ACDA 2011 National Conference: Mixed and Women’s Repertoire
Dr. Marian Dolan Choral Conductor
Imagine … one city, four days, 150+ exhibitors, 49 ‘button hole’ sessions, 47 choirs,
42 interest sessions/workshops, 25 score reading sessions by publishers, 13 concert sessions (many with 3 choirs each), 13 score reading sessions by choir type, 13 roundtables, 5 international choirs, 4 honor choirs, 2 sacred services, and about 5,000+ choral conductors. If you can imagine that, then you probably attended “Voices in the Wind,” the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) national conference in Chicago, Illinois in early March!
The total number of scores and composers presented at this conference in all of the abovementioned events is enormous. Listed below are all of the scores performed in the evening concerts by mixed-voice ensembles and by women’s choirs. A listing of the male repertoire will be included in an upcoming ICB repertoire article on men’s choral music. The mixed-voice concert repertoire included 76 composers (70 men, 6 women) from ~23 countries, including 24 Americans, 8 Germans and 7 Baltic composers. About 60% of the repertoire was by living composers. The women’s choirs concert repertoire included 67 composers (52 men, 15 women) from ~21 countries, including 25 Americans and 9 Norwegians! Over 75% of the repertoire was by living composers. The texts of all the concert scores covered a wide variety of sources, but surprisingly few living poets and very few female authors (1 in mixed, 7 in women). The most popular composer? Johannes Brahms (7 scores). The breadth of international repertoire, however, was the most I have heard at an ACDA national conference, and I hope we will continue to expand our choral horizons in future ACDA conferences.
Videos of sample performances from the conference will be posted on the ACDA YouTube page later this summer (http://www.youtube.com/user/NationalACDA). The feedback about playlists of repertoire has been positive, so, as videos were available online, a YouTube playlist of repertoire by mixed voice composers is here (http://bit.ly/iX2v1e0) and one of women’s choral composers is here (http://bit.ly/jhp4by). Please visit the ACDA conference webpage (http://bit.ly/acda2011) to download the full convention program book (13mb; 218pages) and to find links for interest session handouts. The next ACDA national conference will be March 13-16, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Y’all come!
CPDL = Choral Public Domain Library = http://www.cpdl.org
*=female composer/poet
mss=manuscript/unpublished
trad.=traditional
anon.=anonymous
| Composer | SATB: Score Title (publisher) | country | date | text |
| anon. | Sumer Is Icumen In (CPDL) | Eng | 13c | anon. |
| Dominick Argento | Everyone Sang (Boosey & Hawkes, LCB-233) | USA | 20c | Siegfried Sassoon |
| Juan de Araujo | Los Coflades de la Estleya (CPDL) | Spain/Peru | 17c | anon. |
| V. Augustinas | Trepute Martela / Flax-Picking Song (Alliance, AMP0043) | Lith | 21c | trad., Lith. |
| J. S. Bach | Alles was Odem hat, BWV 225 (C. F. Peters, 6011) | Ger | 17-18c | Psalm 150 |
