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ACDA Women’s Commission Consortium
2011
The ACDA Women’s Commission Consortium is a group of women’s choirs that pool their resources to commission a new work for women’s choirs. The commission fee in the past has been $250-$300 per choir, which is due to the national ACDA office as soon as our group is formed. You will receive an invoice. The group members will suggest suitable composers and then vote on a short list. The members may also vote on requirements for the composition, such as length, voicing, difficulty level, etc.
Consortium members will receive the new commissioned work by PDF file and have exclusive rights to copy it for their own performance. The member choirs and their conductors will be listed on the work when it is published. Choirs are encouraged to advertise their premier performances of the work.
We currently have 26 choirs interested in participating in the 2011-12 commission.
If you are interested in participating and have not already indicated so, please email Dr. Iris Levine, National Chair for Women’s Choirs Repertoire and Standards at irislevine@mac.com. You will be added to our consortium email list.
Previous ACDA Women’s Consortium Compositions
2010- Reasons by Elizabeth Alexander
2010- Tundra by Ola Gjeilo
2008- Joan Szymko, The Singing Place, published by earthsongs publications
2007- Daniel Gawthrop, Softly Little Child, published by Dunstan House
Iris S. Levine
Artistic Director, Vox Femina Los Angeles
ACDA National Chair, Women's Choir Repertoire and Standards
2010 ACDA Women's Commissioning Consortium Members:
Debra Spurgeon, Chair
Aurora Chorus, Joan Szymko, conductor
Bella Voce of Vermont, Dawn Willis, conductor
California Lutheran University Women’s Chorale; Wyant Morton, conductor
Cantala Women’s Choir, Lawrence University; Phillip Swan, conductor
Central Bucks West Women’s Choir; Joseph Ohrt, conductor
Elektra Women’s Choir; Morna Edmundson, conductor
Emmaus High School Women’s Choir; Rita Cortez, conductor
Flower Mound High School Women’s Chorale, Flower Mound, TX; Mark Rohwer, conductor
Grand Rapids Women’s Chorus; Lori Tennenhouse, conductor
Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio; Jessica Allen, conductor
Lewis and Clark College Women’s Chorus; Katherine FitzGibbon, conductor
Luther College Aurora, Sandra Peter, conductor
Miami University Choraliers; William Bausano, conductor
Oriana Singers of Penn State University; Lynn Drafall, conductor
Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir; Nancy Menk, conductor
Sistrum of Lansing, Michigan; Meredith Bowen, conductor
South Dakota State Women’s Choir; Laura Diddle, conductor
The Choir Project; Naples, Florida; Marian Dolan, artistic director
The Ohio State University Women’s Glee Club; Richard Schnipke, conductor
University of Mississippi Women’s Glee Club, Debra Spurgeon, conductor
University of Pittsburgh; Lorraine Milovac, conductor
Varsity Women’s Chorale, Wheaton Warrenville High School, Illinois; Gordon Krauspe, conductor
Voces Angelorum, Tallahassee, Florida; Charles Witmer, conductor
Voca Lyrica of Big Rapids, MI, Virginia Kerwin, conductor
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