Open Thine Heart
Marcia Porter (soprano), Valerie M. Trujillo (piano)
Award-winning soprano Marcía Porter offers a program of songs by contemporary American composers. An active recitalist, Ms. Porter made her Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) debut in 2005. She has performed in venues throughout the United States, Italy, Brazil and the Czech Republic. Porter has appeared at international festivals including the Prague Proms, the Ravinia Festival and Piccolo Spoleto Festival and sung with orchestras such as the Czech National Symphony and the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Porter was a 2011-12 Fulbright Scholar based in Brazil where she was a visiting artist and professor at the Universidade de Sâo Paulo. On the faculty at The Florida State University College of Music, she is a graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. Collaborating with Ms. Porter is acclaimed pianist and fellow faculty member Valerie M. Trujillo, whose experience in song literature and opera make her a much sought after accompanist, coach and teacher of masterclasses.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Songs of Separation | Antonio Carlos DeFeo | Marcía Porter, soprano, Valerie M. Trujillo, piano |
| Two Songs (of Paul Laurence Dunbar) | Gary Powell Nash | Marcía Porter, soprano, Valerie M. Trujillo, piano |
| Late Summer | Tom Cipullo | Marcía Porter, soprano, Valerie M. Trujillo, piano |
| On consciousness streams | Jacqueline B. Hairston | Marcía Porter, soprano, Valerie M. Trujillo, piano |
| Three Simple Songs | Antonio Carlos DeFeo | Marcía Porter, soprano, Valerie M. Trujillo, piano |
| In the middle of a life | Tom Cipullo | Marcía Porter, soprano, Valerie M. Trujillo, piano |
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