Song Gallery

Premiered online in September 2021 as Song Gallery, New Songs for the Voice by UCLA Student Composers, Seven Sisters Productions commissioned and produced fourteen new art songs, including two song cycles and seven individual songs.

The collection features composers Alexander Barsom, Kian Ravaei, Elliona Z. S. Li, Anthony Constantino, Dante Luna, Marcus Norris, Nick Carlozzi, and Madeline Barrett.

Recordings performed by Michelle Rice, soprano; Paul Floyd, piano; Danny Pravder, piano; and Joseph Seyedan, guitar.

THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
Music by Alexander Barsom, text by Sara Teasdale

VIRTUE
Music by Kian Ravaei, text by George Herbert

SWAYING FLOWER PETALS (寂寞的花蕊)
Music by Elliona Z. S. Li, text by Chen Ling-Ling

THE COLOR OF THOUGHT
Music by Anthony Constantino, text by Marcus Aurelius

FOUR SONGS
Music by Dante Luna, text by Langston Hughes
I. April rain song
II. Snob
III. Junior addict
IV. Breath of a rose

THE THINKER
Music and text by Marcus Norris

LOVE SONG TO THE UNIVERSE
Music and text by Marcus Norris

INTO AN ABYSS
Music by Nick Carlozzi, text by Marina Gomez

CELESTIAL SONGS
Music and arranged text by Madeline Barrett
I. Apollo 11
II. Perseverance
III. Voyager 1