SOLO AND UNISON FAVOURITES
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Linda Fletcher – teacher, composer, pianist, director, clinician, and adjudicator, has been working with young singers in Ontario.

“As co-editor and curator of  ‘Solo and Unison Favourites‘, I am pleased to recommend this collection of beautiful and interesting songs for young voices and unison choirs. My students and young choristers have enjoyed these songs for years – they are tried and tested favourites of mine! They have been performed on RCM exams, music festivals and recitals. Most of my selections are on the Royal Conservatory of Music Voice Syllabus where I have worked as a composer, translator, compiler and editor for the Voice Series.”

Cool and Silent is the Lake

by Gladys Davenport

Solo or UNISON with piano – LMS-139 – duration 2:00

Cool and silent is the lake
Only the plaintive laughter of the loon I hear
And in the far oof hills
The answer of his mate

The shimmering water
Fringed with giant trees
Reflects in deeper hue
The glory of a sunlit sky

On the Back of an Eagle

by Nancy Telfer

Solo or UNISON with piano – LMS 588 – duration 1:55

I would fly on the back of an eagle
On a warm and windy day
From a place quite high in the clear, blue sky 
I would feel the air blowing through my hair
And watch the sights below

Softly Now

by Linda Fletcher

Solo, UNISON or SA with piano –  LMS 708 –    – duration 2:05

Softly now, gently now

Daylight is breaking
Sunlight announces a new day is here
Softly now, gently now
God’s hand is waiting
Guiding His children who to Him are so dear
 

Song of Sharing

by Linda Fletcher

Solo or Unison or SA with piano –  LMS 723 –    – duration 1:55

Let’s sing a song of sharing, of loving, of caring

We’ll sing a song of sharing with our brother next door
Let’s sing a song of sharing, of hoping, of daring
To love your sister as yourself, and give others more
 

Take Me to a Green Isle

by Walter Macnutt

Solo or UNISON with piano – LMS-762 – duration 2:00
Take me to a green isle
Lay me softly there
Where dew is on the roses
And peace is in the air

To a Girl on Her Birthday

by W.H. Anderson

Solo or UNISON with piano  – LMS 804 – duration 2:10

May your every hour be a poem rare
Woven out of courage
And loveliness and light
I would have your days
As the radiant glow in the western sky
Between day and night.

Blanche Pownall Garrett

Trolls

by Clifford Crawley

Solo or Unison with piano – LMS 820

Very high up in the mountains
In a dark and echo-ey cave
Live a family of giant trolls;
Be very careful for they behave
In a most peculiar manner