I have the wonderful opportunity to take American song to Ukraine this fall and the planning has begun! This weekend I will perform a concert that will include a small portion of the repertoire I plan to take with me.

As I have been rehearsing these selections I have been thinking a lot about what may be of particular interest to people of another culture, from Spirituals to Broadway and American Opera.

“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” Traditional Spiritual

“The Daisies”, “Sure on This Shining Night”, and “The Monk and His Cat” from Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber

“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin

“Green Finch and Linnet Bird” from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim

“The Bird”, “Little Elegy” and “i carry your heart” by John Duke

“The Beauty Is” from The Light in The Piazza by Adam Guettel

“Fair Robin I Love” from Tartuffe by Kirke Mechem