The Workshop Series

Workshops by Theme

Beyond individual composers, Maye built workshops around musical ideas and themes. Each collection includes lead sheets, lyric sheets, and practice tracks. In addition, there are YouTube links to a variety of artist renditions to inspire you.

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Songs of transformation, regret, and moving forward. A thematic study of change in the American standard.

Change You've Changed & the Beat Goes On
A Blossom Fell Men C · Women F
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Nat King Cole Diana Krall Sue Raney Walter Jackson Marjorie Barnes Amirh
Change Partners Men Eb · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Ella Fitzgerald Harry Connick Jr. Janis Siegel Frank Sinatra Janet Seidel
For All We Know Men Eb · Women Bb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Aretha Franklin Carmen McRae Dianne Reeves Ray Charles & Betty Carter Johnny Hartman Susannah McCorkle Steve Tyrell Ernestine Anderson Benny Watson Lisa Sokolov
Gone with the Wind Men C · Women G
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Billie Holiday Frank Sinatra Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass Peggy Lee Tony Bennett Julie London Anita O'Day Betty Carter Mel Tormé
Indian Summer Men F · Women Db
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Frank Sinatra Sarah Vaughan Chet Baker Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney Anita O'Day Meredith d'Ambrosio Gaetano Riccobono
Our Love Rolls On Men G · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Dave Frishberg Mark Murphy Connie Evingson Tom McDermott
The Party's Over Men C · Women G
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Nat King Cole Doris Day Sammy Davis Jr. Van Morrison
Wheelers and Dealers Men Ab · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Mark Murphy Irene Kral Lani Hall Meredith d'Ambrosio Claire Martin Malcolm McNeill
Why Try to Change Me Now Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Frank Sinatra Nancy Wilson Fiona Apple Jimmy Scott Eydie Gormé Ken Peplowski Honi Gordon Doris Long
You've Changed Men Eb · Women G
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Tony Bennett Nancy Wilson Eva Cassidy Sarah Vaughan George Michael Joni Mitchell Dick Haymes Etta James Marvin Gaye
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Standards exploring home, travel, and belonging — songs that take you somewhere.

Home Songs About Home & Traveling
A House Is Not a Home Men G · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Dionne Warwick Ella Fitzgerald Luther Vandross Steve Tyrell Dusty Springfield
Come In from the Rain Men G · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Melissa Manchester Rosemary Clooney Diana Ross Eydie Gormé Captain and Tennille
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans Men C · Women F
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Billie Holiday Harry Connick Jr. Rosemary Clooney Dianne Reeves Lee Wiley
Far Away Places Men D · Women G
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Johnny Cash Vera Lynn Sam Cooke Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow Shelby Flint
Home (Mystery Tune) Ab
Chart Track
No More Blues Men G · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Samara Joy Carmen McRae Roberta Gamborini Sophie Milman Susannah McCorkle Jon Hendricks
Rules of the Road Men F · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Nat King Cole Tony Bennett Shirley Horn Rosemary Clooney
So Far Away Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Carole King Rod Stewart The Crusaders
Two for the Road Men G · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W James Moody Nancy Lamott Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden Joe Locke Patricia Barber
Two Sleepy People Men C · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Art Garfunkel Crystal Gayle & Willie Nelson Dean Martin Fats Waller Hoagy Carmichael & Ella Logan Julie London Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones Silje Nergaard The Ames Brothers
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Jazz vocal interpretations of songs from the 1960s — pop and rock material through the jazz lens.

