Help us commission new music! Graphite is looking for choirs who love to support the creation of new music to join us in our 3rd Annual Commissioning Consortium this year! We have commissioned two of our composers, Paul Ayres and Jenni Brandon to each write a piece for SA choir and piano. The scores will […]
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What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, March 22, 2015
In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – Sunday, March 12, 2015 Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern. Rob Rob Kennedy Great Sacred Music The Classical Stationhttp://theclassicalstation.org To subscribe to my weekly playlist […]
New Cantata Commission
Hello all, I am about to start writing a choral cantata of approximately 18-25 minutes for chorus, soloists and organ (with an eye towards orchestra in the future) which will use the Latin Exsultet text in a concert setting. I am looking for a consortium of 4-5 college or university choirs that would be interested in commissioning the […]
Takach: 15 -16 Secular Winter Consortium – SATB and piano
For the 15-16 season, I will be writing an 18-20′ cycle for SATB and piano using secular winter texts. I’m looking for one choir or choral program from each state to support this as part of a consortium. Click here for a pdf with all of the texts and more information, but here are some highlights: 6-7 movements: […]
Christmas Past, Christmas Future! | A New Carol Consortium from Composer Dale Trumbore
Composer Dale Trumbore is assembling a consortium of choruses interested in commissioning two new SATB Christmas carols for Winter 2015 programming, and you and your choir are invited to participate! The consortium is called Christmas Past, Christmas Future; details are below (and here), but feel free to contact Dale at with any questions about the project. — Christmas Past, […]
Acaville Internet radio show
A new Internet radio program devoted entirely to choral groups and smaller a cappella ensembles is now available for streaming at www.acaville.com. Each program features a group from somewhere around the U.S. in live, in-studio interviews and vocal selections. The show’s producers were recently in the San Francisco Bay Area and selected about a dozen […]