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an audio welcome
from Dennis

Read an interview with Dennis from the Boston Association of Cabaret Artists Fall 2008 Newsletter

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Dennis receives ASCAPLUS Awards

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What is Cabaret?
Read Dennis' article:
Contemporary Cabaret Songwriting


Read "Soundcheck"
Harry Fox Agency
newsletter
November 2003
Spotlight on
Hallmark Music

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Want to hear Dennis' songs? Click here for the SONGS page


Watch Videos:

Dane Vannatter performs "Sooner Than Someday" in the 2009 Cabaret Songwriters Showcase at Deane Hall in the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston.
Words by Bob Levy
Pianist: Tom LaMark
Phil Kassel performs "Why Haven't I Heard From You?" in the 2009 Cabaret Songwriters Showcase at Deane Hall in the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston.
Words by Bob Levy
Pianist: Tom LaMark


If you are a cabaret performer or jazz singer looking for new songs — or just someone who enjoys traditional pop standards and showtunes and wonders if they still write 'em like they used to — welcome to my site!

As a performer, you are certainly familiar with the great songs of past years from Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. Well, songs in the classic style are still being written! You can hear some of them on this website that I hope you will consider when planning the playlist for your next show.

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Boston Cabaret Songwriters Showcase of 2009
Dennis Livingston, Harriet Goldberg,
Carol Hall, "Tex" Arnold, Bob Levy

 



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Chris Coleman sings
"It's Time for Roses" as the
title song on his CD

 

Dane Vannatter sings
"Sooner Than Someday" on
ME & MY FRIENDS: THE
SONGS OF BOB LEVY

 

Lua Hadar sings
"It's Time For Roses" on
IT'S ABOUT TIME

 

Robyn Spangler sings
"Every Time I Look At You,
I Fall in Love Again" on
ON A LIQUID AFTERNOON

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"ASCAP-MAC Songwriters Showcase"
(New York, four times)

 

"TRU Faces Cabaret"
(New York,
two times)

 

"Annual Songwriter Series"
(New York, three times)




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"Cabaret Songwriters Showcase"
(Boston, two times)

 

"Stop The Presses!"
(Washington, DC, two times)

 

"Boston Sings Boston"
(Boston, three times)

 

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  "New Voices @ CUA: Festival of New Vocal Music" (hosted by the student chapter of SCI at the School of Music of The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC)



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Dennis has received the ASCAPLUS Award multiple times under a program based on the most recent performance history of an ASCAP member's catalog

 

 

"Get Out On Your Own" placed second in the Jazz Category of the 8th Annual Billboard World Song Contest

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"My Lucky Day" received an Honorable Mention in the Jazz Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest

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"It's Time For Roses" placed third in the Open Category of the Portland (Oregon) Songwriters Association

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THE CRETACEOUS CABARET, a children's musical, received an Honorable Mention in the Jackie White Memorial National Children's Play Writing Contest (sponsored by South Carolina's Columbia Entertainment Company)

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