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Shop here for our Book, DVDs, CDs, Songbooks, Sheet Music, and Theatre Posters. Everything is available directly from us by Mail Order. We accept checks, PayPal, and Zelle. Contact Anya & Robert for information.
Physical CDs are available by Mail Order directly from us. Digital downloads at Apple Music and Amazon. Both sites have audio clips of our songs.
Sheet Music for all titles is available via e-mail. Single songs are $10 each and will be sent as a PDF. Contact Anya & Robert for details.
OUR LATEST CD
Mid-Century Modern (2023) CD
“Two great things about this album: chiefly Anya’s voice and that all the songs are individual numbers with their own theme, message, and story. VERY New York.” ~ B’way World
Our ninth studio album is a suite of ten songs written during the fall and winter of 2022 and recorded in the spring of 2023.
Tracks: Mid-Century Modern/Small Town/The Sound of My Voice/Our Little Secret/Piñata/I Love You, Still/Weird Little Club/Insanity/Can’t Get There From Here/One Last Time
Price $30 (includes shipping) Available by Mail Order directly from us. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads at Apple iTunes and Amazon Music
BOOK
WORDS MATTER, the lyrics of Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki (2021)
"One gorgeous book…contains some of their richest and most caring work." ~ Cabaret Scenes
When the pandemic hit we found ourselves at home with a lot of time together. We had long wanted to collect in one place the lyrics, monologues, essays and photographs chronicling our 30-plus years of writing songs. This 301-page book with 125 color pages includes 108 lyrics, 20 essays, numerous monologues, photos, illustrations and memorabilia and comes with a CD of selected songs.
Price: $120 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order — Contact Anya & Robert
14-page Preview
DVDs
DREAM ON, a songwriting life (2019) DVD — Music Documentary
"Entertaining and compelling . . . explores universal themes beyond show business and songwriting." ~ Film Freeway
This 55-minute film, directed by Bill Hopkins, grew out of the recording sessions of our sixth CD (Dream On), a collection of eighteen songs and stories. The film combines performance footage, interview segments, and archival photographs and invites the viewer to be a special guest in the studio for an intimate concert and an up-close-and-personal look at our songwriting lives. It’s about what happens when you believe that you are worthy of your dreams. Trailer
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order — Contact Anya & Robert
FINALIST RICHARD RODGERS AWARD
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS
GREETINGS FROM YORKVILLE (2007) DVD — Filmed Live at the SoHo Playhouse, NYC
"Cleverly written with themes of optimism and living each day for the things you love." ~ New York Woman
This 85-minute film captures a sold-out performance of the award-winning Off-Broadway musical, directed by Tony-Award winners Thommie Walsh and Baayork Lee. Trailer
Lovers, collaborators, partners in all things, a couple of songwriters from the Midwest arrive in the Big City. From their fifth-floor walk-up in Yorkville, they set out to navigate the turbulent waters of show business. Whether it’s writing special material, recording CDs, or creating full-length musicals, the pair constantly strive to find new ways to "get their songs out there." This is a musical love story about trying again, and again, and again . . .
Price: $40 (includes shipping) — Very Rare Video
Available by Mail Order — Contact Anya & Robert
POSTER
GREETINGS FROM YORKVILLE (2007) Theatre Poster
"Musically memorable. She has the sex appeal and he, the dancing fingers." ~ Edge New York
Limited Edition, 14" x 22" original unframed color poster from the award-winning Off-Broadway production at the SoHo Playhouse, NYC. Signed by Anya & Robert.
Price: $500 (includes shipping) — Only two available
Available by Mail Order — Contact Anya & Robert
CD RECORDINGS
MID-CENTURY MODERN (2023) CD
“Rewardingly deep..breathtakingly touching.” ~ Talkin’ Broadway
Our ninth studio album is a suite of ten songs written during the fall and winter of 2022 and recorded in the spring of 2023.
