VOCAL WORKS

VOICE & PIANO:

This Be Her Verse: 3 Songs for Soprano & Piano (2020)
Composer: Kathleen Tagg . Librettist: Lila Palmer
Commissioner: Golda Schultz & Jonathan
I. After Philip Larkin ca.3:30
II. Wedding ca.4:00
III.Single Bed ca.5:30

Song of the Hammer: (2015)
Creators: Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg
First Performance: March 7th 2015, 54 Below, New York.

VOICE & ORCHESTRA:

Plek van Goeie Hoop for Symphony Orchestra with 2 soprano soloists & 1 tenor soloist (2013)
Composer: Kathleen Tagg using as a starting point a melody by Kathleen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg.
Lyrics: Willem de Vries.

VOICE & MIXED ENSEMBLE:

Instruments for 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, marimba, cello, piano (2024)
Composer: Kathleen Tagg. Words: Malika Ndlovu
Commissioner: Afro-Pfingsten (AfroClassics) Organization

MUSICALS / CABARETS & SONG COLLECTIONS:

Erika’s Wall (A Full-length Musical): (2010, rev. 2015, 2019)

All songs by Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg

Archery Song
Beautiful
Blogger Song
Comp’ny
Country Song
Curves and Lines
Dirty Girl
Drum Song
Everyone Wishes on Stars
Hey You!
Just Wait till you Fly Her
Little Girl
My Love is a Wall
Postcards from Berlin
PTSD
Reporter Song
The Lights Came Down
The Lights Went Up
Transfer of Energy
Why?
William’s Song
Wooden Lullaby

First Performances: 8 Shows starting July 22, 2010 The Music Theatre Company, Chicago, Director: Jessica Redish

Spiëel Speel- An Afrikaans Alt-Caberet (2013)

Created with Zanne Stapelberg and performed with a 6-piece band

Bergbrand
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
Lyrics: Willem de Vries

Bo-Karoo Blou
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
Lyrics: Deon Meyer

Herinnering
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
Lyrics: by Elizabeth Eybers

Jy Raak My nie Meer
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
Lyrics: Antjie Krog

Kinders Moenie met die Water Mors Nie
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
Lyrics: Traditional Afrikaans

Lied van die Vroulike Stiervegter
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
Lyrics: Willem de Vries

Lullaby after Brahms
Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a melody by Brahms
Lyrics: Trad. Afrikaans after the German by Georg Scherer

Marie Louise de Lange se BoereRate
Composer: Kathleen Tagg; 
Lyrics: Zanne Stapelberg & Marie-Louise de Lange

Noag die Tweede
Composer: Kathleen Tagg; 
Lyrics: Hennie Aucamp

Vat Jou Goed
Composer: Traditional, arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Traditional Afrikaans

Vroppenvroom
Composer: Kathleen Tagg; 
Lyrics: Kathleen Tagg

First Performance: VryFees (July 2014)
Other Performances:

Soul of Fire: (2011)

A la Nanita Nana
Composer: Traditional Spanish arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Traditional Spanish
Instrumentation: Voice & Bass

Nana from ‘Siete Canciones Espagnolas’
Composer: Manuel de Falla, arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Traditional Spanish
Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

Zapateado from ‘La Tempranica’
Composer: Geronimo Gimenez, arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Antonio Paso y Enrique García Álvarez
Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

De Espana Vengo from El Nino Judeo
Composer: Pablo Luna, arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Julian Romea
Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

Mi Sarie Marais
Composer: Traditional Afrikaans, arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Traditional Afrikaans
Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

Quiero Ser tu Sombra
Composer: Hector Quattromano arr. Kathleen Tagg
Lyrics: Zulema Alcayaga
Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

First Performance: December 11 2011, Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, South Africa with Zanne Stapelberg, Kathleen Tagg, Piet de Beer, Charles Lazar, Joseph Avergel
Other Performances: National Arts Festival (South Africa);

Jaff ‘n Tagg’s Chamber Poetry: (2009)

All songs by Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg, in new arrangements by arr. Kathleen Tagg

Sonnet for my Sister
The Secret (new arr.)
Sonnet for a King (new arr.)
Why Didn’t You (new arr.)
February (new arr.)

First Performance: Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York

Apple Heart: (2009)

All songs by Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg

Apple Heart
Why Didn’t you?
Yellow
Bad Habits
Month of Prepositions
The Secret
Taken
Mistake
Marty
Angry Girl

First Performance: June 11, 2009 Gershwin Hotel, New York