Some songs demand more of their singers. Consider: • A song in German written by Richard Strauss in 1885 that’s an outpouring of longing. • A Langston Hughes poem set to music that reveals a hidden sadness. • An operatic aria in Italian by Handel that mines the pain of separation. • A 1905 song ultimately about human connection, in a brisk delivery that also … [Read more...] about CIVIC MUSIC MKE honors two MHSA singers as Young Artist scholarship winners