Commissions

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

• 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)
• When Christ Was Born of Mary Free – Donald McCullough – 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 Pennsylvania Premiere (1994) & United Kingdom 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)