Tracks: Mid-Century Modern/Small Town/The Sound of My Voice/Our Little Secret/Piñata/I Love You, Still/Weird Little Club/Insanity/Can’t Get There From Here/One Last Time
Price: $30 (includes shipping) Available by Mail Order directly from us. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads at Apple iTunes and Amazon Music
IN THIS RAGGEDY TIME (2022) CD
"Songs of hope for the challenging times in which we are all living." ~ Broadway World
"Filled with songs both topical and reflective, and especially with story songs that touch the heart. In many ways Anya is reminiscent of the late Barbara Cook." ~ B. Greenberg, Cabaret Scenes
In This Raggedy Time” is a musical collage of 15 new songs written during and around the pandemic. The recording features John Putnum (guitar) Tod Hedrick (bass) and John Redsecker (drums/percussion).
Tracks: In This Raggedy Time/Never Let It Go/What I Miss/So Much More/The Alibi/I Am Such A Dreamer/Stay Home/Second Wave/Dude Gotta Go/Come November 2020/Elizabeth 1918/Glittering Prizes/Don’t Worry/That’s Why I Love You/Something New (in the New Year)
Lyrics & Liner Notes Read Review
Price: $30 (includes shipping) Signed, including liner notes and six-page color lyric booklet.
Available by Mail Order directly from us. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads at Apple Music
Digital downloads at Amazon
LISTEN (2020) CD
"They dare to be profound and relay simple basic truths." R.Lester ~ Talkin’ Broadway Read more
The "Listen" CD is a collection of six pop art songs — part musical memoir and part social commentary. It is an album for the times in which we live.
Tracks: Anonymous/I’d Rather Be With You/# Me Too/Soon This Will All Be Over/My Chosen Family/Listen
Price: $30 (includes shipping) Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads at Apple Music. Digital downloads and CDs at Amazon
DREAM ON (2017) CD
"Their life experience rolls out tunefully in lyrics from the deceptively simple to the clever, witty, and sophisticated. There's treasure to be found within." M. Lester ~ Cabaret Scenes
The "Dream On" CD is a collection of 18 new songs and stories about what happens when you believe that you are worthy of your dreams. Words matter; music inspires.
Tracks: Look Up/Spring Forward/When I Was A Little Girl/Caitlyn/How Do I Look?/Perfect/Texas 1969/Talk/The Name Song/App/Shallow Bitch/Give Me The Shtrength/Father Flynn/Sister Andrea/The Eyes Of Youth/I Love This Town/What Happens/Dream On
CD Price: $30 (includes shipping) Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
CD also available at Amazon
Also available: "Dream On" music documentary
LABOR OF LOVE (2014) CD
"Thoughtful, smart, artful, and sometimes funny...the well-crafted songwriting has grace and elegance, but is always direct and delivered without artifice." R. Lester ~ Talkin' Broadway Read more
The "Labor Of Love" CD is a singer-songwriter collection of 12 new pop/folk/jazz songs with a theatrical sensibility, featuring Broadway guitarist John Putnam. The album explores the important things in life and how they change over time.
Tracks: At Home In The World/Beverly Hills Adjacent/If You See Something, Say Something/Fifty Is The New Twenty-Five/How Do You Write A Song/Just That Kind Of Guy/We Wrote A Show/I Was Here (a birthday song)/Paul/Janet (and like that...)/Harper Lee/Labor Of Love
Price: $30 (includes shipping) Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads and CDs at Amazon. Digital downloads at Apple Music.
A PARTY (2011) CD
"Two of my favorite songwriters and performers. Their writing is modern and sophisticated but can touch you in the most fundamental and human way." ~ Donna McKechnie
The "A Party with Turner & Grusecki" CD is a collection of 15 contemporary songs about technology, the economy, life and love all set against the backdrop of New York City. Cover art by Robert Risko.
Tracks: A Party/Nothing To Lose/Cell Phone/My Virtual Friend/Pedicab Guy/Wednesday Night At Helen's/A Golden Age/Christmas In A Coffee Shop/Here's To Us (this New Year's Day)/Anywhere But Here/Ev'ryone's A Star In New York/Timeline/Two Girls (song for Sheila)/The Thing Itself/Good Times Are Just Around The Corner
Price: $30 (includes shipping) Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads at Amazon. Digital downloads at Apple Music
GREETINGS FROM YORKVILLE (2008) CD — Finalist Richard Rodgers Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters
"Show business meets real life in song. The autobiographical story of a struggling team of songwriters, performed by the people who wrote and lived it. A sweet show!" ~ The New York Times
The "Greetings From Yorkville" CD is the Original Cast Recording of the Off-Broadway musical. Presented at the SoHo Playhouse, directed by Thommie Walsh and Baayork Lee and performed by the writers. 23 songs with trio.
