This far-ranging collection of beginning contest solos features the choicest repertoire for tenor as performed by George Shirley, and then by you, the soloist. A perfect introduction for the beginning tenor.
- Xerxes (Serse), HWV40 - I: 2. 'Ombra mai fù du vegetabile' (recitative accompagnato) (Xerxes/Serse) (Händel, Georg Friedrich)
- Cara, Cara e Dolce (Scarlatti, Alessandro)
- If Music Be the Food of Love (Purcell, Henry)
- Die Schöne Müllerin, op. 25, D795 - Book 1, No. 1: 'Das wandern' (Schubert, Franz)
- Duna (McGill, Josephine)
- There Is a Balm in Gilead (Shirley, George)