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SELECTED (KNOWN) PREMIERES AND PERFORMANCES
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Premieres and Performances of Patricia Van Ness' music by the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director occur regularly. 
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA. 02138.
617 - 547 - 2724 

Please contact Peter Sykes for information regarding ongoing scheduled use of her music in services.
Performance:  The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 2008-2009 Season.  Performed by:  Mary Lycan, Director.
Performance:  The Nine Orders of the Angels and Come, Emmanuel. Date of Performance:  9 March 2008.  Performed by:  Kim Hardy, soprano; Anna Collins, mezzo soprano; Susan Edwards, mezzo soprano (Director); and Nancy Kim Lee, alto.  Jack Walton, Reader.  Location:  Trinity-St. Mark's Church, Vancouver, British Columbia
Premiere:  O Red Sox Forever and Ever (2008 Edition).  Date of Premiere:  15 January 2008, 12:15 pm.  Commissioned and Premiered by:  Riverview Chamber Players, Rebecca Strauss, Music Director.  Location: King's Chapel, Boston
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Performance:  Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ.  Date of Performance:  12:15 Recital, 12 December 2007.  Performed by:  Carson Cooman, organ.  Location:  Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, MA
Performances:  In principio and Magnificat. Performances by:  Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director.
Dates of Performances:
18 November 2007
Episcopal Parish of the Messiah, Newton, MA
19 November 2007
Chapel of the Forest Hills Cemetery
(Forest Hills Educational Trust Concert Series)
Performance:  Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ.  Date of Performance:  16 November 2007.  Performed by:  Carson Cooman, organ, in Celebration of the Restoration of the hook & Hastings Organ (1936).  Location:  Covenant Congregational Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Performance:  Joy Flows Down.  Date of Performance:  11:00 am Service, 21 October 2007.  Performed by:  Harvard University Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor.  Location:  The Memorial Church at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Numerous performances: Caritas and Joy Flows Down. Performed by: Mannerquartett Schnittpunktvokal.  Locations:  Austria, Slovinia, and Germany.
Performance: Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ.  Dates of Performance: Occasional use of selected movements for worship services, 2007.  Performed by: Corey W. Candler, MM, organ.  Location:  Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, Austin, TX  www.nwhillsumc.org <http://www.nwhillsumc.org>
Performance: Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ. Date of Performance: Occasional use of selected movements for worship services, 2007. Performed by: David M. Boothe, organist and choirmaster.  Location: Emanuel Lutheran Church, Dallas Tx., http://www.emanueldallas.org
Performance: Caritas (Si linguis).  Date of Performance: 20 August 2007.  Performed by: Schnittpunktvokal and Bernarda Fink, soprano.  Location:  Carinthia Music Festival, Villach, Austria.
Performance:  Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon (Transcribed for CTTTB).  Date of Performance: Mid-Summer 2007.  Performed by:  Schnittpunktvokal.  Location:  Austria
Performance: Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon.  Date of Performance: May 2007.  Performed by:  The Fellows of the University Choir, Edward E. Jones, Director.  Location: Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge, MA.
Performance:  Magnificat.  Date of Performance: 6 May 2007.  Performed by Ensemble Cosmedin.  Location: Worms, Germany.
Performance: Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ.  Date of Performance: 18 June 2007.  Performed by: Peter Sykes.  Location: Dallas, Texas, American Guild of Organists Regional Conference.
Performance:  Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ.  Date of Performance:  8 June 2007, 7:30 pm.  Performed by:   Carson Cooman, organist.  Location:  Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley, California.
Performance:  Epiphany (SSAA).  Performed by:  The Radcliffe Choral Society (Harvard University), Kevin Leong, Conductor. 

30 March 2007
The University of Portland
28 March 2007
Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada
27 March 2007
Central Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada
25 March 2007
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA
24 March 2007
Grace Episcopal Church, Bainbridge, WA
4 November 2006
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Premiere: May I Rest My Heart in You.  Date of Performance:  April 2006.  Performed by:  The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Performance: Pastoral Suite (7 Prayers) for Organ.  Date of Performance: 12 April 2007.  Performed by:  Carson Cooman.  Location: Aldolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, 12 Noon.
Premiere:  In the Very Air I Breathe.  Date of Performance:  January 2007.  Performed by:  The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Premieres and Performances of Patricia Van Ness' music by the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA. 

