<div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;margin:0px auto 1em;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify;line-height:1;font-size:16px !important;color:rgb(81, 81, 81) !important;box-sizing:inherit">The new Virtual Chicago songSLAM remains open through May 31st at 5pm. Online audience members will vote with their dollars, starting at just $1, for their favorite team to win. The winning team’s composer will receive the first ever Chicago songSLAM commission prize: $1,000 commission from Fourth Coast Ensemble The funds that each team raises during the virtual event will be split 50/50 with the team and Fourth Coast Ensemble, who will use their portion to reinvest in future competitions and new art song initiatives.  On May 31st, total funds raised will be announced on our website and social media, including the $1,000 commission prize.</div>TEAM #6Robbie Ellis, composer & pianistAshlee Hardgrave, vocalist Siren SongSailor, oh sailor, take heed, take heed. Sailor, oh sailor, hear my siren song. Sailor, don’t go working on a cruise ship. Ah! Ah! Sailor, steer clear now. It’s not that great. You’ll see the Bahamas, which gets old pretty quickly, And your bosses force you to smile on a cruise ship. Ah! Ah! It’s true, you’ll be warmer than a tanker in the Arctic. It’s true that you probably won’t meet Somali pirates. It’s true, the Leviathan and Kraken are not actually real. But fearsome monsters abound! Terrifying demons! Their names are Chuck and Janice from Long Island. Ah! And their three kids. Ah! Sailor, oh sailor, hark ye the sea nymphs. Younglings shriek on the pool deck. The Old Man of the Sea dilly-dallies, indecisive at the buffet. “The roast chicken or the veal schnitzel? Honey, they’ve got roast chicken and veal schnitzel tonight. Which one do I want... [improvise further tediousness]” Come on, Pop Pop! Choosing shouldn’t take three minutes. Ah! Just pick one! Sailor, hold fast now. Watch ye your footsteps, As there be teenagers Congregating in the stairwells, Socialising in the stairwells. So much awkward adolescent flirting in the stairwells. Take heart, they be too young for the Ultimate Drinks Package. Ah! They smell of Axe. Ah! Sailor, oh sailor, hear my siren song. Sailor, oh sailor, cruise ships aren’t for you. Avast ye! Avast ye! Waste not your life! Waste not your life In Margaritaville! -----Robbie Ellis. Composer, music director, broadcaster, comedy songmaker. WFMT (foreign voice), ex- Radio New Zealand. MD for Second City, Chicago Magic Lounge, Annoyance, etc. Comedy classical concerts for Oistrakh Symphony, Fourth Coast, etc. Pre-concert talks for CSO, Grant Park, etc. Albums on Bandcamp, Spotify etc. Sticking to fifty words is hard.  Soprano Ashlee Hardgrave has been characterized as a “vocal powerhouse” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “well sung” (Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune). A champion of new music, this performance marks her seventh world premiere! She is a featured soloist on three albums and has been broadcast on WTTW, WBEZ, WFMT, and WLUW. M.M. Roosevelt University, B.A. Arkansas Tech University, proud member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.

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<div>The new Virtual Chicago songSLAM remains open through May 31st at 5pm. Online audience members will vote with their dollars, starting at just $1, for their favorite team to win. The winning team’s composer will receive the first ever Chicago songSLAM commission prize: $1,000 commission from Fourth Coast Ensemble The funds that each team raises during the virtual event will be split 50/50 with the team and Fourth Coast Ensemble, who will use their portion to reinvest in future competitions and new art song initiatives.  On May 31st, total funds raised will be announced on our website and social media, including the $1,000 commission prize.</div>TEAM #6Robbie Ellis, composer &amp; pianistAshlee Hardgrave, vocalist Siren SongSailor, oh sailor, take heed, take heed. Sailor, oh sailor, hear my siren song. Sailor, don’t go working on a cruise ship. Ah! Ah! Sailor, steer clear now. It’s not that great. You’ll see the Bahamas, which gets old pretty quickly, And your bosses force you to smile on a cruise ship. Ah! Ah! It’s true, you’ll be warmer than a tanker in the Arctic. It’s true that you probably won’t meet Somali pirates. It’s true, the Leviathan and Kraken are not actually real. But fearsome monsters abound! Terrifying demons! Their names are Chuck and Janice from Long Island. Ah! And their three kids. Ah! Sailor, oh sailor, hark ye the sea nymphs. Younglings shriek on the pool deck. The Old Man of the Sea dilly-dallies, indecisive at the buffet. “The roast chicken or the veal schnitzel? Honey, they’ve got roast chicken and veal schnitzel tonight. Which one do I want... [improvise further tediousness]” Come on, Pop Pop! Choosing shouldn’t take three minutes. Ah! Just pick one! Sailor, hold fast now. Watch ye your footsteps, As there be teenagers Congregating in the stairwells, Socialising in the stairwells. So much awkward adolescent flirting in the stairwells. Take heart, they be too young for the Ultimate Drinks Package. Ah! They smell of Axe. Ah! Sailor, oh sailor, hear my siren song. Sailor, oh sailor, cruise ships aren’t for you. Avast ye! Avast ye! Waste not your life! Waste not your life In Margaritaville! -----Robbie Ellis. Composer, music director, broadcaster, comedy songmaker. WFMT (foreign voice), ex- Radio New Zealand. MD for Second City, Chicago Magic Lounge, Annoyance, etc. Comedy classical concerts for Oistrakh Symphony, Fourth Coast, etc. Pre-concert talks for CSO, Grant Park, etc. Albums on Bandcamp, Spotify etc. Sticking to fifty words is hard.  Soprano Ashlee Hardgrave has been characterized as a “vocal powerhouse” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “well sung” (Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune). A champion of new music, this performance marks her seventh world premiere! She is a featured soloist on three albums and has been broadcast on WTTW, WBEZ, WFMT, and WLUW. M.M. Roosevelt University, B.A. Arkansas Tech University, proud member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.

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Team 6: "Siren Song" (Music & Text by Robbie Ellis)

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