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Commissions

During our 30 year history, the Saint Louis Women's Chorale has commissioned many new arrangements and works that often feature women composers and poets.

Below is a list of all of our commissions. Score samples and recordings are available for many of our commissions by clicking the link next to the title.

Please contact us if you would like additional information about any of these pieces.

Date
Title
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Composer
Concert Title
A Love Supreme
Barbara Harbach
Astro del Ciel
Nika Leoni
Christmas on the Hill
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Canto de Amor
Osvaldo Fresedo, arr. Julian Hasse and Adam Maness
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Estas Chicas se Quieren Casar
Vicente Salerno, arr. Julian Hasse
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 26 (2020-2021)
Follow Your Voice
Amy Scurria
Reflection
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Goin' Down the River
Paul Reuter, arr. Paul Reuter for women's chorus
Still I Rise
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Grace
Elizabeth Alexander
Still I Rise
Season 27 (2021-2022)
Hope - A Love Story
Adam Maness
The Dream Keepers: a Couple
Season 4 (1998-1999)
How Can I Keep From Singing
Arr. Scott Farthing
International Eisteddfod competition and tour of England and Wales
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Irish Blessing
Arr. Katharine Lawton Brown
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Season 24 (2018-2019)
La Vida es Bella
Darwin Aquino
Gift of Renewal: A Traveler's Tale
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin, arr. Adam Maness
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 22 (2016-2017)
No One Is Alone
Stephen Sondheim, arr. Adam De Sorgo
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Noche callada
Julio de Caro, arr. Julian Hasse and Adam Maness
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 24 (2018-2019)
Ordinary Prayer
Jane Godfrey, arr. Adam Maness
Gift of Healing: Harnessing the Power of Singing
Season 10 (2004-2005)
Peace I Ask of Thee, O River
Gwyneth Walker
A Celebration of Women in Song: Tenth Anniversary Concert Tour
Season 19 (2013-2014)
Peace Like a River
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Poema
Mario Melfi, arr. Adam Maness
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 5 (1999-2000)
Psalm (Lament)
Carolee Coombs-Stacy
The Mysteries of Life and Death
Season 19 (2013-2014)
Ripples of Hope
Gay Holmes Spears
Noteworthy Novels
Season 27 (2021-2022)
Somewhere
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Adam Maness
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Songs of Survival
Adam Maness
Still I Rise
Season 22 (2016-2017)
Tengo mil novias
Enrique Rodriguez, arr. Julian Hasse
Canciones Con Cortango
Season 27 (2021-2022)
The Nearness of You
arr. Adam Maness
Season 10 (2004-2005)
The Season of Singing
Gay Holmes Spears
Faces of St. Louis
Season 21 (2015-2016)
Theater of Hope
Adam Maness
20th Anniversary Gala
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Three Folk Arrangements: Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Mary Anne, Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Stephen Mager
Faces of St. Louis
Season 8 (2002-2003)
Three Sacred Harp Arrangements: Jesus Is Willing, Do Not I Love Thee?, Where Are the Hebrew Children?
Arr. Martha Shaffer
Americana
Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle
Nika Leoni
Christmas on the Hill
Season 3 (1997-1998)
Wings of Night
Bruce Vantine
Music Hath Charms
Season 20 (2014-2015)
Yenu Bene
Arr. Fred Onovwerosuoke
Jubilee
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