Recent Special Projects and Commissions

Coming up in 2008

World premiere of Unicamente la verdad/Only the Truth!, a video opera by Gabriela Ortiz.

US Premiere of the Stabat Mater for Chorus and Cello Ensemble by Mario Lavista.

World Premiere of the Anthology of Choral Works composed for Jan Harrington on occasion of his retirement,

Fall 2007

October 10 and 12, University Premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar.

Summer 2006

August 6, 2006, World premiere of James MacMillan's Sun-Dogs, for chorus a cappella, co-commissioned by the CVE.

Fall 2005

December 2, 2005, American premiere of I det gula for chorus and percussion, by Sven-David Sandstrom.

Spring 2005

Staged performanceof Yehuda Yannay's Le campane di Leopardi on the stairwell of the Musical Arts Center at Indiana University.

Fall 2004

December 5, 2004, World premiere performance and recording of Juan Orrego-Salas's La ciudad celeste, for baritone, chorus and orchestra

Fall 2003

November 23, 2003, World premiere performance and recording of Juan Trigos's Missa cunctipotens genitor Deus, commissioned by the CVE. American premiere of Joaquin Gutierrez-Heras's De profundis, for chorus, piano and percussion.

Fall 2002

November 6, 2002, Midwest premiere of John Adams's oratorio El niño.

Other Notable Past Projects:

1998: Commission and world-premiere of John Eaton's Mass for six solo voices,clarinet, electronic processing.

1995: Commission, world-premiere and recording of Mario Lavista's Missa ad Consolationis Dominam Nostram.