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From over 150 submissions this year, the following four composers were chosen:
Kui Dong of Hanover, NH, teaches composition at Dartmouth College. Dong has received two Meet the Composer grants, and has received awards in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.
Anthony Gatto of Minneapolis, MN, is Twin Cities Director of the American Composers Forum and has recently received awards from the Jerome Foundation and the McKnight Foundation.
John Muehleisen of Lynwood, WA, studied composition at Indiana University and the University of Washington - Seattle. Muehleisen is composer-in-residence with the vocal ensemble Opus 7.
Nancy Wertsch of New York, NY, studied at the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin, Germany, as a Fulbright Fellow. She has had works performed and recorded across the U.S. and has received commissions from numerous choral ensembles.
The four composers will each receive a $1,200 commission fee to write a five-to-seven minute choral work. All four works will be presented during a free public Reading Session scheduled for Tuesday, June 6, 7:00 PM, at Sundin Hall on the campus of Hamline University in St. Paul. The winning composer will receive a $6,000 commission to create a work to be premiered during the Singers' 2001-2002 season.
The New Choral Music Program is designed to stimulate the creation of choral works, providing professional opportunities for emerging composers and increasing public awareness of their works. The program serves talented composers who are at an early stage of career development, have not received acknowledgment as established professional by other musicians and arts professionals, and have had a limited number of major performances.