| J. S. Bach | Gloria in Excelsis from Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (G. Schirmer) | Ger | 17-18c | mass |
| Paul Basler | Gloria from Missa Kenya (Colla Voce, 36-20102) | USA | 21c | mass |
| *Abbie Betinis, arr. | Long Time Trav’ling / American Shape-note (Santa Barbara, SBMP 702) | USA | 21c | trad., USA |
| Johannes Brahms | Sehnsucht (G. Schirmer, HL50316770) | Ger | 19c | Franz Kugler |
| Johannes Brahms | Abendlied (Evening Song Op. 92, No. 3 (G. Schirmer, 11802) | Ger | 19c | Friedrich Hebbel |
| Johannes Brahms | Vier Quartette, op. 92 (CPDL) | Ger | 19c | Daumer, Allmers, Hebbel, Goethe |
| Johannes Brahms | Ave Maria (C. F. Peters Corp., EP66136) | Ger | 19c | trad. |
| Johannes Brahms | Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein; op. 110, no. 3 (C. F. Peters, 6646) | Ger | 19c | Paul Eber |
| Jay Broeker, arr. | Down in the River (mss) | USA | 21c | trad., 19c Appalachian |
| Anton Bruckner | Virga Jesse (CPDL) | Aus | 19c | Isaiah 11 |
| Richard Burchard | Ecce dedi verba mea (Gentry JG2417) | USA | 21c | Ps. 92 |
| William Byrd | I Will Not Leave Your Comfortless (ECS Publishing, 1676) | Eng | 16-17c | John 14:18 |
| Caldwell & Ivory | Gabriel (www.caldwellandivory.com) | USA | 21c | biblical |
| Caldwell & Ivory, arr. | Ain’t No Grave (earthsongs, S249) | USA | 21c | spiritual |
| Ryan Cayabyab | Gloria from Misa, 1982 (Ryan Cayabyab Publishing) | Phil | 21c | mass |
| Ryan Cayabyab | Anima Christi (earthsongs) | Phil | 21c | trad. |
| Nan-Chang Chien | Sunset of San Francisco (Taipei Philharmonic Foundation) | Taiwan | 21c | —– |
| René Clausen | Tonight Eternity Alone (Mark Foster, MF3034) | USA | 21c | Thomas Jones |
| Lionel Daunais | Le Pont Mirabeau (Hal Leonard, HL08501422/ Walton, WW1278) | FrCan | 20c | G. Apollinaire |
| Lionel Daunais | Le Pont Mirabeau (Editions a Coeur joie, ACJ 189) | FrCan | 20c | G. Apollinaire |
| Claude Debussy | Yver, vous n’etes… from Three Chansons (Presser, 362-03318) | France | 19-20c | Charles d’Orléans |
| Hugo Distler | Singet dem Herrn; op. 12, No. 1 (Bärenreiter, 751) | Ger | 20c | Ps. 149 |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Servants’ Chorus; Don Pasquale (Boosey 48019951) arr, Gilmore | Italy | 19c | A. Anelli |
| Se Enkhbayar | Ode to Eight Horses (mss) | Mong | 21c | trad. |
| Gunnar Eriksson, arr. | Cockroaches (Taipei Philharmonic Foundation) | Sweden | 21c | —– |
| Eriks Ešenvalds | A Drop in the Ocean (Musica Baltica, MB0500) | Latvia | 21c | Lk.11, Ps.55; St. Francis; M.Teresa |
| P. L. Ferrer/Monier, arr. | El Almuercero (http://www.alinaorraca.com) | Cuba | 21c | —– |
| Otilio Galíndez; Grau, arr. | La Restinga (earthsongs, S316) | Venz | 20c | folk |
| Stacey Gibbs, arr. | Hold On (Gentry Publications, JG2414) | USA | 21c | African-American |
| Stacey Gibbs, arr. | Way Over in Beulah Lan’ (Gentry Publishing, JPG 2370) | USA | 21c | African-American |
| Iain Grandage | Three Australian Bush Songs (Morten Music, MM2061) | Aus | 21c | folk |
| Alberto Grau | Magnificat-Gloria (earthsongs, S310) | Venz | 21c | mass |
| *Jocelyn Hagen, arr. | Now Our Meeting’s Over; trad American Folk (Santa Barbara, SBMP 969) | USA | 21c | folk |
