
Recordings and Performances of Music by Margaret Bonds
that I've Edited (1)
Margaret Bonds: The Sea Ghost (text by Frank Dempster Sherman). Margaret Bonds Signature Series. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing Company, [2023]. (At press.)
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Performance by Zoe McCray, soprano, and Elizabeth Hill, piano (YouTube)
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Performance by Zoe McCray, soprano, and Elizabeth Hill, piano (YouTube)
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Posthumous live premiere by Nicole Jenkins, soprano, and Lorna Griffitt, piano, at 25th Anniversary Conference of The African American Art Song Alliance (YouTube)
Margaret Bonds: CREDO (text by W.E.B. Du Bois). Margaret Bonds Signature Series. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing Co., 2020.
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Complete work:
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Justin Smith and the Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir, with Nicole Joseph, soprano, Cristino Perez, baritone, and Kendra Kay Friar, piano (YouTube)
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Frederick Binkholder and the Capitol Hill Chorale (Washington, D.C.), with Katerina Burton, soprano, Daniel J. Smith, bass-baritone (YouTube)
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Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare, with Nicole Joseph, soprano, Marques Jerrell Ruff, bass-baritone, and Anton Nel, piano (YouTube)
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Jennaya Robison and the combined choirs and orchestra of the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Conservatory, with Christine Jobson, soprano, Evan Nelson, baritone (YouTube)
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Arrangement by Dr. Allan Laiño for voices, brass, timpani, and organ:
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Allan Laiño and the Congressional Chorus (Washington, D.C.), with Katerina Burton, soprano, and Christian Simmons, bass-baritone (YouTube)
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Excerpts:
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No. 2 ("Especially Do I Believe in the Negro Race").
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No. 6 ("I Believe in Liberty for All Men").
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Joshua Conyers, baritone. Georgetown University Concert Choir, Professor Frederick Binkholder, director, Hojoon Kim, accompanist. (YouTube)
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Nos. 1 and 7 ("I Believe in God" and "I Believe in Patience"). Georgetown University Concert Choir, Professor Frederick Binkholder, director, Hojoon Kim, accompanist (YouTube)
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Margaret Bonds: Six Songs on Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay (Original keys and version for medium voice). Margaret Bonds Signature Series. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing Co., 2020.
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Four Songs (N.B.: this is a song cycle, not just a set or collection. To learn more, see here):
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Complete cycle:
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performed by Leberta Lorál, soprano and Jeffrey Sykes, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Sarah Brailey, soprano and Janna Ernst, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Sabreena Cherrington, soprano, and Eileen Downey, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Katerina Burton, soprano, and Michelle Pappenfuss, piano (YouTube)
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No. 1: "Even in the Moment of our Earliest Kiss"
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performed by Noelle McMurtry, voice, and Michael Sheppard, piano (YouTube)
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performed byLucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, with Ryan McCullough, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Cassandra Pinataro,soprano, with piano (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Li Wen Weng, piano (YouTube)
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No. 2: "Feast"
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performed by Noelle McMurtry, voice, and Michael Sheppard, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, with Ryan McCullough, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Rose Hegele, soprano, and Julia Scott Carey, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Li Wen Weng, piano (YouTube)
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No. 3: "I Know My Mind"
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performed Shanice Skinner and Ensembl'arts (YouTube)
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performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, with Ryan McCullough, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Catherine Bringerud, piano (YouTube)
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Nos. 3 and 4: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed" and "I Know My Mind"
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performed by Tara Dougherty, soprano, and Pierre-Nicolas Colombat, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Catherine Bringerud, piano. (YouTube)
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No. 4: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed"
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performed by Cassandra Pinataro, soprano, and Chelsea Whitaker, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, and Ryan McCullough, pianist (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Catherine Bringerud, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Rose Hegele, soprano, and Julia Scott Carey, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Olivia Doig, soprano, and Janna Williamson, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Nicole Cabell, soprano, and Lara Downes, piano (YouTube)
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World premiere performance of all six songs by Camille Ortiz, soprano,and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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"Women Have Loved Before As I Love Now"
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performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, with Ryan McCullough, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Rose Hegele, soprano, and Julia Scott Carey, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Stephanie Feigenbaum, mezzo-soprano, and John Cuk, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Li Wen Weng, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Max Potter, mezzo-soprano, and Timothy Accurso, piano (YouTube)
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"Hyacinth"
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performed by Noelle McMurtry, voice, and Michael Sheppard, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, with Ryan McCullough, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Tyler Sullivan (YouTube)
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performed by Camille Ortiz, soprano, and David Riley, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Olivia Doig, soprano, and Janna Williamson, piano (YouTube)
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performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Catherine Bringerud, piano (YouTube)
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Margaret Bonds: Sleep Song. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing, 2022 [forthcoming].
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Posthumous premiere by Melodia Women's Choir, Cynthia Powell, Director (YouTube)
Margaret Bonds: African Dance (text by Langston Hughes, Danse africaine). Margaret Bonds Signature Series. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing Company, [2022].
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Nicole Joseph, soprano, David Kurtenbach Rivera, tenor, and Anton Nel, piano (YouTube)
Margaret Bonds: When the Dove Enters In (text by Langston Hughes). Margaret Bonds Signature Series. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing Company, 2021.
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Performance by Laura Mercado-Wright, soprano, Tim O’Brien, bass, and Gregory Fletcher, bass, with Anton Nel, piano (YouTube)
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Videorecording by David Neff (YouTube)
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Videorecording by Davóne Tines and Lara Downes in episode of Lara Downes, AMPLIFY (YouTube) (learn more)
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Videorecording Damien Jeter and Kira Whiting (YouTube)
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World-premiere videorecording as part of series #SongsofComfort by Justin Hopkins and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers. (YouTube)
Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing Co., 2020.
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World-premiere authhorized recording by the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Scott Yoo (YouTube).
Margaret Bonds: Two Works for Piano Solo. Worcester, Mass.: Hildegard Publishing, 2021
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Tangamerican:
Margaret Bonds: Note on Commercial Theater (text by Langston Hughes). Worcester Mass.: Hildegard Publishing, 2021 [forthcoming]. World-premiere videorecording as part of series #SongsofComfort by Justin Hopkins and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers (YouTube)
Margaret Bonds: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (text by Robert Frost). [edition forthcoming]
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Videorecording of Version B by Justin Hopkins, bass-baritone, and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers Richards, piano as part of series #Songsofcomfort (YouTube)
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Performance of both versions by Dana Zenobi, soprano, and Jonathan Levin, piano. (YouTube)
Margaret Bonds: When the Dove Enters In, for voice and piano (text by Langston Hughes). Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Hildegard Publishing Company, [forthcoming]. Performed by Justin L. Hopkins, baritone, and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, piano (preview).
Margaret Bonds: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (text by Robert Frost). Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Hildegard Publishing Company, [forthcoming]. Both versions. Performed by Dana Long Zenobi, soprano, and Jonathan Levin, piano.