Seafarer Press | Elizabeth Alexander, composer

Performances 2002

Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers  -  February 9
(now known as "Vocalessence")

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	DATE	TITLE	ENSEMBLE	LOCATION
	Jan	Trust the Seeds	Choir of Foothills Unitarian Church; David King, conductor	Ft. Collins, CO
	Jan	Children, Go Where I Send Thee	Junior choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo; Marion Reslow, conductor	Buffalo, NY
	Feb 2	We Lift Up Our Hearts	Combined Regional Festival Choir; Joy Hirokawa, guest conductor. Cathedral Church of the Nativity	Bethlehem, PA
	Feb 9	April Rain Song	Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers; Philip Brunelle, conductor. Annual "Witness" Concert  Orchestra Hall	Minneapolis, MN
	Feb 14	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song	Reading Session: Eastern Division Conference of ACDA (American Choral Director's Association)	Pittsburgh, PA
	Feb 22	Spring Grass	Festival Choir of Madison; Eric Townell, conductor. "Prairie Songs"	Madison, WI
	Feb	A Palette To Paint Us As We Are	Choir of Foothills Unitarian Church; David King, conductor	Ft. Collins, CO
	Feb	Immortal Love	Choir of First Unitarian Church of Toledo; Gladys Rudolph, conductor	Toledo, OH
	Mar 2	Trust the Seeds	Reading Session: Ballou-Channing Music Festival	Fairhaven, CT
	Mar 3	My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson	Society for New Music; Mark Scatterday, conductor; Neva Pilgrim, soprano	Syracuse, NY
	Mar 9	Spring Grass	Festival Choir of Madison; Eric Townell, conductor	Madison, WI
	Festival Choir of Madison
	Mar 12	My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson	North/South Consonance. Christ and St. Stephen's Church	New York, NY
	Mar 31	Finally On My Way To Yes	Choir of First Unitarian-Universalist Church; Jason Shelton, conductor	Nashville, TN
	Mar 31	Finally On My Way To Yes	Choir of First Unitarian Church; Mark Slegers, conductor	Portland, OR
	Apr 6	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song	Springfield Children's Chorus; Kayla Werlin, conductor. Amherst College	Amherst, MA
	Apr 9	My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson	New Music Ensemble of University of Florida; Jonathon Helton, conductor; Jessica Applegate, soprano	Gainesville, FL
	Apr 20	A Palette To Paint Us As We Are	Washington Women's Chorus; Donald Richardson, conductor	Washington, DC
	Apr 21	A Palette To Paint Us As We Are	Washington Women's Chorus; Donald Richardson, conductor	Bethesda, MD
	Apr 22	Fractals	Lecture-Recital: Stacy Motquin. Ithaca College	Ithaca, NY
	Apr 26	If You Can Walk You Can Dance	Common Chords; Elizabeth Alexander, conductor. The Common Ground	Ithaca, NY
	Common Chords
	Apr 28	If You Can Walk You Can Dance Winner of the 2002 Euphonia! Vocal Composition Competition	Euphonia!; Brenda Kayne, conductor	Overland Park, KS
	Apr 28	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song	Springfield Children's Chorus; Kayla Werlin, conductor	Brookline, MA
	May	Trust the Seeds	Choir of First Unitarian Church of San Jose	San Jose, CA
	May	If You Can Walk You Can Dance	Pzazz! of Moriarty Middle School; Denise Baccadutre, conductor	Moriarty, NM
	May 5	Trust the Seeds	Choir of Unitarian-Universalist Church of Rockford; Kay Hotchkiss, conductor	Rockford, IL
	May 12	Trust the Seeds	Choir of the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Bloomington; Diane Woodruff, conductor	Bloomington, IL
	May 18	Spring Revels	Chamber Singers of Iowa City; Martin Dicke, conductor	Iowa City, IA
	May 31	If You Can Walk You Can Dance	Common Chords; Elizabeth Alexander, conductor. Ithaca Festival	Ithaca, NY
	June	Praise Wet Snow Falling Early	Elderhostel Choir; David King, conductor. Colorado State University	Pingree Park, CO
	June 1	Selections from Off the Page	String Improvisation Workshops with cellist Sera Smolen. New Directions Cello Festival University of Connecticut	Storres, CT
