Sneak peek at Yoga for Singers

Tree pose
Photograph by Maryann Bates
Models: Jasmine Habersham, Megs Free, and myself.
From my upcoming book, Yoga for Singers

Operas for Female Casts from Moon Diva Publishing

Looking for original one-act operas with all-female casts?

How Clear She Shines! (2002)
Music by Linda Lister
Libretto by Linda Lister based on the writings of Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë.

Narrated by Charlotte Brontë, How Clear She Shines! is a chamber opera celebrating the accomplishments of her sisters' writings and recounting the tragedies of their early deaths. Charlotte pays tribute to Anne and Emily and also reveals her own strength of character and sisterly devotion.

Your True Calling: Composing in the Shadow of Schumann, Mendelssohn and Mahler (2005)
Music by Alma Mahler Werfel, Clara Wieck Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Libretto by Linda Lister

This theatrical evening of Lieder/multimedia one act explores the compositions and love lives of Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Alma Mahler, all three talented and passionate female composers who were forced to subjugate their talents so that the talents of their husband or brother could prevail. Women were still not supposed to be composers in the nineteenth century. In the words of Fanny's father:

"Music will perhaps become your brother Felix’s profession, while for you it can and must only be an ornament, never the root of your being and doing. Remain true to these sentiments and to this line of conduct-they are feminine, and only what is truly feminine is an ornament to your success. You must prepare more earnestly and eagerly for your true calling, the only calling of a young woman-I mean the state of a housewife.”

Available through Moon Diva Publishing. Contact me at llister@shorter.edu.

Recital at Kerrytown

Patrick Harvey and I at our triumphant Michigan recital. From the delicate Schubert, nuanced Debussy, tempestuous Turina to heartfelt Hoiby, our program was exciting and rewarding for us, and hopefully the audience. I look forward to many more collaborations with my talented pal Patrick.

Opera excerpts on You Tube!

Visit the new You Tube site for Shorter's music department at http://www.youtube.com/shortermusic.

You can see excerpts from Shorter Opera Theatre productions I've directed, you can hear me sing with my esteemed colleagues on the Shorter voice faculty, and you can see me do a crazy Isadora Duncan/flapper fusion dance with Jake Haynie, aka Bob.

Yoga for Singers

Shorter's Yoga for Singers class demonstrates Triangle Pose (Bound), a wonderful rib-opening asana.

Fledermaus fun

Hoofing it with Matt Hoch (Falke) as Adele in Seven Hills Opera Theatre's March production of
"Die Fledermaus."

Fanfare review of "Midnight Tolls"

Read the favorable review of Midnight Tolls featuring Lee McQuillan's "Seasons of Gold" at http://www.fanfaremag.com/cr1.html .

Cinderella Recital

Massenet, Sondheim, Richard Rodgers and Walt Disney were all celebrated at my Cinderella recital on 9/11/06. Two of my princes were pianist David Oliver and tenor Brian Nedvin.

http://209.41.184.21/partners/680/public/news745327.html

Prague CD released

On June 6, 2006, the Albany Records CD Midnight Tolls was released. On the album, I sing Lee McQuillan's neo-Romantic song cycle, "Seasons of Gold." For more info, check out the Albany website at http://www.albanyrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY844&Category_Code=a-NR .

Index of my NATS articles

http://www.nats.org/cgi-bin/ji/display_ji.pl

"How Clear She Shines!" in Seattle

On March 17, 2006, my chamber opera about the Brontë sisters "How Clear She Shines!" (2002) will be performed for the first time with its new instrumentation for piano trio.

http://www.malyamuth.com/

Northwest Georgia Winds, performing with Sam Baltzer 

National Creative Society, performing with Patrick Harvey 

Kicking up my heels at Prague recording session 

"Divafication" article

Read my article on "the deification of modern pop stars"
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2822/is_2001_Fall-Winter/ai_100440127

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