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