| G. F. Handel | Let’s Imitate Her Notes Above from Alexander’s Feast (Roger Dean) | Ger | 18c | Newburgh Hamilton |
| Paul Hart, arr. | Deep River (Oxford University Press) | Eng | 21c | African-American |
| Franz Herzog | Gloria (Helbling KG, C5730) | Aus | 21c | mass |
| Heinrich von Herzogenberg | Die Nacht (Alliance, AMP0045) | Aus | 19c | J. Eichendorff |
| Brad Holmes, arr. | Dance/Shaker Tune (mss) | USA | 21c | folk |
| Edward Henderson | Your Fragrance (G. Schirmer, 50486437) | Can | 21c | Rumi |
| Paul Hindemith | Six Chansons nach Rilke (Schott Chormusik, C43782) | Ger | 20c | Rilke |
| Clement Janequin | Le Chant de L’alouette (CPDL) | France | 16c | —– |
| Juris Karlsons | Rotala (earthsongs, S23) | Latvia | 21c | folk |
| O. P. Kolovski | Na gorushke, na gore (Leeds Music, L-474) | Rus | 20c | folk |
| *Libby Larsen | Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day from A Lover’s Journey (mss) | USA | 21c | Shakespeare |
| Morten Lauridsen | Mid-Winter Songs (Opus Music Publishers, 3-10) | USA | 21c | Robert Graves |
| Claude LeJeune | Revecy Venir du Printemps (CPDL) | France | 16c | —– |
| Levente Gyöngyösi | Te lucis ante terminum (Editio Musica Budapest, HL50490007) | Hung | 21c | 7c Ambrosian |
| Edgar L. Macapili | Mururaw ti Buvukin / The Mountains Sing (mss) | Taiwan | 21c | folk |
| *Clare Maclean | Hope There Is (earthsongs, S69) | NZ | 21c | Oodgeroo Noonuccal |
| Kevin A. Memley | Ave Maria (Pavane, P1354) | USA | 21c | liturgical |
| Kevin A. Memley | O Magnum Mysterium (Pavane Publishing, P1395) | USA | 21c | liturgical |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Elijah | Ger | 19c | biblical |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Finale from Midsummer Night’s Dream (Breitkopf & Härtel, 8720) | Ger | 19c | Shakespeare |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Der Herr lässt sein Heil, op. 91 (Carus Verlag, 40.075/00) | Ger | 19c | Ps. 98 |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Jagdlied (CPDL) | Ger | 19c | Eichendorff |
| *Meredith Monk | Things from Three Heavens and Hells (mss) | USA | 21c | Tennessee Reed |
| Claudio Monteverdi | Ecco Mormorar L’onde (CPDL) | Italy | 16-17c | T. Tasso |
| J. David Moore | Seinn O/trad. Scottish (Fresh Ayre Music) | USA | 21c | trad., Scots |
| Christopher Mueller | Caritas est (mss) | USA | 21c | 1.Cor.13 |
| Nico Muhly | Set Me As A Seal (St Rose – SRO 100011) | USA | 21c | Song of Sol. 8:6 |
| Eric Nelson | How Do I Love Thee? (mss) | USA | 21c | *Eliz. Browning |
| Giovanni Palestrina | Exsultate Deo (CPDL) | Italy | 16c | Ps. 81:1-3 |
| Arvo Pärt | Da Pacem Domine (Universal Edition, UE 032941) | Est | 21c | Sirach 36:18 |
| Stephen Paulus | Each Day (Paulus Publications SP157) | USA | 21c | trad., Celtic |
| Daniel Pinkham | Awake, O North Wind (Wedding Cantata) (Edition Peters, 66039) | USA | 20c | biblical |
| Jonathan Quick, arr. | Loch Lomond (Cypress Publishing, CP1045) | Can | 21c | trad., Scots |
| Rahman; arr. Ethan Sperry | Jai Ho! (earthsongs, S231) | India | 21c | India/Hindi |
| Einojuhani Rautavaara | Suite de Lorca, mvt. 1 & 2 (Walton Music, WTC-1006/HL08500327) | Finland | 21c | Lorca |
| Sid Robinovitch | Sensemayá (Canciones pro las Americas) (earthsongs, S136B) | Can | 20c | Nicolás Guillén |
