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Dates you need:
Application Dealine - April 15, 2009
Oahu Recordings: May 16, 2009; May 23, 2009
Neighbor Island Recording Dates: TBA
Submission of Recordings Deadline: May - 31, 2009
Winners Recital: September 11, 2009

Welcome singers of Hawaii! The information about the Art Song Festival can be found in the background information . There's also an announcement you can post or hand out. And finally the registration or application form.

For those who may need some art song samples, we provide them in English, German, French, and Italian in downloadable PDFs of sheet music, recordings of the accompaniments without singing, and recordings of singers

These are just suggestions, you may choose ANY Lied of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Strauss etc. or ANY melodie of Berlioz, Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc etc., or ANY art song of English composers such as Vaughan-Williams, Quilter, Britten, or American composers such as Barber, Copland, Ives, Rorem etc.

If you have a question about a song that you're considering, just contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

If you don't enter with an art song, your entry won't be considered.

But DO enter! This is your chance for limited fame and guaranteed no fortune in the fabulous world of art song performance. Really, the art song repertoire is vast and beautiful, so choose a song, learn it, practice it with your pianist and record it for the 12th Annual Art Song Festival. Good luck!

Art Song Festival Mission
The HPR Art Song Festival Committee believes that an Art Song Festival is a viable tool for the appreciation and propagation of this form of music. Since 1996 we have tried to fulfill our mission: to encourage the study, performance and appreciation of art song.
Who enters?

Voice teachers, their students, choral conductors, chorus members, even octogenarians and teenagers have participated in the Festival. Grants have enabled us to record Neighbor Island entrants who would otherwise have been unable to participate; in 2008, two of the winners were from the Big Island. A great number of Festival winners have gone on to study and perform all over the world.

What do you win?
Each year, HPR's Great Songs broadcasts the vocal entries from the semi-finalists in July, as well as the shared recital of the winners in December.

Winners are offered five coachings with the renowned Beebe Freitas of Hawaii Opera Theatre. They also share a recital in HPR's Atherton Performing Arts Studio in September.
The Hawaii Art Song Festival has generated tremendous interest about the individual singers, and art song in general. There are many talented performers of this genre in Hawai`i, and also audiences eager to hear them.

There are many who make the festival happen.  We wish to thank Communications Pacific Inc., Janet Cooke, Mae Z. Orvis Foundation, Bauer Foundation, and the Art Song Festival Committee. This year's Festival is dedicated to the memory of Nancy Bannick, President of the Art Song Festival Committee.

The following songs are only suggestions for those who may not have sheet music of their own.

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