“The Giver of Stars,” (from The Giver of Stars), by Edie Hill
Composed by Edie Hill
Lyrics by Amy Lowell
Mezzo-soprano, Kara Morgan
Recorded at Carson Rose Studios
Produced by OOPS MN
Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 3 (4th mvt.)
Carson Rose Schneider, piano (live performance)
Liebeslieder Waltzer, by Johannes Brahms
Janine Ernsting (soprano), Kara Morga (mezzo-soprano) Brandon Galbraith (tenor), and Justin Spenner (baritone), join forces with two virtuosic pianists, Carson Rose Schneider and Jordan Buchholtz to present Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 52, complemented by vocal selections from two popular German Operettas: Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow.
A live performance at Hamline Church, St Paul, MN
Dreaming, by Amy Beach
Carson Rose Schneider, piano
Recorded at Carson Rose Studios
Trailer: I Enter As a Stranger
I Enter As A Stranger was a self-produced multi-discipline reimagining of Franz Schubert’s Die Winterreise. The project depicts what it feels like to be neurodivergent, and explores the struggle of finding and maintaining personal connection while living with mental illness.
Executive Producer: Justin Spenner, baritone
Album Credits
Harsh Things to Beauty
A collection of songs by Minnesota composer Linda Kachelmeier, featuring Minnesota artists.
My credits are the Lake Superior Songs, recorded with mezzo-soprano Georgia Jacobson.
Recorded at Wild Sound Studios.
In the Press
“poem|music has been noted for their “tangible, equal, and beautiful, collaborative energy.”
— Life in Revue“stunning and emotionally evocative playing.”
—Cherry and Spoon“…pianist and music director Carson Rose Schneider brings out the beauty skillfully as the production's [Eugene Onegin] lone instrumentalist. Even the dance interludes — which feature the opera's most familiar music — capably capture the music's ebullient spirit….”
— Ron Hubbard, Star Tribune