Featuring pieces from
Jennifer Lucy Cook & Jocelyn Hagen!
| Chiaroscuro | There is a Girl (from Here I Am) |
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| Jennifer Lucy Cook SATB div. choir with opt. bowed crotales Difficulty: 5 Duration: 5-10 min. Big, bold, exciting, and packed with imagination, “Chiaroscuro” explores the contrast of light and dark; one cannot have sunshine without casting a shadow. |
Jocelyn Hagen SATB div. choir a cappella; see Choral, Chamber Ensemble, and Chamber Orchestra scores Difficulty: 4 Duration: less than 3 min. This piece tells the poignant story of a girl who struggles to believe that her voice deserves to be heard. Its message feels especially urgent today, as women continue to fight to be recognized, listened to, and believed. |
| Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind (Cook) | Caminante | Over and Over | We Shall Awaken |
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| Jennifer Lucy Cook SSA choir, tambourine & hand drum; practice tracks available! Difficulty: 3 Duration: less than 3 min. |
Jocelyn Hagen a partner song for SATB double choir, a cappella Difficulty: 5 Duration: 3-5 min. |
Jennifer Lucy Cook SSAA choir with TBB and/or synth; practice tracks available! Difficulty: 3 Duration: less than 3 min. |
Jocelyn Hagen SATB choir and piano Difficulty: 3 Duration: 3-5 min. |
Jennifer Lucy Cook (she/her) is a composer and lyricist based in Los Angeles. Jen specializes in music for the stage and screen, choral music, and pop songwriting. She is the recipient of the Edwin Fissinger Composition Award, the Chorus Austin Composition Prize, the HerVoice Competition with Chicago A Cappella, and the Cantus Emerging Composer Award. She earned a Master’s degree in Musical Theater Writing from Goldsmiths University in London and a Bachelor’s in Media Music from Brigham Young University.
Jocelyn Hagen composes music that has been described as “simply magical” (Fanfare Magazine) and “dramatic and deeply moving” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis/St. Paul). Her melodic music is rhythmically driven, texturally complex, and has recently become more experimental in nature. Her music has been performed all over the world, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City. Her work is independently published through JH Music, as well as Graphite Publishing and several other publishers.
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Please join us in congratulating composer Jeffrey Derus, winner of the 2026 Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition!













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