Tracks: Greetings From Yorkville/Secret Song/Ordinary People/Robert's Song/Showcases/It's Called A Piano/The Farmer And His Wife/Showcases Reprise/So You're Not From New York/What A Lovely Thing/Destiny/Clara Drum/Musical Comedy Dream/I Know You Too Well/Not As I Was-All Out Of Tune/Happy, Just Lucky I Guess/The Road/Hole-In-The-Head Blues/Handle Me With Care/Iowa Summer/Greetings From Yorkville Reprise/Life Is Good
Price: $30 (includes shipping)Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
Digital downloads and CDs at Amazon. Digital downloads at Apple Music
YOU LOVED ME (1998) CD
"Special, intelligent, mature, interesting, and so fresh and creative that I couldn’t compare it to the work of any other songwriters." R. Sander ~ Backstage
"You Loved Me" is our first digital recording. These 11 songs feature vocals by Anya with support from Robert on piano and John Arbo on bass. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Steve Vavagiakis at Bang Zoom Studio in Tappan, NY. Cover Art by Robert Risko. Running Time 43:51
Life Is Good/Just Lucky I Guess/You Loved Me/My Generation/Musicality/Iowa Summer/Manhattan Canyons/Hole-In-The-Head Blues/Strange As It Seems/Nobody Knows/Beauty Makes Us Good
Price: $100 (includes shipping). Original, unopened Jewel Case with 6-panel color booklet including lyrics. Collector’s item, limited quantity.
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
ORDINARY PEOPLE (1996) CD
"A great album!" ~ Bob Sherman, WQXR
"Intelligent material we’re not hearing anywhere else" ~ New York Post
"Ordinary People" is our debut CD and only analog recording. These 10 songs feature vocals by Anya, Robert on piano, John Arbo on bass and Ray Marchica on drums. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Steve Vavagiakis at Studio 900, NYC. Cover Art by Robert Risko. Running Time 45:51
Chamber Music/Secret Song/Mirage/Ordinary People/Clara Drum/Destiny/How ‘Bout St. Louis?/Handle Me With Care/The Road/Time Will Tell
Price: $200 (includes shipping). Original, unopened Jewel Case with 6-panel color booklet including lyrics. Collector’s item, only 5 available.
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
SONGBOOKS and SHEET MUSIC
MID-CENTURY MODERN Songbook (2023)
“Mid-Century Modern is a ten-song tour de force ranging from the opening swing tune to the closing romantic anthem. This album is ‘sticky’. The songs will stay with you long after listening.”
This songbook features all ten songs from the Mid-Century Modern CD plus a bonus song, In This Raggedy Time, 94 pages. Piano/Vocal/Chords
Titles: Mid-Century Modern/Small Town/The Sound of My Voice/Our Little Secret/Piñata/I Love You, Still/Weird Little Club/Insanity/Can’t Get There From Here/One Last Time/In This Raggedy Time
Black & white cover photo by Robert Risko
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
SIXTEEN SONGS Songbook (2021)
"New songs that catch the mood and style of typical revue songs and a give a contemporary touch to an apparently continuing tradition." ~ The New York Times
Sixteen previously unpublished songs 1987 - 2017, 118 pages. Piano/Vocal/Chords
Titles: Life Must Be A Revue/Chamber Music/Mirage/How ‘Bout St. Louis?/Time Will Tell/My Generation/Musicality/Manhattan Canyons/Strange As It Seems/Nobody Knows/Beauty Makes Us Good/In The Window(SATB)/The Age Of Obama/Hello West 46th Street/Yeah, Yeah
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
#SongsOfComfort Songbook (2020)
"Turner & Grusecki have been ardently creating content for viewers since the first week of quarantine and never fail in their efforts." ~ Broadway World
The #SongsofComfort Songbook has twelve of our songs written during the pandemic and shared on YouTube. 73 pages. Piano/Vocal/Chords
Titles: Good Times Are Just Around The Corner/Don’t Worry/Stay Home/I’d Rather Be With You/Soon This Will All Be Over/ Dude Gotta Go/Elizabeth 1918/Second Wave/The New World Order/Come November/What I Miss/Something New (in the New Year)
Includes three color plates. Art by Risko
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
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LISTEN Songbook (2019)
"Memorable songs delivered with every bit of themselves." J. Osterberg ~ Cabaret Scenes
The "Listen" songbook has all six pop art songs from the CD recording as well as six additional selections. 107 pages. Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Titles: Anonymous/Never Let It Go/I’d Rather Be With You/So Much More/The Alibi/I Am Such A Dreamer/#MeToo/Soon This Will All Be Over/Glittering Prizes/That’s Why I Love You/My Chosen Family/Listen
Includes four color plates
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
DREAM ON Songbook (2018)
"Sweet, positive, powerful, surprising, wonderful, diverse…strong social satire with a sly sense of humor. Delightful!" B. Greenberg ~ Cabaret Scenes
"Dream On" Songbook has all 18 songs and stories from the 2017 CD Recording. 103 pages. Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Titles: Look Up!/Spring Forward/When I Was A Little Girl/Caitlyn/How Do I Look?/Perfect/Talk/The Name Song/App/Shallow Bitch/Give Me The Shtrength/Sister Andrea/The Eyes Of Youth/I Love This Town/What Happens/Dream On
Includes spoken word stories heard on CD.
