Project Encore™ Works

Shakespeare's 18th Sonnet

Composer: 
Matthew Fields
Premiere Date: 
August 1, 1999
Composer Notes: 

TBD

The Creation

Composer: 
Samuel Pellman
Premiere Date: 
April 30, 2006
Composer Notes: 

TBD

The Golem Psalms

Composer: 
Andrea Clearfield
Premiere Date: 
May 7, 2006
Composer Notes: 

Click here to access The Golem Psalms, Parts 3-7.
 

04/29/07, the Haverford and Bryn Mawr College Choruses, Thomas Lloyd Conductor
02/09/09, Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble and Conductor's Orchestra, John Leonard, conductor

The Gonzales Cantata

Composer: 
Melissa Dunphy
Premiere Date: 
September 4, 2009
Composer Notes: 

Featured in national media, including a feature on the Rachel Maddow show http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32683512#32683512

The Long Bright

Composer: 
Andrea Clearfield
Premiere Date: 
April 26, 2004
Composer Notes: 

Click here to access sound files.
 
The Long Bright is an hour-long cantata on breast cancer. The premiere was held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and served as a fundraiser. raising over $40,000 for breast cancer research. The Long Bright was awarded the 2005 Theodore Front Prize for Chamber and Orchestral Music from the International Alliance of Women in Music.

The Voice of Isaac

Composer: 
Howard Frazin
Premiere Date: 
March 1, 2003
Composer Notes: 

Click here to access The Voice of Isaac, Parts 3&4
 
Although premiered at Jordan Hall in March 2003 by a children’s chorus (PALS) with baritone soloist, The Voice of Isaac has subsequently been presented with solo adult voices and  can effectly be presented in several possible ways including adult singers (chorus and soloists) only, as well as a combination of adult and children singing choral and solo parts.

Three Attributive Psalms

Composer: 
Robert Denham
Premiere Date: 
March 15, 2009
Composer Notes: 

Click here to access Psalms 27 & 130 of Three Attributive Psalms

Three Shakespeare Songs

Composer: 
Steve Cohen
Premiere Date: 
February 13, 1999
Composer Notes: 

Click here to access Three Shakespeare Songs, 2) Come Away, Death and 3) The Wind
 
These songs were originally written for solo voices and guitar,
and were used in a production of “Twelfth Night” staged in 1980
at the No Smoking Playhouse in New York City.