Description

Author: The Royal Conservatory
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Voice
Level: 8
The Voice Series, 2025 Edition is North America’s leading resource for teaching and studying singing. With a refreshed collection of exceptional Repertoire, Vocalises, and Recitatives, this series focuses on building a strong foundation for musical success by integrating effective technique at every level and supporting healthy vocal development in young singers. Offering a diverse range of songs for all levels, it provides a holistic approach to singing and includes access to an online collection with recordings to enhance learning.
Covering a broad spectrum of styles and genres — from Baroque to Contemporary music, as well as musical theatre and popular styles — Voice Repertoire 8 features a balanced selection of composers. It includes new and unique arrangements, beloved classics, various languages, and pedagogical challenges, making it an essential tool for singers and educators alike.
Contents:

• List A: Baroque and Classical Repertoire
  • Strike the Viol, Touch the Lute – Henry Purcell
  • Softly Flow, Thou Silver Stream – Thomas Arne, arr. Henry Coleman
  • The Self Banished – John Blow, arr. Maria Case
  • Amor preparami – Alessandro Scarlatti, arr. John Glenn Paton
  • Oiseaux si tous les ans, K 307 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Die Verlassene, Hob. XXVIa:5 – Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Intorno all’idol mio – Marco Antonio Cesti, arr. Alessandro Parisotti
  • Peine et plaisir – Maria Szymanowska
• List B: Romantic and Post-Romantic Repertoire
  • Lied der Mignon (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt), D 877, no. 4 – Franz Schubert
  • Sonntag, op. 47, no. 3 – Johannes Brahms
  • La rosa – Saverio Mercandante
  • Serenata – Enrique Granados
  • Chanson d’amour, op. 27, no. 1 – Gabriel Faure
  • Sull’orme del mio gregge – Carlota Ferrari
  • Reve d’un soir – Cecile Chaminade
  • L’heure exquise – Reynaldo Hahn
  • She Sat and Sang Alway, op. 57, no. 4 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• List C: 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
  • Shady Grove – American folk song, arr. Christine Donkin
  • Finally Found – Jeff Smallman
  • Antonio – Maria Case
  • Weep You No More, op. 12, no. 1 – Roger Quilter
  • For You There Is No Song – Leslie Adams
  • If I… – Lori Laitman
  • Serenata – Francesco Cilea
  • Night – Florence B. Price
  • Dad Doesn’t Want a Dog – Larry Strachan
  • White in the Moon the Long Road Lies – Chester Duncan
  • Mo li hua (Jasmine Flower) – Chinese folk song, arr. Edward Han Jiang
• List D: Popular Repertoire
  • I Eat Children – Leslie Arden
  • Tale of the Oyster – Cole Porter
  • I Got Rhythm – George Gershwin
  • The Next Voice You Hear – Jim Betts