Holland Chorale Commissions

For A Choir of Mixed Voices, for Premiere at March Festival of the Arts

 

1978  No Man is an Island........................................................... Marie Pooler, San Diego, CA

1979  O Sing the Glories................................................................. Alice Parker, New York, NY

1980  The Psalmist’s Meditation.................................. Norman Dello Joio, East Hampton, NJ

1981  Three Moravian Songs.................................................................. Karel Husa, Ithaca, NY

                        Sunrise

                        Good Night

                        Aspen Leaves

1982  Nativity Madrigals........................................................ Daniel Pinkham, Cambridge, MA

                        Guardian Owl

                        What Did the Baby Give the Kings?

                        How They Brought the Good News by Sea

                        After

1983  Tenebrae................................................................ W. Francis McBeth, Arkadelphia, AR

1984  Festival Psalms........................................................................ Ulysses Kay, Teaneck, NJ

1985  Two Sonnets from the Portuguese....................................... Cecil Effinger, Boulder, CO

1988  Praise God.............................................................................. Alice Parker, New York NY

1989  Songs of Solomon.................................................................. Robert Harris, Evanston, IL

               I.        Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One

               II.      Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart

1992  Magnificat.................................................................... Theodore Morrison, Ann Arbor, MI

1995  I Will Lift Up My Eyes........................................................ René Clausen, Moorhead, MN

1997  Song of Promise........................ Dale Grotenhuis, Conductor Emeritus, Dordt College

                                                                                                           Written for the Festival Choir

1999  I Will Praise You, O My God...... Dale Grotenhuis, Conductor Emeritus, Dordt College

2004  Carols for Spring and Summer.......................................... Stephen Paulus, St Paul, MN

 

March Festival Visual Art Commissions

 

1984  Handwritten Michigan Dunes........................................................ Del Michel, Holland MI

Acrylic Painting, Holland Area Arts Center

1985  Perro Del So V................................................................................. Bill Mayer, Holland MI

            Sculpture, Herrick Library