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Alfred Nash Patterson Grant Awards
(Application forms are on the application page.)
Grant Recipients for 2007
Awards Ceremony: 3 p.m., Sunday, October 28, 2007,
King's Chapel Parish House, 64 Beacon St, Boston MA
Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction, Vermont -
www.bellavocevt.org
To commission a holiday work by Robert De Cormier. The piece for
women's voices and instrumentation will be based on African-American
spirituals.
Dr. Dawn O. Willis, Music Director.
Brookline Chorus, Brookline, Massachusetts -
www.brooklinechorus.org
To help support the performance of “Eleanor Roosevelt,” a dramatic
biographical cantata by Libby Larson, in conjunction with Duke
Ellington's “Sacred Service.”
Cantemus, Lynnfield, Massachusetts -
www.cantemus.org
To fund the winning entry in a choral composition competition for New
England university students. The work eventually will be performed by
Cantemus, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary year.
Chatham Chorale, West Dennis, Massachusetts -
www.chathamchorale.org
To support the commission and premiere of “Why I Wake Early” by Ron
Perera. Based on a text by Cape Cod resident Mary Oliver, the work is
being co-commissioned by the New Amsterdam Singers of NYC.
King's Chapel Concert Series, Boston, Massachusetts -
www.kings-chapel.org/music.html
To help support a year-long homage to Daniel Pinkham. Events will
include performances of Pinkham works and commissions of new choral
pieces by Carson Cooman and Kevin Siegfried.
New England Classical Singers, Andover, Massachusetts -
www.newenglandclassical.org
To partially fund a collaborative performance of the Fauré “Requiem”
with area high school students. Preparation will include master classes
at each high school conducted by NECS artistic director David Hodgkins.
Oratorio Chorale, Brunswick, Maine -
oratoriochorale.org
To cover expenses associated with the Chorale's performance with the
Portland Symphony of Vineet Shende's “Three Longfellow Poems,” a
Symphony commission.
Past Award Recipients
2006
Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction, VT •
Capella Clausura, Newton, MA •
Coro Allegro, Boston, MA •
Counterpoint, Belmont, VT •
Nashua Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society, Nashua, NH •
The New Hampshire Master Chorale, Meredith, NH •
The New Haven Chorale, New Haven, CT •
Winchester Community Music School, Winchester, MA
2005
Back Bay Chorale, Boston, MA •
Boston Cecilia, Boston, MA •
Boston City Singers, Dorchester, MA •
Cambridge Community Chorus, Cambridge, MA •
Community Chorus at South Berwick, South Berwick, ME •
Souhegan Valley Chorus, Amherst, NH •
Westford Chorus, Westford, MA •
Grants and Awards for 2005–2006 carried Over From 2004–2005 Season •
The Boston Secession, Boston, MA •
Newburyport Choral Society, Newburyport, MA
2004
Concord
Chorale, Concord, New Hampshire • Coro
Allegro, Boston, Massachusetts • Danbury
Music Centre, Danbury, Connecticut • Pals
Childrens Chorus, Brookline, Massachusetts • Portland
Concert Association, Portland, Maine
2003/2004
Boston
Cecilia and Coro
Allegro, Boston, MA • Cambridge
Madrigal Singers, Cambridge, MA • Cantemus,
Ipswich, MA • Greenwich
Choral Society, Greenwich, CT • The
Providence Singers, Providence, RI • The
Seraphim Singers, Malden, MA • Women in Harmony, Portland, ME
2002/2003
New
England Classical Singers (MA) • Newton
Choral Society (MA) • Youth
pro Musica (MA)
2001/2002
Brattleboro Music Center Community
Chorus
•
Cantilena (MA)
•
The
Heritage Chorale (MA)
•
The
Master Singers (MA)
•
PALS
Children's Chorus (MA)
1999/2000
The Cantata Singers
•
Manchester NH Choral Society •
Elm
City Girls' Choir •
Newton
Choral Society •
Portland
ME Community Chorus •
Spectrum
Singers, Inc • Vermont Symphony
Chorus
1998/9
CONCORA/Connecticut
Choral Artists (CT) • Providence
Singers (RI) • Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH) • Northern
Harmony (VT)• New Haven Chorale (CT)
1997/8
Chorus of Westerly •
Convivium Musicum (MA) • Monadnock Chorus and Orchestra
(NH) • P. A. L. S. (MA) • Zamir Chorale (MA)
1996/7
Bagaduce Music Lending Library
(ME) • Boston Cecilia
(MA) • Boston
Gay Men's Chorus (MA) • The
Master Singers (MA) • Russian Chamber Chorus (MA)
1995/6
Blanche Moyse Chorale (VT) • Cambridge
Madrigal Singers (MA) • Coro
Allegro (MA) • Maine Gay
Men's Chorus (ME)
1994/5
Boston Cecilia (MA)
• CONCORA/Connecticut
Choral Artists (CT) • Zamir Chorale (MA)
1993/4
A Capella Singers (MA) • American Choral Directors' Association
(MA)
• Blanche Moyse Chorale/New England Bach Festival (VT) • Cambridge
Madrigal Singers (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • The
Chorus of Westerly (RI)
1992/3
Assabet Valley Mastersingers (MA) • Back Bay Chorale (MA) • Northeast
Kingdom Chorus (VT) • Alice Parker Choral Festival (MA) • Portsmouth
Women's Chorus (NH) • Old Stoughton Musical Society (MA) • Youth
Pro Musica (MA)
1991/2
Boston Cecilia (MA) • Russian
Chamber Chorus (MA) • Bagaduce
Music Lending LIbrary (ME) • Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI) • Jubilate
Chorale (ME)
1990/1
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) •
Chatham Chorale (MA) • CONCORA/Connecticut
Choral Artists (CT) • Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI)
• Chorus of Westerly (RI)
1989/90
Acadia Choral Society (ME) • Bagaduce
Music Lending Library (ME) • Chorus
Pro Musica (MA) • Music Sacra (MA)
1988/9
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Cambridge
Chorale (MA) • Lawrence Choral Arts(MA) • Onion River Chorus
(VT)
1987/88
New Haven Chorale (CT) • Pro Arte Society (MA) • Chorus
Pro Musica (MA) • Concord Chorus (MA) • Bagaduce
Music Lending Library (ME)
1986/87
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Cantata
Singers (MA) • Guilford Chamber Singers (VT) • North Country
Chorus (VT) • Spectrum Singers (MA) • Youth Pro Musica (MA)
1985/6
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME)
• John Oliver Chorale (MA) • Onion River Music Festival (VT) •
Assabet Valley Singers (MA) • Middletown Choral Society (CT)
Choral
Arts New England • 781-721-SING (781-721-7464)
P.O. BOX 608 • Newton, MA 02456-0608