| Steven Sametz | I Have Had Singing (Hinshaw Music, HMC-1330) | USA | 21c | —– |
| *Rhonda Sandberg, arr. | Bach (Again) Come Sweet Death (Colla Voce, 45-21064) | USA/Ger | 20c/18c | anon. |
| R. Murray Schafer | Three Hymns (Arcana Editions) | Can | 20c | —– |
| John Sheppard | Audivi vocem de caelo venientem (Alliance, AMP0631) | Eng | 16c | liturgical |
| Urmas Sisask | Benedictio (Fennica Gehrman, KL78.3411) | Estonia | 21c | liturgical |
| Richard Strauss | Deutsche Motette (1913) (Edition by Eric Banks) | Ger | 19-20c | Rückert |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | Herr, du bist unsre Zuflucht (CPDL) | Neth | 16-17c | Ps. 90 |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | Rendez à Dieu (CPDL) | Neth | 16-17c | Ps. 118 |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | Chantez á Dieu / Psaume 96 (Mercury Music, MC 4) | Neth | 16-17c | Ps. 96 |
| John Tebay | Psalm 57 (Alliance, AMP0775) | USA | 21c | Ps. 57 |
| Veljo Tormis | Autumn Landscapes (Hal Leonard, 980000919) | Estonia | 20c | Estonian folk |
| Peter Louis Van Dijk | Horizons (Hal Leonard, 08742856) | SoAfrica | 21c | Van Dijk |
| Peteris Vasks | Ziles zina (Schott Music) | Latvia | 21c | Uldis Berzins |
| Edward John White | There Is Sweet Music Here (Oxford University Press, OCS896) | Eng | 19c | Tennyson |
| R. Vaughan Williams | See The Chariot At Hand (Oxford, 9780193870710) | Eng | 20c | Ben Johnson |
| Claude Vivier | Jesus Erbarme Dich (Canadian Music Centre) | FrCan | 20c | liturgical |
| Mervyn B. Warren, arr. | I Ain’t Got Long to Be Here (Mervyn Warren Music) | USA | 20c | African-American |
| Mack Wilberg, arr. | Bound for the Promised Land / American Folk Hymn (Oxford, 9780193869172) | USA | 21c | trad. |
| Composer | TREBLE: Score Title (publisher) | country | date | text |
| Nathaniel Adams | Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (mss – http://nathanielbadams.com) | USA | 21c | USA folk |
| anon. | Flos Regalis | — | medieval | sacred |
| anon. | In Paradisum – 7c chant (© A Di Marco, ASCAP 3506300) | — | 7c | sacred |
| anon. 15thC | Mi Atyánk Atya Isten (transcr.- Graduale Ecclesiae Hungaricae Epperiensis) | Hungary | 15c | sacred |
| *Carol Barnett, arr. | My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord (Colla Voce, 37-21022) | USA | 21c | African-American |
| Ken Berg | A New Psalm 98 (mss – ken@birminghamboyschoir.com) | USA | 21c | Psalm 98 |
| *Abbie Betinis | I suffer no grief From Behind the Caravan (www.abbiebetinis.com) | USA | 21c | Hâfez-e Shirazi |
| *Hildegard von Bingen | O Frondens Virga (Walton, WW 1334, HL08501533) adapt., Drew Collins | Germany | 12c | *Hildegard |
| Johannes Brahms | Mainacht (Alliance, AMP0610) arr., Z. Randall Stroope | Germany | 19c | Hölty |
| Johannes Brahms | Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang from Vier Gesänge, op 17 (Edition Peters, EP 6617/Breitkopf BRPB-3226) | Germany | 19c | Ruperti |
| Daniel Brewbaker | His Choir, This Choir (Hal Leonard #HL48020982) | USA | 21c | Aquinas and Rabia |
| Frank Bridge | Love Went a-Riding (mss) arr., Stephen Smith | Eng | 20c | *Mary E Coleridge |
