SOLO AND UNISON FAVOURITES
– for young singers –
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
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
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
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
