COMMISSIONED PROJECTS / PREMIERES

CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY of Washington DC

TRUTH PRESSED TO THE EARTH

a choral tribute (SSAATBB) to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

to premiere January 12, 2003 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Wash. DC

PLYMOUTH MUSIC SERIES

SUITE DEATH a setting of 4 poems by Langston Hughes for choir, orchestra and baritone

.WITNESS CONCERT This concert took place on February 18, 2001.

Baritone Stephen Salters, winner of the 1999 Naumburg International Vocal Competition,
joined the Ensemble Singers and Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, The University of
Minnesota Gospel Choir, full orchestra, and conductor Philip Brunelle for the concert.

Program highlights:
John W. Work III: Golgotha is a Mountain
Jester Hairston: Amen, In Dat Great Gittin' Up Mornin'
Ysaye M. Barnwell: Suite Death (world premiere)
Elena Ruehr: Gospel Cha Cha (world premiere)

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VOICES AT THE CROSSROADS / VOCES EN EL CRUCE

World Premiere Feb 4, 5, 2000 Cincinnatti, OH

of

"Processional
Prayers"
by
Ysaye Barnwell and Jackeline Rago

MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir
with guest artists
Ysaye M. Barnwell Jackeline Rago
John Santos Linda Tillery

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STEEL FESTIVAL

Bethlehem, PA,
Sept. 9-19, 1999

STEEL BOUND
script adapted from Aesculus' Prometheus Bound by Alison Carey, original music by Ysaye M. Barnwell

10 songs arranged for Bethlehem, PA's newly formed
STEEL CHOIR