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ABC of American Art Song
Melanie Duncan
Melanie Duncan blitzed the 1999 Mietta Song Recital Award, winning the Popular Choice award and the Musical Partnership with her accompanist Claire Cooper, in addition to the Award itself. In her recital CD of 20th century American song her attractive coloratura voice highlights the beauty of Dominick Argento's "Six Elizabethan Songs", the vocal lyricism of Samuel Barber's French "Mèlodies Passagères" and the drama of Aaron Copland's "Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson".
Melanie's performance of the Copland captivated the judging panel during the final recital of the Award. Audio previews:
Track Listing:
Six Elizabethan Songs (Dominick Argento)
Mèlodies Passagères, Op. 27 (Samuel Barber) Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (Aaron Copland) Catalogue Number: MD3212
Price: AU$26.00
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Melanie Duncan is a first-class Honours graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and is currently completing a Masters at Monash University on a Monash Postgraduate Scholarship. She has been a semi-finalist in several competitions, including the 1997, 1998 Marianne Mathy Awards, and the 1998 Herald Sun Aria and Australian Youth Aria.
Claire Cooper studied with John Winther at the Canberra School of Music, and later at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She spent five years as repetiteur and accompanist for the Victorian College of the Arts and is currently a member of staff at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne as an accompanist.
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