You There is No Song” by H. Leslie Adams
Art Song: “Compensation” by Charles Lloyd Jr.
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Howard Swanson
Phoenix Miranda, soprano
Spiritual: “A City Called Heaven” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “Song to the Dark Virgin” by Florence Price
Art Song: “I Grew A Rose” by Florence Price
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Tis Sunset in the Garden” by William Grant Still
Jack Morin, bass-baritone
Spiritual: “My Good Lord Done Been Here” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “Thou Art Risen My Beloved” by Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Art Song: “Dawn’s Awakening” by Florence Price
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “A Complaint” by Robert Owens
Pelagia Pamel, mezzo-soprano
Spiritual: “Were You There?” by Moses Hogan
Art Song: “Hold Fast to Dreams” by Florence Price
Art Song: “The Jungle Flower” by H.T. Burleigh
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Once a Little Child” by William Grant Still
Alexa Rahman, soprano
Spiritual: “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “Hold Fast To Dreams” by Florence Price
Art Song: “To a Brown Girl Dead” by Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Flying” by H. Leslie Adams
Napoleon Stone, baritone
Operatic Aria: “God is a God” by Jacqueline Hairston
Art Song: “A Complaint” by Robert Owens
Art Song: “Ethopia Saluting the Colors” by H.T. Burleigh
Operatic Aria or Art Song: Bob’s 1st Aria “You know how it is Mary” by William Grant Still
Nyla Thomas, soprano
Spiritual: “Steal Away” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “Tears” by B.E. Boykin
Art Song: “Young Love in Spring” by Margaret Bonds
Operatic Aria or Art Song: “Give Me No Body without Your Soul” by William Grant Still
Pre-professional Vocalists
Colleen Beucher, soprano
Spiritual: “My Soul’s been Anchored in the Lord” by Florence Price
Art Song: “The Complaint” by Ignatius Sancho
Art Song by a woman composer: “Gardé Pití Mulet Là” by Maud Cuney Hare
Contemporary Art Song: “Decisions” by Adolphus Hailstork
Operatic Aria: “Golden Days” by William Grant Still
Tyrese Byrd, tenor
Spiritual: “Rondo from Cantata” by John Carter
Art Song: “Elëanore” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “Love, Let the Wind Cry” by Undine Smith Moore
Contemporary Art Song: “I Want to Die While You Love Me” by Rosephanye Powell
Operatic Aria: “Hear me, Hear my Plea!” from The Pillar by William Grant Still
Victoria Ellington, soprano
Spiritual: “This little light of mine” by Hale Smith
Art Song: “Hold Fast To Dreams” by Florence Price
Art Song by a woman composer: “Sympathy” by Florence Price
Contemporary Art Song:
Operatic Aria: “Give Me No Body Without Your Soul” from Blue Steele by William Grant Still
Ashli Hunter, soprano
Spiritual: “Deep River” by Moses Hogan
Art Song: “Sweet Baby Butterfly” by Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “Dream Variations” by Margaret Bonds
Contemporary Art Song: “For You There Is No Song” by H. Leslie Adams
Operatic Aria: “Give Me No Body Without Your Soul” by William Grant Still
Denique Isaac, soprano
Spiritual: “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand” by Margaret Bonds
Art Song: “Havana Dreams” by Robert Owens
Art Song by a woman composer: “I Want to Die While You Love Me” by Undine Smith Moore
Contemporary Art Song: “Sence You Went Away” by H. Leslie Adams
Operatic Aria: “Give Me Nobody without Your Soul” by William Grant Still
Benjamin Isyk, tenor
Spiritual: “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” by Moses Hogan
Art Song: “Havana Dreams” Robert Owens
Art Song: “Your Lips are Wine” by H.T. Burleigh
Contemporary Art Song: “Thou Alone Canst Inspire” by Jacqueline Hairston
Operatic Aria: Ingemisco, from Requiem by Josê Maurícío Nuñes García
Andrea Jones, soprano
Spiritual: “Guide My Feet” by Jacqueline Hairston
Art Song: “You lay so still in the Sunshine” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “Love Let the Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee” by Undine Smith-Moore
Contemporary Art Song: “Preach the Word: Open the Gates” by Adolphus Hailstork
