
My Sister’s Keeper: Celebrating the 150th Birthday of Paul Laurence Dunbar
<em>My Sister’s Keeper: Celebrating the 150th Birthday of Paul Laurence Dunbar</em> was a 3pm concert on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine. The live-streaming and recording of this event was made possible through a grant from the Hampsong Foundation.
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Listen to Individual Songs
We wear the mask
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano3:02
“Dawn” (from “A Set of Three Dunbar Poems”)
Minnita Daniel Cox, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano2:16
“Theology” (from “A Set of Three Dunbar Poems”)
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:28
“Compensation” (from “A Set of Three Dunbar Poems”)
Minnita Daniel Cox, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano3:29
“Over the Hills” (from “Dream Cycle”)
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:13
“Sunset” (from “Dream Cycle”)
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano2:02
“By the Pool” (from “Dream Cycle”)
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:42
“Why Fades a Dream” (from “Dream Cycle”)
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano3:23
Day
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:17
“Silence” (from “Songs of Love”)
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:00
“The Unlucky Apple” (from “Songs of Love”)
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano0:53
The Poet and His Song
Minnita Daniel Cox, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano3:31
Because
Minnita Daniel Cox, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano2:19
Dreamin’ Town
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano3:12
What’s the Use?
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:13
My Neighbor
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano2:32
I Grew a Rose
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano3:29
Beside the Sea
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano2:09
“Sympathy” (from “Five Art Songs”)
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano2:32
“Spring Song” (from “Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar”)
Minnita Daniel Cox and Marcía Porter, sopranos, Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo-soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:59
Songs
We wear the mask2020B. E. BoykinPaul Laurence DunbarDawn1973 · A Set of Three Dunbar PoemsBetty Jackson KingPaul Laurence DunbarTheology1973 · A Set of Three Dunbar PoemsBetty Jackson KingPaul Laurence DunbarCompensation1973 · A Set of Three Dunbar PoemsBetty Jackson KingPaul Laurence DunbarOver the Hills1947 · Dream CycleIrene Britton SmithPaul Laurence DunbarSunset1947 · Dream CycleIrene Britton SmithPaul Laurence DunbarBy the Pool1947 · Dream CycleIrene Britton SmithPaul Laurence DunbarWhy Fades a Dream1947 · Dream CycleIrene Britton SmithPaul Laurence DunbarDay1987Lena J. McLinPaul Laurence DunbarSilence1987 · Songs of LoveLena J. McLinPaul Laurence DunbarThe Unlucky Apple1987 · Songs of LoveLena J. McLinPaul Laurence DunbarThe Poet and His SongFlorence PricePaul Laurence DunbarBecauseFlorence PricePaul Laurence DunbarDreamin’ Town1934Florence PricePaul Laurence DunbarWhat’s the Use?1937Florence PricePaul Laurence DunbarMy NeighborFlorence PricePaul Laurence DunbarI Grew a RoseFlorence PricePaul Laurence DunbarBeside the SeaFlorence PricePaul Laurence DunbarSympathyFive Art SongsFlorence PricePaul Laurence DunbarSpring Song1983 · Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence DunbarZenobia Powell PerryPaul Laurence Dunbar
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