Sixties Songs of the Sixties & Beyond
Ain't No Sunshine Men Am · Women Cm
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Bill Withers Buddy Guy & Tracey Chapman Freddie King John Mayer Joe Cocker Lenny Kravitz Michael Bolton Michael Jackson NY Jazz Lounge Nancy Sinatra Sting & David Sanborn Temptations The Emotions
All in Love Is Fair Dm (F)
Lead Lyric Track Mel Barbra Streisand Carmen McRae Eric Marienthal Jennifer Hudson Marc Anthony Mel Tormé Michael McDonald Nancy Wilson Nnenna Freelon Sergio Mendes Stevie Wonder Susan Werner
California Dreamin' Men Bb · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Bobby Womack Diana Krall Queen Latifah Sia The Mamas and the Papas Nancy Sinatra
Everybody's Talkin' Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Beautiful South Bill Withers Crosby Stills Nash & Young Four Tops Fred Neil Glen Campbell Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Iggy Pop Laisa Vulakoro Louis Armstrong Madeleine Peyroux Stephen Stills Tedeschi Trucks Band Willie Nelson Harry Nilsson Stevie Wonder Neil Diamond Tony Bennett Leonard Nimoy Jimmy Buffett Bobby Goldsboro Crowded House Julio Iglesias Lena Horne Claudine Longet Luna Seasick Steve Engelbert Humperdinck Roger Miller Gary McFarland Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Goin' Out of My Head Men Bb · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M (Ab) Lyric · M (G) Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Brazil 66 Dionne Warwick Florence Ballard Frank Sinatra Les McCann Little Anthony & the Imperials Luther Vandross Nancy Wilson Queen Latifah Ramsey Lewis The 5th Dimension Vikki Carr Willie Bobo
Got to Get You into My Life Men G · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Mel · W BYU Vocal Point Carmen McRae Christy Baron Dave Koz Earth Wind & Fire Ella Fitzgerald The Beatles
Landslide Eb
Chords Lyrics Track Mel Ann Hampton Callaway Dixie Chicks Robyn Sherwell Smashing Pumpkins Stacey Kent Stevie Nicks Tori Amos Venice
Never Make Your Move Too Soon F
Lyric Track Mel B.B. King Barbara Morrison Bonnie Raitt Captain & Tennille Carol Welsman Ernestine Anderson Joe Bonamassa Ry Cooder Stix Hooper
Our Day Will Come Men G · Women Bb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Amy Winehouse Blossom Dearie Carpenters Charles Brown Cliff Richard Doris Day James Darren Jamie Cullum Jimmy Scott Julie London Laura Fygi Nancy Wilson Ruby and the Romantics Steve Lawrence Waldeck
What the World Needs Now Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Bill Frisell Burt Bacharach Jackie DeShannon Justin Hayward Luther Vandross McCoy Tyner Trio Rumer Stacey Kent Trijntje Oosterhuis Will Young Steve Tyrell Mika Pohjola
You Are the Sunshine of My Life Men G · Women C
Lead · M Lead · W Track · M Mel · M Mel · W Track · W Barney Kessel Carmen McRae Ella and Joe Pass Frank Sinatra Johnny Mathis Stevie Wonder Tom Jones
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Standards with a beginning, middle, and end — songs that tell a complete story.

Plot Songs with a Plot
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Men Bb · Women F
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Louis Jordan New York Voices Asleep At the Wheel B.B. King Clarence Gatemouth Brown Lisa Stansfield Emile Claire Barlow
Alfie Men Bb · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Bill Evans Brad Mehldau Burt Bacharach Carmen McRae Dionne Warwick Joss Stone Nancy Wilson Stevie Wonder Vanessa Williams
By the Time I Get to Phoenix Men Ab · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Carole Welsman Eydie Gormé Frank Sinatra Isaac Hayes Jose Feliciano Susie Arioli Tanya Tucker Stevie Wonder (Live) Toots Thielemans Tony Mottola Jimmy Webb Susannah McCorkle Thelma Houston
Listen Here Men Gb · Women Bb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Dave Frishberg Jackie Ryan Nellie McKay
Lost in the Stars Men F · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Abby Lincoln Elvis Costello Frank Sinatra Helen Merrill Judy Garland Sarah Vaughn Tony Bennett Patti Austin The Peggy Lee Band Anita O'Day Ira Jane Bloom Karen Gallinger Lotte Lenya Nnenna Freelon Sheila Jordan
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most Men C · Women G
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Betty Carter Irene Kral Jackie & Roy Julie London Rickie Lee Jones Ann Hampton Callaway Carmen McRae June Christy Kenny Burrell Mark Murphy Stan Getz & Albert Dailey Liz Story Jamie Cullum Patti Austin
Telephone Song Men Ab · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Aana Carum Astrud Gilberto Denise Donatelli Diana Panton Madeleine Eastman
Wheelers and Dealers Men Ab · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Claire Martin Irene Kral Lani Hall Malcolm McNeill Meredith d'Ambrosio Mark Murphy
Where Do You Start Men C · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Brad Mehldau Shirley Horn Susannah McCorkle Tony Bennett Kenny Rankin Sophie Millman Barbara Cook Don Lanphere Ed Reed Marlena Shaw Nancy LaMott Til Bronner Trish Hatley
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Songs curated to work together — for contrast, programming, and storytelling.

