Final Project: Introduction

Today's singer of the art song has probably heard of John Dowland, heard one or more of his pieces performed, and maybe had the opportunity of performing one himself.  One of Dowland's most famous pieces, "Flow My Tears", offers a chance to both sing high quality music, and to deal with some of the emotions we all feel as human beings.  It is my assertion that a fully immersed singing of this song can be both a work of art and serve as a catharsis for the stresses of our modern world.  It is to this end that I am attempting to create a singer's guide to "Flow My Tears" and providing several audio examples of performers who certainly immersed themselves into the music.