- Eighth Bi-Annual Choral Composition Competition
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 8PM - SFCM Concert Hall -
Eighth Bi-Annual Choral Composition Competition
Twelve new choral compositions by Conservatory students Kyle Hovatter, Sunny Shen, Mario Godoy, Danny Clay, Hyangrim Lee, Steve Kahn, Louis Cruz, Joseph Columbo, David Gottlieb, Mari Valverde, Elliott Encarnacion, and Vasken Ohanian performed by
The Conservatory Vocal Ensemble, David Conte, conductor
The San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, conductor
The International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, Zane Fiala, conductorSaturday, May 5th, 2012 8PM - SFCM Concert Hall
- International Orange Chorale
of San Francisco. -
International Orange Chorale
of San Francisco.Recipient of the 2011 Chorus America / ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco (IOCSF), led by Artistic Director Zane Fiala, was founded in 2003.
Named after the color of the Golden Gate Bridge, the International Orange Chorale is an auditioned volunteer-based chamber choir devoted to performing established repertoire of all periods, with particular attention to contemporary music including newly commissioned works by promising composers. Read more >>
- We Kickstarted Babbitt's
"Music for the Mass!" -
We Kickstarted Babbitt's
"Music for the Mass!"We are so thankful that because of your generosity we were able to make this fundraising campaign a success! We are now in the editing phase of the recording. Thank you so much for your support. It means a great deal to the choir to have you in our corner. We hope you will not be disappointed!
- IOCSF Commissions New Work by David Conte
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IOCSF Commissions New Work
by David ConteThe International Orange Chorale of San Francisco is thrilled to announce that we have commissioned eminent Bay Area composer and San Francisco Conservatory of Music Professor David Conte to write a new choral work to honor the Golden Gate Bridge on its 75th Anniversary. We will premiere this new work, a setting of Walt Whitman's elegant poem Facing West on May 27, 2012 as part of a large public Waterfront Celebration at Crissy Field in San Francisco to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, hosted by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. We will also showcase the piece as part of our Spring concerts, Freshly Squeezed: Juicy New Music from Today's Premium Composers in June, 2012.
- IOCSF Announces Winners of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Composer Competition
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IOCSF Announces Winners of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Composer Competition
The International Orange Chorale of San Francisco is pleased to announce the winners of our Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Composer Competition, a competition for new a cappella choral works that set texts related to the Golden Gate Bridge and its surroundings.
First prize is awarded to Dominick DiOrio for Chrysopylae, and second prize is awarded to Julian Mörth for Hymn of Victory. DiOrio's Chrysopylae will be premiered by IOCSF on May 27, 2012 as part of the large public Waterfront Celebration at Crissy Field in San Francisco to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, hosted by The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Additionally, IOCSF will feature Chrysopylae as part of its regularly programmed concerts on June 22nd and 23rd, 2012. Both DiOrio and Mörth will receive a cash prize.
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IOCSF ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE 75th ANNIVERSARY COMPOSER COMPETITIONThe International Orange Chorale of San Francisco is pleased to announce the winners of our Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Composer Competition, a competition for new a cappella choral works that set texts related to the Golden Gate Bridge and its surroundings. First prize is awarded to Dominick DiOrio for Chrysopylae, and second prize is awarded to Julian Mörth for Hymn of Victory. DiOrio's Chrysopylae will be premiered by IOCSF on May 27, 2012 as part of the large public Waterfront Celebration at Crissy Field in San Francisco to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, hosted by The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Additionally, IOCSF will feature Chrysopylae as part of its regularly programmed concerts on June 22nd and 23rd, 2012. Both DiOrio and Mörth will receive a cash prize. Mr. DiOrio, Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at Lone Star College-Montgomery, said, "I am so delighted to be the winner of IOCSF's competition. I first heard the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco during the Chorus America National Conference last June and was blown away by their fine ensemble singing and dedication to contemporary repertoire. I wrote Chrysopylae with their distinct sound in mind, and I can't wait to hear them bring my music to life as part of the Golden Gate Bridge celebrations in San Francisco." The title of DiOrio's Chrysopylae comes from the journal of John C. Frémont. In 1846, Frémont wrote in reference to the strait now called the Golden Gate: "To this Gate I gave the name of 'Chrysopylae', or 'Golden Gate'; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn." DiOrio does not set these words in his work, but instead weaves together four different texts about the Golden Gate Bridge: an excerpt from the poem "Gold!" by British poet Thomas Hood; two excerpts from poems by Joseph Baermann Strauss, the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge; and the Latin phrase, "Lux ecce surgit aurea" ["Behold the light of gold rises"] by Prudentius. Mörth's Hymn of Victory also utilizes the poetry of Joseph Baermann Strauss, setting his poem "The Golden Gate Bridge". |
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