Pairs Great Songwriting Pairs
A Sinner Kissed an Angel Men F · Women Bb
Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Dick Haymes Frank Sinatra Freddy Cole Judi Donaghy Louis Armstrong Sarah Vaughn Wardell Gray
Gypsy in My Soul Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Anita O'Day Melissa Manchester Rosemary Clooney Sammy Davis Jr Veronica Swift Connie Evingston Joe Williams June Christy Kate McGarry Madeline Eastman Sara Lazarus
Nice 'n' Easy Men C · Women F
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Matt Belesante Barbara Streisand Charlie Rich Count Basie Frank Sinatra Michael Buble Natalie Cole Rosemary Clooney Shirley Horn Gene Harris
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Men C · Women F
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W The Spencer Davis Group B.B. King Bessie Smith Duane and Greg Allman Emmy Rossum Eric Clapton Louis Jordan Nina Simone Otis Redding Scrapper Blackwell
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise Men Dm · Women Fm
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Abbey Lincoln Bing Crosby Bobby Darin Dee Alexander Dianne Reeves Helen Merrill Jenny Evans John Coltrane June Christy Shirley Horn Wynton Kelly Paula West Sophie
The Fool on the Hill Men Bb · Women Eb
Lyric · M Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Annie Lennox Aretha Franklin Bobby Gentry Chick Corea and Hiromi Gal Costa Lana Cantrell Lena Horne-Gabor Szabo Mina Canta Sergio Mendez Beatles Shirley Bassey Helen Reddo Milos Kardaglic Paul Grabowsky
The Night We Called It a Day Men F · Women Bb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Bob Dylan Chet Baker Dave Brubeck Dianna Krall Doris Day Frank Sinatra Jo Stafford John Coltrane Irene Kral
Up on the Roof Men E · Women A
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Ben E. King Boyz II Men Carole King Gregory Porter James Taylor Kenny Lynch Laura Nyro Louise Goffin Peter Cincotti Steve Tyrell The Drifters The Jacksons The Nylons Tony Orlando and Dawn Viola Wills Linda Carter Rachel MacFarlane
You Must Believe in Spring Men F · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Abbey Lincoln Emilie Clair-Barlow Freddy Cole Karin Krog Laura Fygi Marlena Shaw Tierny Sutton Roberta Gambarini Brianna Thomas Nicki Parrott
You're the Cream in My Coffee Men Bb · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Frank Sinatra Gunhild Carling Mel Torme Nat King Cole Debbie Reynolds Jacy Parker
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A curated selection from Maye's spring 2022 workshop series.

Spring 2022 Spring 2022 Workshop
A Time for Love Men Bb · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Shirley Horn Jeffrey Osborne Ann Hampton Callaway Arturo Sandoval Beegie Adair Trio Bill Evans Diane Schuur Irene Kral Jamie Cullum Jon Lucien Tony Bennett
Close Enough for Love Men Am · Women Fm
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Carleton Alexander Shirley Horn Stan Getz Diane Hubka Dianne Reeves Tony Bennett
I Didn't Know About You Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Annie Ross Denise Jannah Duke Ellington Ed Reed Ella Fitzgerald Hilary Kole Jane Monheit Johnny Hodges Judy Collins Mary Stallings Rebecca Parris Stacey Kent Thelonious Monk Frank Morgan
If the Moon Turns Green Men Bb · Women F
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Billie Holiday Carmen McRae Anita O'Day Rebecca Parris Carole Sloane
Moon and Sand Men F (Dm) · Women Bb (Gm)
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Chet Baker Fred Hersch Kenny Burrell Moon and Sand Roseanna Vitro
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Men C · Women Eb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Frank Sinatra Rosemary Clooney Sammy Davis Jr. Ethel Waters
They All Laughed Men Eb · Women Bb
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Chet Baker
This Can't Be Love Men G · Women C
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Ella Fitzgerald Art Tatum Ernestine Anderson Frank Sinatra
What the World Needs Now Men Eb · Women Ab
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Jackie DeShannon Judy Garland James Taylor Herbie Hancock Nancy Wilson
You Can't Rush Spring Men C · Women G
Lead · M Lyric · M Lead · W Lyric · W Track · M Mel · M Track · W Mel · W Ann Hampton Callaway Karrin Allyson Celia Berk Ruth Aguilar Adi Braun