Opera Aria: “Ouanga: Defilée’s Aria” by Clarence Cameron-White
Jeannette Lee, mezzo soprano
Spiritual: “Go On Brother” by Nathaniel Dett
Art Song: “Bewilderment” Florence Price
Art Song by a woman composer: “I Want to Die While You Love Me” by Undine Smith Moore
Contemporary Art Song: “For You There is No Song” by H. Leslie Adams
Operatic Aria: “Cassandra’s Lullaby” by Mark Fax
Brea Marshall, soprano
Spiritual: “My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord” by Florence Price
Art Song: “Unmindful of the Roses” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “If I Could Give You All I Have” by Lena J. McLin
Contemporary Art Song: “Sounds Like Pearls” by B.E. Boykin
Operatic Aria: “Give Me No Body Without Your Soul” by William Grant Still
Elary Mede, soprano
Spiritual: “Ride on, King Jesus” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “This the Island of Gardens” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “I, too” by Margaret Bonds
Contemporary Art Song: “My Love” by Lena McLin
Operatic Aria: “‘Tis Sunset in the Garden” by William Grant Still
Amber Merritt, soprano
Spiritual: “City Called Heaven” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “The Complaint” by Ignatius Sancho
Art Song by a woman composer: “Young Love in Spring” by Margaret Bonds
Contemporary Art Song: “A Winter Twilight” by Rosephanye Powell
Operatic Aria: “Oberlin Farewell” by William Banfield
Tshilidzi Ndou, baritone
Spiritual: “Ride on, King Jesus” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “Genius Child” by Robert Owens
Art Song by a woman composer: “Songs to the Dark Virgin” by Florence Price
Contemporary Art Song: “Wamuhle Mzantsi” by Sibusiso Njeza
Operatic Aria: “A Dream Wasted” by William Grant Still
Avuya Ngcaweni, Full Lyric Soprano
Spiritual: “Give Me Jesus” by Moses Hogan
Art Song: “Heart” by Robert Owens
Art Song by a woman composer: “Love Let The Wind Cry” by Undine Smith Moore
Contemporary Art Song: “Ngenani” by Phelelani Mnomiya
Operatic Aria: “Give Me Nobody Without Your Soul” William Grant Still
Sarah Rogers, soprano
Spiritual: “Give Me Jesus” arr. by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song: “Minguillo” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “Poème d’Automne” by Margaret Bonds
Contemporary Art Song: “Create in Me” by Adolphus Hailstork
Operatic Aria: “That Wild Fire” from Blake by H. Leslie Adams
Daisha Togawa, soprano
Spiritual: “Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired” by Jacqueline B. Hairston
Art Song: “Love Let The Wind Cry….. How I Adore Thee” by Undine S. Moore
Art Song by a woman composer: “I Want to Die while You Love Me” by Rosephanye Powell
Contemporary Art Song: “Long Goodbye” by Maria Thompson Corley
Operatic Aria: “‘Tis Sunset in the Garden” by William Grant Still
Clayton G. Williams, baritone
Spiritual: “Hold Out Your Light” by Lena J. McLin
Art Song: “Life and Death” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Art Song by a woman composer: “To Sit and Dream” by Rosephanye Powell
Contemporary Art Song: “The Gift to Sing” by Marques Garrett
Operatic Aria: “Ephraham’s Lament from Voodoo” by Harry Lawrence Freeman
Tiffany Williams, soprano
Spiritual: “Sometimes I feel” by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
Art Song: “I Hear His Footsteps Music Sweet” by H.T. Burleigh
Art Song by a woman composer: “Love Let The Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee” by Undine Smith Moore
Contemporary Art Song: “Serenity Prayer” by Jerrell Gray
Operatic Aria: “Scena from Ernestine” by Chevalier de Saint-Georges
International Vocalists
Verona-India Braich, soprano
Spiritual: “Night” by Florence Price
Art Song: “In the Spring Time” by Betty Jackson King
Tomáš Chloupek, baritone
Spiritual: “Compensation” by Charles Lloyd
Art Song: “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal” by Harry T. Burleigh
Lucy Farrimond, soprano
Spiritual: “Give Me Jesus” by Hall Johnson
Art Song: “Violin” by Maria Thompson Corley
Jermyn Leong, baritone
Spiritual: “For you there is no song” by Leslie Adams
Art Song: “Riding to Town” by Thomas Kerr
Shanice Skinner, soprano
Spiritual: “The Season of Remembrance” by Jacqueline Hairston
Art Song: “I Know My Mind” by Margaret Bonds