Women's Choir
Welcome to the
Women’s Repertoire and Standards webpage!
All the women’s chairs at the division, state and national levels,
look forward to serving you! I am proud to announce that a new book entitled "Conducting Women's Choirs: Strategies for Success" is now in print and available through GIA Publications. The book is edited and compiled by former National R&S Chair, Debra Spurgeon. It is a fabulous book, and one that all women's choir directors should have in their library! Check it out. 
An update about our commission consortium….
ACDA Women’s
Commission Consortium
The ACDA Women’s Commission Consortium is a group of women’s
choirs that pool their resources to commission new works for women’s
choirs. The commission fee has
been $250 - $300 per choir, which is due to the national ACDA office once our
group is formed.
Consortium members receive the new works by PDF file and
have exclusive rights to copy it for their own performance. The member choirs and their conductors
are listed on the work when published.
Choirs are encouraged to advertise their premier performances of the new
works.
The composers for the 2012 Commissions are Paul Carey,
Daniel Kallman and Dale Trumbore.
Paul Carey’s new work “Full Fathom Five” and Dale Trumbore's piece "Flare" have been completed and
delivered to the commission members.
Previous ACDA Women’s Consortium Compositions
2011 – Moon Goddess by Jocelyn Hagen
2011 – Chapo Pou Fanm by Sydney Guillaume
2011 – Leshana Haba’a BiYerushalyam, arr. by Shawn Kirchner
2010 – Reasons by Elizabeth Alexander
2010 – Tundra by Ola Gjeilo
2008 – The Singing Place by Joan Szymko
2007 – Softly Little Child by Daniel Gawthrop
We currently have 32 choirs participating in the
consortium. The level of
difficulty for the commissions is listed at advanced high school,
college/university or community choirs.
If you are interested in participating and have not already indicated
so, please email Dr. Iris Levine, National Chair for Women’s Choirs Repertoire
and Standards, at IrisLevine@mac.com. You will be added to our consortium
email list.
Thank you for supporting women’s choirs!
Iris S. Levine
Artistic Director, Vox Femina Los Angeles
www.voxfeminala.org
ACDA National Chair, Women’s Choir Repertoire and Standards
2012 ACDA Women’s
Consortium Commission Members
|
Aurora Chorus
|
Joan Szymko
|
Conductor
|
|
Bella Voce Women's
Ensemble
|
Jennifer Tibben
|
Conductor
|
|
California
Lutheran University Women’s Chorale
|
Wyant Morton
|
Conductor
|
|
Cantala (Lawrence
University Women's Choir)
|
Phillip A. Swan
|
Conductor
|
|
Central Bucks West
Women’s Choir
|
Joseph Ohrt
|
Conductor
|
|
Elektra Women’s
Choir
|
Morna Edmundson
|
Artistic Director
|
|
Emmaus High School
Women’s Choir
|
Rita Cortez
|
Conductor
|
|
Flower Mound High
School Women’s Chorale, Flower Mound, TX
|
Mark Rohwer
|
Conductor
|
|
Grand Rapids
Women’s Chorus
|
Lori Tennenhouse
|
Conductor
|
|
Lewis and Clark
College Women’s Chorus
|
Margaret Green
|
Conductor
|
|
Luther College
Aurora
|
Sandra Peter
|
Conductor
|
|
Marcus High School
Treble Choir
|
Jason Dove
|
Director
|
|
Mirinesse Women's
Choir
|
Rebecca Rottsalk
|
Conductor
|
|
Nazareth Academy
Chorale
|
Katherine Chmelko
|
Conductor
|
|
Peninsula Women's
Chorus
|
Martin Benvenuto
|
Artistic Director
|
|
Phoenix Club (SUNY
Potsdam)
|
Rebecca Reames
|
Artistic Director
|
|
Saint Mary’s
College Women’s Choir
|
Nancy Menk
|
Conductor
|
|
Sistrum, Lansing
Women's Chorus
|
Meredith Bowen
|
Conductor
|
|
South Dakota State
University Women’s Choir
|
Laura Diddle
|
Conductor
|
|
Syracuse
University Women's Chorus
|
Barbara M. Tagg
|
Conductor
|
|
The Choir Project;
Naples, Florida
|
Marian Dolan
|
Artistic Director
|
|
The
Nightingale-Bamford School Chorus
|
Courtney Birch
|
Conductor
|
|
The Ohio State
University Women’s Glee Club
|
Richard Schnipke
|
Conductor
|
|
University of
Mississippi Women’s Glee Club
|
Debra Spurgeon
|
Conductor
|
|
University of No.
Colorado Women's Glee Club
|
Jill Burleson
|
Conductor
|
|
University of
Southern California Oriana Women's Choir
|
Jo-Michael Scheibe
|
Department Chair
|
|
Voca Lyrica of Big
Rapids, MI
|
Virginia Kerwin
|
Conductor
|
|
Vox Femina Los
Angeles
|
Iris S. Levine
|
Artistic Director
|
|
Wheaton College
Women's Chorale
|
Mary Hopper
|
Conductor
|
|
WomenSing
|
Martin Benvenuto
|
Artistic Director
|
|
West Ottawa High
School Select Women's Ensemble
|
Pam Pierson
|
Conductor
|
|
WomanSong (West
Virginia)
|
Emily Capece
|
Conductor
|
You may find several resources by using the menu links below:
| 