	June 2	Trust the Seeds	Unitarian-Universalist Society of Martha's Vineyard; Dawn Aberg, conductor. Flower Communion	Vineyard Haven, MA
	June 2	If You Can Walk You Can Dance	Choir of West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; Allison King, conductor	Portland, OR
	CitySingers of Hartford
*	June 2	Trust the Seeds (orchestral version) Commissioned by CitySingers of Hartford	CitySingers of Hartford; Suzanne Gates, conductor	West Hartford, CT
	June 4	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song	Springfield Children's Chorus; Kayla Werlin, conductor. Springfield High School	Springfield, MA
	June 9	Finally On My Way To Yes	Choir of First Unitarian-Universalist Church; Jason Shelton, conductor	Nashville, TN
	June 9	Things That Go Bump in the Night	Choirs of Scuola di Musica di Fiesole; Joan Yakkey, conductor. Estate Fiesolana Music Festival	Florence, ITALY
	Oregon Repertory Singers
	July 1	Praise Wet Snow Falling Early Recipient of "Highest Honors" in the Waging Peace through Singing Project. Composer residency June 30th - July 5th.	Oregon Repertory Singers; Gil Seeley, conductor. Waging Peace Through Singing Concert, Oregon Bach Festival	Eugene, OR
	July 1-5	Inner Hallways from Off the Page	Workshop with cellist Sera Smolen and pianist Beth Barefoot Jones. New England Suzuki Institute  Bates College	Lewiston, ME
	July 18	If You Can Walk You Can Dance	Reading Session: Wisconsin Choral Directors Association Summer Singspiel; Annelies Slack, conductor	La Crosse, WI
	Aug 5	Trust the Seeds	ACDA Voices United 2002 Festival Chorus; Paul Rardin, conductor	Washington, DC
	Aug 21	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song Before the Bread	Reading Session: New York School Music Association Conference; Jennifer Haywood, conductor	Albany, NY
	Oct 10	For So the Children Come	Millsaps College Choir; Timothy Coker, conductor. Women and Music Conference  Millsaps College	Jackson, MS
	Oct 18	Being Who You Are	Reading Session: Maryland Music Educators Association Fall Inservice Conference	Greenbelt, MD
	Oct 20	Immortal Love	Choir of House of Hope Presbyterian Church; Thomas Lancaster, conductor	St. Paul, MN
	Oct 20	Before the Bread	Unity Church Choir; Ruth Palmer, conductor	St. Paul, MN
	Oct 25-26	Praise Wet Snow Falling Early	Littleton Chorale; James Ramsey, conductor. Lecture/Recital: "Women of Note"	Littleton, CO
	Oct 26	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song	Reading Session: Connecticut ACDA Fall Conference; Mattie Banzhaf, conductor	Colchester, CT
	Oct 29	Praise Wet Snow Falling Early	Cleveland High School Choir; Steve Peter, conductor	Portland, OR
	Nov 3	Immortal Love	Choir of Unitarian Church of Charleston; Martha Welch, conductor	Charleston, SC
*	Nov 9	Folks, I'm Telling You	Common Chords; Elizabeth Alexander, conductor. Common Chords' First Full-length Concert! "Hello, Goodbye"	Ithaca, NY
	Nov 17	Trust the Seeds	Choir of First Parish in Concord; Beth Norton, conductor	Concord, MA
	Boulder Chorale
	Nov 22	Praise Wet Snow Falling Early	Boulder Chorale; Timothy Snyder, conductor	Boulder, CO
	Nov 23	A Palette To Paint Us As We Are	Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, conductor. "America, Singing Still" St. Peter's Church	New York, NY
	Nov 24	We Lift Up Our Hearts	Choir of Unitarian Society; Mattie Banzhaf, conductor	Hartford, CT
	Nov 24	Before the Bread We Lift Up Our Hearts	Choir of Unitarian Church of Charleston; Martha Welch, conductor	Charleston, SC
	Nov 24	We Lift Up Our Hearts	Combined choirs of First Unitarian-Universalist Church; Jason Shelton, conductor	Nashville, TN
* *	Nov 24	Glen Song Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm and Fingers Winner of the Craig and Janet Swan Composers Prize	University of Minnesota Chamber Singers; Thomas Lancaster, conductor	Minneapolis, MN
	Amadeus Chorale
	Dec 15	Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song	Amadeus Chorale's Cantorei Singers; Darla Bair, conductor	Brockport, NY
	Dec 16	For So the Children Come	Maui Symphony Chorus; Celia Canty, conductor. Arts and Cultural Center	Maui, HI