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BMP: Songbook, Volume 1

Beth Morrison Projects

Release Date: January 9, 2026

The BMP: Songbook is the first album release from acclaimed opera producer Beth Morrison, celebrating 20 years of Beth Morrison Projects. BMP Songbook: Volume I highlights arias by leading female composers from operas commissioned and produced by BMP, including Missy Mazzoli’s shimmering soundscapes, Kamala Sankaram’s stirring textures, and Paola Prestini’s immersive melodic landscapes.

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TRACK LIST

1. Breaking the Waves, Act I, Prologue Part I: His Name is Jan (Bess McNeil)
   by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Kiera Duffy, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

2. Thumbprint, Thumbprint (Mukhtar)
   by Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz
   Featuring: Kamala Sankaram and Stephen Osgood

3. In Our Daughter’s Eyes, No. 3 The Lake (Man)
   by Du Yun and Michael McQuilken
   Featuring: Nathan Gunn, Kamna Gupta, Aakash Mittal, Micah Killion, Shayna Dunkelman, Nadav Lev, Pauline Kim, Chris Gross, and Oren Fader

4. The Old Man and the Sea, Fishing (Santiago)
   by Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Armando Contreras and Mila Henry

5. *p r i s m (Live), Act II: Lumee’s Dream (Lumee)
   by Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins
   Featuring: Rebecca Jo Loeb, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and NOVUS NY

6. Hildegard, Act I, Scene 11: in this dirt, this soil (Hildegard)
   by Sarah Kirkland Snider
   Featuring: Nola Richardson, Kazem Abdullah, and Contemporaneous Ensemble

7. Magdalene, Thorns (Magdalene)
   by Molly Joyce and Marie Howe
   Featuring: Danielle Britella, Mila Henry, Tess Scott, Joo Lee, Michelle Sheehy, Jordan Warmath, Liza Wallace

8. Marimuka, No. 1, Zarrurayi Nzira
   by Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa
   Featuring: Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa-Nzou Mambano

9. Sensorium Ex, Scene 2, Night At Home: Bird Song (Mem)
   by Paola Prestini and Brenda Shaughnessy
   Featuing: Hailey McAvoy, Jennifer Grim, Eileen Mack, Alexander Davis, Federico Montes, Todd Reynolds, Katie Hyun, Ljova, Jeffrey Zeigler

10. Adoration, Scene 9, No. 14: My Father (Simon)
    by Mary Kouyoumdjian and Royce Vavrek
    Featuing: Omar Najmi, Alan Pierson and Silvana Quartet

11. Trade (Live), Dream Aria –“I been worried about you, ya know" (Older Man)
    by Emma O’Halloran and Mark O’Halloran
    Featuring: John Molloy, Elaine Kelly, Irish National Opera Orchestra

12. Star Singer, Act II, Scene 2: The Stars Go On (Mina)
    by Juhi Bansal and Neil Aitken
    Featuring: Graycen Gardner, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

    *Not available digitally

Produced by Beth Morrison and Blanton Alspaugh. Engineered by Mark Donahue, Garth MacAleavey, Ryan Streber, Simon Cullen, and Nick Tipp. Assistant Engineer Frankie Price. Associate Producer Alexis Peart. Mastered by Mark Donahue. Adoration, recorded at Sheen Center for Thought and Culture (New York, 2024); Breaking the Waves, recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (New York City, 2025); Hildegard, recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (New York City, 2025); In Our Daughter’s Eyes, recorded at REDCAT (Los Angeles, 2022); Magdalene, recorded at REDCAT (Los Angeles, 2024); Marimuka, recorded at Harlem Stage (New York, 2022); p r i s m, recorded at La MaMa (New York, 2019); Sensorium Ex, recorded at University of Nebraska, Sapp Field House (Omaha, 2025); Star Singer, recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (New York City, 2025); The Old Man and the Sea, recorded at Arizona State University Gammage (Tempe, 2024); Thumbprint, recorded at LA Opera (Los Angeles, 2019); and Trade (Live), recorded at Watergate Theatre (Kilkenny, Ireland, 2024).

BMP: Songbook, Volume 2

Beth Morrison Projects

Release Date: January 9, 2026

The BMP: Songbook is the first CD release from acclaimed opera producer Beth Morrison, marking 20 years of Beth Morrison Projects. The BMP: Songbook Volume II charts BMP’s history and legacy, with arias ranging from David T. Little’s rock-opera fusion to Nico Muhly’s sensitive minimalism to Du Yun’s explosive energy and more capturing the range of voices that define BMP’s first 20 years.