| Charles Callahan | Alleluia (MorningStar, MSM-50-9457) | USA | 21c | — |
| Guangping Cao | Tianhu Namsto / Heavenly Lake (mss) | China | 21c | — |
| David Childs | Song of Ruth (Santa Barbara, SBMP 539) | NZ | 21c | Old Testament |
| Nathan Christensen, arr. | How Do I Love Thee (Treble Clef Music Press, TC-143) | USA | 21c | *Eliz. Barrett Browning |
| John Corigliano | One Sweet Morning (G. Schirmer) | USA | 21c | E.Y. Harburg |
| Robert DeCormier, arr. | Let Me Fly (Warner Brothers, LG53070) | USA | 20c | African-American |
| Norman Dello Joio | A Jubilant Song (Hal Leonard, HL50302920) | USA | 20c | Walt Whitman |
| Lee Dengler | Things That Never Die (Shawnee Press, B0578) | USA | 21c | Charles Dickens |
| John Duggan | Futility (mss, www.john-duggan.co.uk) | UK | 21c | Wilfred Owen |
| *Hermene Eichhorn, arr. | Housekeeper’s Tragedy (Treble Clef Music, TC-109) | USA | 21c | USA folk |
| *Laura Farnell | Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (Alliance, AMP0727) | USA | 21c | *Mary Eliz. Frye |
| Gabriel Fauré | Toujours (Alliance, AMP 0708) arr., Alan Raines | France | 19c | Charles Grandmougin |
| Frode Fjellheim/Praetorius | Eatnamen Vuelie (Boosey & Hawkes) | Norway | 21c/16c | Fjellheim/Seiss |
| Jan Magne Førde | Bruremarsj (Jan Magne Førde) | Norway | 21c | (syllables) |
| *Gabriela Lena Frank | Picaflor Esmeralda from Two Mountain Songs (G. Schirmer) | USA | 21c | Jose Maria Arguedas |
| Ola Gjeilo | Gloria (Walton, WLG 131) | Norway | 21c | liturgical |
| Ola Gjeilo | Tundra (Walton 1459) | Norway | 21c | Charles Anthony Silvestri |
| Daniel J Hall, arr. | In the Sweet By and By (Walton, HL08501694) | USA | 21c | 19c American folk |
| Avner Hanani | Morning Bells (Boosey & Hawkes, 48020659) | Israel | 21c | Israeli |
| Stephen Hatfield, arr. | Las Amarillas (Boosey & Hawkes, OCTB6784) | Canada | 21c | Mexican folk |
| Michael Haydn | Dixit (Heritage Music, 15/2166R) ed., Banner | Austria | 18c | liturgy |
| Xunfang Huang | A Game of Gong Che Pu (AnHui Literature and Art Publishing House, 200811) | China | 21c | — |
| Greg Jasperse | Voice Dance (Shawnee, B0645/Hal Leonard, 35024801) | USA | 21c | G. Jasperse |
| Tore Johansen, arr. | Nu kjem de med brurgrauten / Norwegian Folktune (mss) | Norway | 21c | Norwegian folk |
| Yosif Ketchakhmazde | Archaica II (Lasharis Gzaze) (1995 mss, ed., Clayton Parr) | Georgia | 20c | Georgian folk |
| Zoltan Kodaly | Chi’d amor Sente (Edition Musica Budapest) | Hungary | 20c | Italian folk |
| Zoltan Kodaly | Táncnóta / Dancing Song (Oxford University Press, 9780193403499) | Hungary | 20c | Hungarian folk |
| Pekka Kostianinen | Jaakobin pojat (Hal Leonard, 48000593) | Finland | 21c | Old Testament |
| *Tone Krohn, arr. | Det Lisle Banet / The Little Child (TonKrohn@broadpark.no) | Norway | medieval | Norwegian folk |
| Kinley Lange | Esto Les Digo / I Say This to You (Alliance, AMP 0568) | USA | 21c | Matt. 18 |
| Okar Lindberg | Midsommarnatt (Elkan & Schildknecht, Stockholm SK 384) | Sweden | 20c | — |
| *Joanne Metcalf | Seikilos (Edizione La Serenissima, 1525-305) | USA | 21c | ancient Greek |
| W.A. Mozart; arr., Cable | Overture to the Marriage of Figaro (Hinshaw, HMC-1328) | Austria | 18c | — |
