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What Came to You 2:500:00/2:50
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What Came to You 2:500:00/2:50
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Don't Ask Why 5:360:00/5:36
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The Voice 3:530:00/3:53
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The Cat and the Moon 4:110:00/4:11
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The Cat and the Moon 4:110:00/4:11
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Gray Room 3:170:00/3:17
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Lulu Suite Part 3 1:480:00/1:48
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sweet spring 3:240:00/3:24
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There Was a World 1:460:00/1:46
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Sleep 4:440:00/4:44
ELLEN MANDEL is a composer of art songs and theater music. She has written songs to poems by E.E. Cummings, Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Glyn Maxwell, Charlotte Mew and more
Ellen has also created music and sound design for over 90 plays from Shakespeare to Stoppard. Todd Almond, Daniel Neer, Jessica Crandall, and Emma Lavandier and many other singers have performed Ellen's songs across the USA and beyond
Mandel's songs to poems are
"Ardent, spiky, and refreshingly organic." NY TIMES
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COMING UP:
FRIDAY MAY 1 at 7:30 PM
PARIS-NEW YORK SONGS OF SPRING
Singers Jessica Crandall and Emma Lavandier, Violinist Melanie Haskins, and pianist/composer Ellen Mandel perform Ellen's music plus delicious French favorites
including two world premieres-- to Yeats and Verlaine
at St John's in the Village
218 West 11 Street (west of 7th Ave)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 at 7 PM
ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paris-new-york-songs-of-spring-tickets-1984129835750
MICHAEL LYDON TRIBUTE CONCERT
at the TRIAD THEATER, 158 West 72 St --just east of Broadway
Songs by Michael Lydon
performed by Todd Almond, Pamela Bob, Jessica Crandall,
Melanie Haskins, Steven Herring, Tamara Hey, Daniel Neer
and Ellen Mandel
plus special guests and friends!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2025 at 7 PM was SOLD OUT
HOPPER HAIKU: New Songs
by Composer Ellen Mandel and Lyricist Daniel Neer
Inspired by the paintings of EDWARD HOPPER:
New York City Premiere
TODD ALMOND (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, Bway) sings songs by ELLEN MANDEL
to poems by e.e. cummings, Seamus Heaney, WB Yeats and others----
on the CDs THE FIRST OF ALL MY DREAMS and A WIND HAS BLOWN THE RAIN AWAY!!
CDs and mp3's available through this website!
A WIND HAS BLOWN THE RAIN AWAY:
All Things Considered, NPR: "A striking collaboration: the playful poetry of e.e. cummings set to music by New York composer Ellen Mandel and sung beautifully by Cincinnati tenor and actor Todd Almond.
I wish I could give this CD to every poetry lover I know."
RECENT:
Sweet Spring, Summer Serenades, and Autumn Serenades, 3 concerts at Pangea and Triad Theater NYC
music by Ellen Mandel and more, with Jessica Crandall and Emma Lavandier plus guest violinist Melanie Haskins
RECENT THEATER
Crime and Punishment and Drinks with Dead Poets: Phoenix Theatre Ensemble 2024
Nora: Antaeus Theatre Company 2024
The Skin of Our Teeth, The Importance of Being Earnest---Phoenix Festival 2022 and 2023
The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Phoenix Theatre Ensemble NYC
The Winter's Tale: A Noise Within Theatre, Pasadena CA
The Zip Code Plays: 3 seasons of radio plays, Antaeus Theater LA
More Concerts
E4TT concert at the SF Conservatory: Nanette McGuiness performed a group of Mandel songs
Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble recitals in 2017---2025
including the premiere of Ellen's Sphinx Aria in 2019
TRIAD Theater NYC: songs by Mandel, sung by Jessica Crandall and Emma Lavandier
STEEL MAGNOLIAS with music by Ellen Mandel--Actor's Co-op Theater in L.A.
Winter's Tale at A Noise Within-----L.A.
Femmelody Women's Day Concert at St John's in the Village---
Larissa Flint sang Mandel songs for voice, flute, and piano with Leanne Friedman, flute
CDs and mp3's
I SO LIKED SPRING
JESSICA CRANDALL sings music by ELLEN MANDEL to poems by THOMAS HARDY, WB YEATS,
CHARLOTTE MEW, SHAKESPEARE, and GLYN MAXWELL
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A VERY BENNY CHRISTMAS
a CD with Ellen's song for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and New Year's,
plus her version of O MISTRESS MINE, CLOUDS, and more
Sung by Swinging Sirens BRIDGET BEIRNE, JESSICA CRANDALL, AND SONNI JAMES
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THERE WAS A WORLD
swinging sirens Bridget Beirne, Jessica Crandall, and Sonni James sing Mandel's songs to Glyn Maxwell and Seamus Heaney texts!
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Hear Ellen's songs GRAY ROOM and TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER
on the ARTSONGPROJECT
Beautifully performed by Soprano Helene Lindqvist and pianist Philipp Vogler
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Madgalena Ball, The Compulsive Reader blog, RAVE REVIEWS of THE CAT AND THE MOON---my new CD with DANIEL NEER, THE FIRST OF ALL MY DREAMS and A WIND HAS BLOWN THE RAIN AWAY!!
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THE FIRST OF ALL MY DREAMS: "WONDERFUL" Sarah Cahill of KALW (SF public radio)