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
LABOR OF LOVE Songbook (2014)
"Totally adorable…tender and strong…in their warmest, most accessible outing, they deliver the goods memorably and effectively." ~ Talkin’ Broadway
"Labor Of Love" Songbook has all 12 songs from the acclaimed 2014 CD recording. 98 pages, Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Titles: At Home In The World/Beverly Hills Adjacent/If You See Something, Say Something/Fifty Is The New Twenty-Five/How Do You Write A Song/Just That Kind Of Guy/We Wrote A Show/I Was Here (a birthday song)/Paul/Janet (and like that ...)/Harper Lee/Labor Of Love
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
A PARTY Songbook (2013)
"A Party is filled with songs that are original, heartfelt, clever, touching, and often very funny." ~ Karen Akers
"Cell Phone brings down the house." M. Shenton ~ The Stage (London)
"A Party" Songbook is a collection of 15 contemporary songs about technology, the economy, life and love all set against the backdrop of New York City. 98 pages, Piano/Vocal/Chords, Artwork by Robert Risko.
Titles: A Party/Nothing To Lose/Cell Phone/My Virtual Friend/Pedicab Guy/Wednesday Night At Helen's/A Golden Age/Christmas In A Coffee Shop/Here's To Us (this New Year's Day)/Anywhere But Here/Ev'ryone's A Star In New York/Timeline/Two Girls (song for Sheila)/The Thing Itself/Good Times Are Just Around The Corner
Price: $40 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
FINALIST RICHARD RODGERS AWARD,
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS
GREETINGS FROM YORKVILLE Songbook (2012)
"I love Greetings From Yorkville. The story is heartwarming, the lyrics are expert, funny, precise (not a mistaken prosody syllable in the lot), and the music is my kind of music - melodic, terrific, harmonic stuff.” ~ Mary Rodgers Guettel
"Greetings From Yorkville" Songbook, featuring all 23 songs from the award-winning Off-Broadway production. 183 pages. Piano/Vocal/Chords, includes color production photos and SoHo Playhouse poster.
Titles: Greetings From Yorkville/Secret Song/Ordinary People/Robert's Song/Showcases/It's Called A Piano/The Farmer And His Wife/Showcases Reprise/So You're Not From New York/What A Lovely Thing/Destiny/Clara Drum/Musical Comedy Dream/I Know You Too Well/Not As I Was-All Out Of Tune/Happy, Just Lucky I Guess/The Road/Hole-In-The-Head Blues/Handle Me With Care/Iowa Summer/Greetings From Yorkville Reprise/Life Is Good
Price: $60 (includes shipping)
Available by Mail Order. Contact Anya & Robert
All titles in songbooks are available as piano/vocal single sheets. Keys will match recordings. Other keys available on request. For all songbook and sheet music orders Contact Anya & Robert
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE AS SINGLE SHEETS: In This Raggedy Time/Save Yourself/Cast Me In A Show/Caitlyn (SATB)
Many of our songs are also available as Choral Arrangements. List upon request.