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A Song for Mezzo and Piano

Music and Lyrics by Spicer Carr

Commissioned by Cincinnati Song Initiative and The National Association of Teachers of Singing

This song was developed in part with Cincinnati Song Initiative’s “Let it Be” Project and The National Association of Teachers of Singing’s Mentor Program for Composers (under the mentorship of Tom Cipullo).

Piano - Samuel Martin

Mezzo - Lauren McAllister

Here, is sung by the young mother after her first ultrasound. Nervous, the mother talks through her anxieties, speaking to her unborn child.