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TRACK LIST

1. Song from the Uproar, No. 2 This world within me is too small (Isabelle Eberhardt)
   by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Abigail Fischer, Now Ensemble, Steven Osgood

2. Anatomy Theater, Scene 2: Good Morrow and Welcome (Joshua Crouch)
   by David Lang and Mark Dion
   Featuring: Marc Kudisch, Christopher Rountree, International Contemporary Ensemble

3. Sumeida's Song, Scene 2: I Shall Tell Them (Alwan)
   by Mohammed Fairouz
   Featuring: Markel Reed, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

4. Aquanetta (Chamber Version), Scene 2: Conceal Me (Aquanetta)
   by Michael Gordon and Deborah Artman
   Featuring: Mikaela Bennett, Daniela Candillari, Bang on a Can Opera Ensemble

5. Place, No. 19, Colonizing Space
   by Ted Hearne and Saul Williams
   Featuring: Isaiah Robinson, Place Orchestra

6. Angel's Bone, Scene III: Smiles (Mrs. X.E.)
   by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Abigail Fischer, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY

7. Persona, Act III, Scene 4: Us, we, me, I (Alma)
   by Keeril Makan and Jay Scheib
   Featuring: Amanda Crider, Kazem Abdullah Contemporaneous Ensemble

8. The Source, No. 2, Oh the Shark
   by Ted Hearne and Mark Doten
   Featuring: Ted Hearne, Nathan Koci

9. Black Lodge, Part I, No. 5: The Hungry Ghost Who Sings in Lamentation (Zurich, 1916)
   by David T. Little and Anne Waldman
   Featuring: Timur and the Dime Museum, Isaura String Quartet

10. Katrina Ballads, Kanye West: 9.2.05
    by Ted Hearne
    Featuring: Ted Hearne, Isaiah Robinson, Katrina Ballads Orchestra

11. Ellen West (Live), Why Am I a Girl? (Ellen West)
    by Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart
    Featuring: Jennifer Zetlan, Lidiya Yankovskaya

12. Dog Days, Act II: Fall, Scene 3: Mirror - Mirror, Mirror (Lisa)
    by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek
    Featuring: Lauren Worsham, Alan Pierson, Newspeak

13. Principles of Uncertainty, No. 2, What is this fragment?
    by Nico Muhly and Maira Kalman
    Featuring: Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

14. Love Fail, No. 11, Head, Heart
    by David Lang and Lydia Davis
    Featuring: Anonymous 4

15. Soldier Songs, Pt. III, Elder: Two Marines
    by David T. Little
    Featuring: David Adam Moore, Newspeak, Todd Reynolds

Produced by Beth Morrison and Blanton Alspaugh. Engineered by Mark Donahue, Brett Mayer, Andrew McKenna Lee, Garth MacAleavey, Jim Lang, Marc Urselli, Lawson White, Todd Whitelock, Nick Tipp, and Tommy Simpson. Assistant Engineer Frankie Price. Associate Producer Alexis Peart. Mastered by Mark Donahue. Anatomy Theater, recorded at Avatar Studios (New York, 2016); Angel’s Bone, recorded at National Sawdust (Brooklyn, 2017); Acquanetta (Chamber Version), recorded at Power Station (2018); Black Lodge, recorded in Los Angeles and Montana (2020–2021); Dog Days, recorded live at REDCAT (Los Angeles, 2015); Ellen West, recorded live at PROTOTYPE Festival, Gelsey Kirkland (Brooklyn, 2020); Katrina Ballads, recorded at Avatar Studios (New York, 2010); Persona, recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (New York City, 2025); Place, recorded in various locations (2019); Principles of Uncertainty, recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (New York City, 2025); Song from the Uproar, recorded at Avatar (New York, 2012); Sumeida’s Song, recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (New York City, 2025); and The Source, recorded at Systems Two (Brooklyn, 2015).

BMP Songbook: The Signature Collection

Beth Morrison Projects

Release Date: January 9, 2026

The BMP: Songbook is the first CD release from acclaimed opera producer Beth Morrison, celebrating 20 years of Beth Morrison Projects. BMP Songbook: The Signature Collection vinyl features arias by Missy Mazzoli, Kamala Sankaram, Paola Prestini, David T. Little, and more, showcasing the bold range of BMP’s groundbreaking produced works and combining the musical highlights from CD volumes I and II.

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BMP Songbook: The Signature Collection

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TRACK LIST

SIDE A

1. Breaking the Waves, Act I, Prologue Part I: His Name is Jan (Bess McNeil)
   by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Kiera Duffy, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

2. The Old Man and the Sea, Fishing
   by Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Armando Contreras, Mila Henry, Jeffrey Zeigler, Shayna Dunkelman

3. Thumbprint, Thumbprint
   by Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz
   Featuring: Kamala Sankaram, Stephen Osgood

4. Black Lodge, Part I, No. 5: The Hungry Ghost Who Sings in Lamentation (Zurich, 1916)
   by David T. Little and Anne Waldman
   Featuring: Timur and the Dime Museum, Isaura String Quartet

5. Song from the Uproar, This world within me is too small (Isabelle Eberhardt)
   by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Abigail Fischer, Now Ensemble, Steven Osgood

   
   
   
   

   SIDE B

   1. Trade (Live), Dream Aria –“I been worried about you, ya know" (Older Man)
      by Emma O’Halloran and Mark O’Halloran
      Featuring: John Molloy, Elaine Kelly, Irish National Opera Orchestra

   2. The Source, No. 2, Oh the Shark
      by Ted Hearne and Mark Doten
      Featuring: Ted Hearne; Nathan Koci

   3. Angel's Bone, Scene III: Smiles (Mrs. X.E.)
      by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek
      Featuring: Abigail Fischer; Choir of Trinity Wall Street; NOVUS NY

   4. Soldier Songs, Pt. II, Warrior: Still Life with Tank and iPod
      by David T. Little
      Featuring: David Adam Moore, Newspeak, Todd Reynolds

   5. p r i s m (Live), Act II: Lumee’s Dream (Lumee)
      by Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins
      Featuring: Rebecca Jo Loeb, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY