COMMISSIONS

Reflecting its commitment to performing the music of our time, the Chorale has commissioned and/or premiered the following works:

Let the Stable Still Astonish – Dan Forrest – Commission and World Premiere for 40th Anniversary (2021)

Worry Not My Love – Douglas Beach – Commission and World Premiere (2019)

Chautauqua Requiem – Bob Chilcott – Commission and World Premiere (2016)
Star in the East – Richard Roberson – Commission and World Premiere (2011)
When Christ Was Born of Mary Free – Donald McCullough – Commission and World Premiere (2006)
So Say the Snowdrops – Fred Thayer – Commission and World Premiere (2006)
How Lovely Shines the Morningstar – Fred Thayer – Commission and World Premiere (2004)
A Litany of Reconciliation – C. Thomas Schwalm – Commission and World Premiere (2002)
The Glory and the Dream – Sir Richard Rodney bennett – Commission and East Coast Premiere (2001)
When in Our Music God is Glorified – C. Thomas Schwalm – Commission and World Premiere (2000)
Mirabile Mysterium – Fred Thayer – Commission and World Premiere (1997)
Look to This Day – C. Thomas Schwalm – Commission and World Premiere (1997)
Theta’s Musings – Robert Page – Commission and World Premiere (1996)
Mozart Compendium Mass – John Jascoll – World Premiere (1995)
The Prayer of St. Francis – C. Thomas Schwalm – Central PA Premiere (1994) & UK Premiere (1997)
Jesu Carols – Stephen Paulus – Central Pennsylvania Premiere (1993)
Madrigals of Spring – Richard Wargo – Commission and World Premiere (1991)
little tree – Steve Heitzeg – East Coast Premiere (1990)
Voices in the Mist – Richard Wargo – Central Pennsylvania Premiere (1989)