Recorded live 09/22/13 at Weber Music Hall, University of Minnesota Duluth

"To A Skylark" from A Ring of Birds by Jeffrey Van

"Three Little Birds In A Row" from A Ring of Birds by Jeffrey Van

"Epitaphs" from Hens - Their Diseases and Cure by Christopher Gable

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Recorded live in concert March 14, 2013 at Mairs Concert Hall, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.

Sailor Boy - Benjamin Britten

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Recorded live in concert January 18, 2014 at Studio Z, St Paul, MN

"One Can Miss Mountains" - from The Old Wide Way by Katherine Bergman

"The Snail" from Nature Stories by Randy Bauer

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Recorded live in concert January 31, 2015

"The Snail" from Nature Stories by Randy Bauer

"The Edge Of Town" from Songs of Cowboys and Hobos by Daniel Nass

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Recorded live in concert September 22, 2013.

"The Edge Of Town" from Songs of Cowboys and Hobos by Daniel Nass

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, voice
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Sechs Lieder, op 89 no. 2 "Lied aus der Ferne"
Mauro Giuliani

"Lied aus der Ferne" - Mauro Giuliani

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, voice
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Trois Romances, op 13 no. 2 "Heureux celui"
Mauro Giuliani

"Heureux celui" - Mauro Giuliani

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, voice
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Sei Ariette, op. 95 no. 5 "Ad altro laccio"
Mauro Giuliani

"Ad altro laccio" - Mauro Giuliani

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, voice
Joseph Spoelstra Guitar
with Ted Moore on electronics

Movements 1-4 from Ted Moore's FEATHERMUCKER. Texts by Timothy Otte.

Recorded live in concert January 23, 2016 at Plymouth Congregational Church Guildhall, Minneapolis, MN.



FEATHERMUCKER

Recorded live 02/23/2012 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts


"Bach to the Town Council" from Letters from Composers by Dominick Argento

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

The Burial of the Dead - mov't 1 from "The Waste Land Pt 1" by Joshua Weinberg.

Recorded in concert March 8, 2019
Minneapolis, MN

The Burial of the Dead from "The Waste Land Pt 1" by Joshua Weinberg

The Dream Songs Project 
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

"Lying in a Hammock" from A Minnesota Timetable by Christopher Gable

Recorded live in concert January 2014
St Paul, MN

"Lying In A Hammock" from A Minnesota Timetable by Christopher Gable

"Drink Deep" from Songs of Cowboys and Hobos by Daniel Nass

"Bread" from Songs of Cowboys and Hobos by Daniel Nass

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar
with guest Ted Moore, laptop

Movement's 12-14 of FEATHERMUCKER by Ted Moore. Text by Timothy Otte.

Hear the full piece at: http://www.tedmooremusic.com/feathermucker.html

FEATHERMUCKER by Ted Moore - Movts 12 - 15

The Dream Songs Project
Alyssa Anderson, voice
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar

Grapheme II After Cy Twombly by John Arrigo Nelson

Recorded live in concert March 8, 2019 at Studio Z, St Paul, MN.

Grapheme II After Cy Twombly by John Arrigo Nelson

Classical Voice and Guitar Duo 

Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Spoelstra, guitar 

Since forming in 2010, the dream songs project has engaged audiences across the Midwest through performances of a wide range of repertoire spanning from Renaissance lute songs to Romantic arias, 20th century masterpieces, and newly commissioned music. TDSP's artistic mission is to entertain and educate while bringing together performers, audiences, and composers through high quality chamber music concerts.

TDSP has self-produced numerous chamber music concerts in Minneapolis/St Paul and Madison, WI, and has been invited to perform for the Minnesota Guitar Society Local Artist Series, Farley's House of Pianos Concert Series, Thursday Musical Artist Series, Friday Noon Musicale, Macalester CollegeNoon Concert Series, the Schubert Club's Courtroom Concert Series, and Zeitgeist's New Music Cabaret.

In 2011, TDSP released its first recording, Mauro Giuliani: Songs for Voice and Guitar, which includes the classical composer's well-known op. 89 Sechs Lieder, the operatic op. 95 Sei Ariette, and his rarely heard op. 13 Trois Romances. This recording has been featured on Minnesota Public Radio and several public radio broadcasts in Wisconsin, and was described by MPR host Steve Staruch as "superb" and  "clean and colorful."

The ensemble is currently working on a recording of contemporary voice and guitar music by Minnesota composers, featuring works by Daniel Nass, Christopher Gable, and Katerine Bergman. This recording will be released in 2015.

Through the incubator program of Springboard for the Arts, the dream songs project is a not-for-profit organization. 

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