| Arne Nordheim | No, Music (Ed Wilhelm Hansen) | Norway | 21c | Percy Shelley |
| Knut Nystedt | Shells (Norsk Musikforlag AS) | Norway | 20c | *Kathleen Raine |
| Henrik Ødegaard, arr. | Stundom e min kjerring så god (Cantando) | Norway | 21c | Norwegian Folktune |
| Ro Ogura | Hotaru Koi / Fireflies (Theodore Presser, 312-41520) | Japan | 21c | Japanese folk |
| György Orbán | Lauda Sion (Edition Ferrimontana, EF 1860) | Hungary | 20-21c | sacred |
| Odd Johan Overøye | Sunflower (mss – http://www.oddjohanoveroye.com) | Norway | 21c | — |
| Stephen Paulus | I Cannot Dance, O Lord (Paulus Publications, SP-270-2 / http://bit.ly/ks7zbT) | USA | 21c | *Mechtilde von Magdeburg |
| Giovanni Pergolesi | Fac ut Ardeat, No, 8 / Stabat Mater (CF Peters, 9780193377912) | Italy | 18c | sacred |
| *Victoria Poleva | ???? ????? / Mother of Light (ViPoleva@mail.ru) | Ukraine | 21c | sacred |
| *Rosephanye Powell | Still I Rise (Gentry, JG2346) | USA | 21c | Powell |
| *Karin Rehnqvist | I Himmelen / In Heaven’s Hall (Editions Reimers, 103380) | Sweden | 21c | Laurentius Laurinus |
| *Karin Rehnqvist | Ljusfälten / The Fields of Light (Edition Reimers, ER103171) | Sweden | 21c | *Edith Södergran |
| Heikki Sarmanto | Hanget Soi / Singing Snow (Warner/Chappell, Inc, KL 78342) | Finland | 21c | Eino Leino |
| Franz Schubert | Gott Ist Mein Hirt (Psalm 23) (CPDL 2691) | Austria | 19c | Psalm 23 |
| Ron Smail, arr., | The Log Driver’s Waltz (Cypress Publishing, CP 1030) | Canada | 21c | Canadian folk |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | Psalm 96 (Theodore Presser, 352-00004) ed., Paul Boepple | Neth | 16-17c | Psalm 96 |
| Józef Swider | Cantus Gloriosus (Polski Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA, PWM 9774) | Poland | 21c | sacred |
| *Joan Szymko | maggie and milly and molly and may (Santa Barbara, SBMP 588) | USA | 21c | e.e. cummings |
| *Joan Szymko | Vivos Voco (Santa Barbara, SBMP 615) | USA | 21c | medieval |
| *Joan Szymko | Saboo from This Wonderful Feeling (Santa Barbara, SBMP 361) | USA | 21c | children |
| Alonso de Tejeda | O Quam Admirabilis (transcr. – Editorial Alpuerto) | Spain | 16-17c | sacred |
| G F Telemann | Schmu?cht das Frohe Fest mit Maien (Augsburg, 9780 8006 46486) | Germany | 18c | sacred |
| *Augusta Read Thomas | Kiss Me (G Schirmer) | USA | 21c | e.e. cummings |
| *Eva Ugalde | Miserere (CM Ediciones Musicales, CM 20050) | Spain | 21c | sacred |
| Verdi; ed., Rutter | Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth (Oxford University Press, OCCO 21) | Italy | 19c | Shakespeare |
| Dan Walker | The Unicorn (self-published: dan_c_walker@yahoo.com.au) | Australia | 21c | — |
| *Gwyneth Walker | Now I Become Myself (ECS Publishing, 5409) | USA | 21c | * May Sarton |
| David Willcocks | Psalm 150 (Oxford University Press, 9780193852921) | England | 20c | Psalm 150 |
| Jerome Wright | Suscepit Israel (pub by Jerome Wright; Seattle Girls Chorus) | USA | 21c | sacred |
| Robert H Young | For Thy Sweet Love from Two Love Songs (Colla Voce, 55-48255) | USA | 21c | Shakespeare |
| Zhangzhao | Spring Coming (AnHui Literature and Art Publishing House, 200811) | China | 21c | — |