MUSIC COMMISSIONS

Voce has earned a national reputation for our commitment to regularly commissioning new works by internationally recognized composers. Voce has also presented national and regional premieres of new choral works.

Voce's latest commission, Shakespeare Songs, Book VI by award-winning composer Matthew Harris, premiered on May 16, 2009. Read the review in The Washington Post.

On December 15, 2007, Voce premiered its commission, Magnificat, We Sing by renowned composer and arranger, Alice Parker.
http://melodiousaccord.org/aliceparker/biography.htm

On May 11, 2007, Voce performed the concert premiere of the complete set of Shakespeare Songs by Matthew Harris as part of the Kennedy's Center's Shakespeare in Washington festival.
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/06-07/shakespeare

On June 5, 2004, Voce performed the regional premiere of the entire cycle of composer Paul Basler's not-fully published Cantos Alegres.
http://gabrielnavar.tripod.com/cantos.htm

On April 14, 2000, Voce performed the U.S. premiere of José María Vitier's Misa Cubana in Arlington, Virginia.

Voce's commission, Three Rossetti Lyrics by Daniel Gawthrop, was performed on Saturday, May 22, 1999.
http://www.dunstanhouse.com/catalog/view/9905

Voce commissioned William Hawley's Alleluia, Dies Sanctificatus and performed it for the first time on December 17, 1996.
http://www.williamhawley.net/scorepages/alleluiadies/alleluiadies.htm

On March 20, 1994, Voce premiered Neither Spirit Nor Bird by internationally known composer and arranger Alice Parker.
http://melodiousaccord.org/aliceparker/biography.htm

Voce's first commission, Sing Me to Heaven by Daniel Gawthrop, was performed by Voce on Feb 4, 1991 and quickly became a choral music best-seller.
http://www.dunstanhouse.com/singmetoheaven