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"Gethsemane" is Helen's aria from Ross Crean's opera, "The Great God Pan", based of off Arthur Machen's iconic horror novella. Here, Helen is praying to Pan for his help in her plan to bring a new age to the Victorian world of London and beyond. Sung by Sarah Thompson Johansen, Soprano. Visit www.rosscrean.com for more information.

Copyright 2015 Ross Crean/Knight & Thorne Music/ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.

Text:

Lord of the Wood,
Keeper of field and pasture,
Wind in the Willows,
All alone, yet all-encompassing,
Please hear me,
Horned one, Lover, Father.
Come through from night
And over the ocean!
With blessed tidings 
Greet this night.
Shackles of this Iron Age
Kept us from our very own Arcadia,
But now...

We rise,
To turn the tides of such esteem,
That lead these blind ones to grieve
The longings that were freely given them,
So now they fear true sovereignty.

...And we will free them.
They will know pleasures
That can only come
From the Wood.

"Gethsemane" from the opera "The Great God Pan"

"Helen's Prophecy Before the Fall" is Helen's final aria from Ross Crean's opera, "The Great God Pan", based of off Arthur Machen's iconic horror novella. Here, Helen is faced with an ultimatum by Villiers, Clarke, and Austin, to hang herself or suffer exposure for her deeds. Sung by Nicole Diana Chamberlin, Soprano. Pianists: John Cockerill and Stephen Uhl. Visit www.rosscrean.com for more information.

Copyright 2015 Ross Crean/Knight & Thorne/ASCAP

Text:

So this is my betrayal,
And you, my Judas Iscariot!
You Pharisees!
Please open your eyes,
See the true dark night!
See the starry skies!
See the one true Harbinger of Light!

We will raise the living dead
Through the power of horned head,
Cloven foot and revelry.
Thus the Lord of Trickery will
Set this mortal coil on fire
With every succulent desire.
Pan is all, and all is Pan,
And we will hence return again!

"Helen's Prophecy Before the Fall" from the opera "The Great God Pan"

From Merrily We Roll Along
Recorded on February 16, 2016 

Not a Day Goes By/ Sondheim

'Twas noontide of summer,
And mid-time of night;
And stars, in their orbits,
Shone pale, thro' the light
Of the brighter, cold moon,
'Mid planets her slaves,
Herself in the Heavens,
Her beam on the waves.
I gazed awhile
On her cold smile;
Too cold- too cold for me-
There pass'd, as a shroud,
A fleecy cloud,
And I turned away to thee,
Proud Evening Star,
In thy glory afar,
And dearer thy beam shall be;
For joy to my heart
Is the proud part
Thou bearest in Heaven at night,
And more I admire
Thy distant fire,
Than that colder, lowly light.
-Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Evening Star

An accessible, uplifting arrangement of the Robert Lowry tune of the same name, set for choir and piano. Completed in February 2017 and premiered at the first "Music in Worship" session of the National ACDA Convention (sightread by 500+ participants accompanied by pianist MacKenzie Reed) on March 8, 2017.

National ACDA Music in Worship (3/8/17)

How Can I Keep from Singing? (arrangement) — choir and piano

Rebecca Beuchel is currently singing with me in Michael Ching's "SPEED DATING TONIGHT!" (http://www.cr-opera.org/)

I sat down with her for the first episode of YAP YOUNIVERSITY: where young artists learn from young artists.  

She prepared Mahler's song cycle "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen," (Songs of a Wandering Man)for her graduate recital at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and we speak candidly and enthusiastically about her performance preparation. 

Leave questions or comments for me or Becky below. Enjoy!

#YapYOUniversity  - Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Rebecca Beuchel

CROT's rehearsal of Speed Dating Tonight by Michael Ching. 

Nicole Besa singing Billie's arietta, with Dr. John Hollins on piano.

My Name's Billie (Getting Married) - Speed Dating Tonight

Alaska Grown. Chicago Based. Let's collab <3 
IG @thecabinbabysings

My Name's Billie (Getting Married) - Speed Dating Tonight

Nicole Besa

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