Please contact Peter Sykes for information regarding 2006 use of her music in services.
Advent Season
Premieres and Performances at First Church in Cambridge
Peter Sykes, Music Director
Performed by the Choir of First Church in Cambridge
11:00 am Services

17 December: Advent
10 December: Premiere, In the very air I breathe
3 December: Populus....(the people who walked in darkness)
26 November: Premiere, Sparrow, sparrow of the evening
Performance:  Air. Date of Performance: 10 December (prelude, morning service). Performed by: Colby Cooman, trumpet; Carson Cooman, organ.  Location:  Emmanual Church, Boston.
Performance:  Requiem, Transcribed for Strings. Selected movements of Van Ness's Requiem transcribed for Baroque orchestra.  Date of Performance:  2 December 2006, 8:00 pm.  Performed by:  The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Director.  Location:  The Memorial Church, Harvard University.
Performance:  Gloria.  Date of Performance: December 2006.  Performed by:  The Chancel Choir of Christ Church, Holly Chatham Director.  Location, Christ Church, Summit, New Jersey.
Performances: Cor meum est templum sacrum.  Performed by:  Wright State University Collegiate Chorale, Hank Dahlman, Director.

26 November through 3 December 2006
Tour of Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia and Kentucky
12 November 2006
Creative Arts Center, Concert Hall,
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
23 October 2006
Mad River Vocal Arts Festival
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

Performances:  In principio and Magnificat.  Performed by:  Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director. 

Saturday, 18 November 2006, 8:00 pm
Episcopal Parish of the Messiah
1900 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton

Sunday, 19 November 2006, 4:00 pm
Forsyth Chapel of Forest Hills Cemetary
Jamaica Plain
Performances and Previews:  Movement II, Advent.  Date of Performance:  11 November 2006.  Performed by Tapestry.  Location:  Kalamazoo, MI
Performance:  Four Prayers, Movement I. Date of Performance: 31 October 2006, The Harvard Organ Society's Halloween Organ Recital. Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ.  Location:  The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Premiere: Sparrow, Sparrow of the Evening.  Date of Performance:  November 2006.  Performed by:  The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Performance:  Awakening and Movement II, Advent.  Performed by:  Tapestry.  Date of Performance:  29 October 2006.  Location:  Quebec, Canada.
Performance:  Awakening.  Performed by:  Tapestry.  Date of Performance:  27 October 2006.  Location:  First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Massachusetts.
Performances:  Four Prayers, Movement III, Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ; and Joy Flows Down, Performed by: The Fellows of the Memorial Church Choir, Carson Cooman, directing.  Date of Performances:  18 October 2006, Harvard University Morning Prayers. Location: Appleton Chapel, Harvard University.
Performance: De Ave Phoenice (The Phoenix) 12 Movements, scored for soprano, baritone, 2 oboes, English horn, violin/viola, and 'cello. Date of Performance:  18 October.  Directed by:  Peter Sykes.  Location:  The Boston Athenaeum, in honor of its 200th Anniversary.
Performance: Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon.  Date of Performance: 18 October 2006.  Performed by:  The Fellows of the University Choir, Carson Cooman directing.  Location: Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge, MA.
Premiere: Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon.  Date of Performance: 15 October 2006.  Performed by:  The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Premiere: Caritas. Date of Premiere:  30 September 2006.  Commissioned and premiered by: Mannerquartett Schnittpunktvokal (Austria).  Location: Festival Niedersachsische Musiktage, Hannover, Germany.
Premiere:  Four Prayers, for Solo Organ.  Date of Premiere:  4 June 2006.  Premiered by Peter Sykes, to Commemorate his 20th Year as Music Director at First Church in Cambridge, MA.  Commissioned by:  First Church in Cambridge.  Location:  First Church in Cambridge, MA.
Performance: Nocturnes. Date of Performance: 20 May. Performed by: Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Artistic Director. Location: please check here for location.
Preview:  Caritas. Date of Performance:  5 May 2006.  Commissioned and previewed by: Mannerquartett Schnittpunktvokal (Austria).  Location: Sigmund Freud Conference, Rome Italy.
Performances:  Cor meum est templum sacrum. Performed by: Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, Artistic Director. Dates and Locations in 2006: Please contact Chanticleer for performances in 2006 (www.Chanticleer.org/contact.cfm).
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Performances:  Cor meum est templum sacrum. Performed by: Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, Artistic Director. Dates and Locations in 2005: Please contact Chanticleer for performances in 2005 of this piece (www.Chanticleer.org/contact.cfm).
Premiere: Gloria. Date of Premiere: 18 December, 11:00 am.  Performed by:  The Choirs of First Church in Cambridge (Adult and Children), Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, MA.
Performance: Advent. Date of Performance: 11 December, 11:00 am.  Performed by: The Choir of Wellesley Congregational (Village) Church, David Carrier, Music Director.  Location:  Wellesley Congregational (Village) Church, MA.
Performance:  In oculis Dei. 23 October, 11:00 am.  Performed by:  The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, MA.
Premiere:  Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutem, with additional new music by Patricia Van Ness.  Date of Premiere:  25 May 2005, 8:00 pm.  The Ordo is a new adaption for Tapestry, women's chorus, and dancers.  New music commissioned by:  Cristi Catt.  Location:  First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (11 Garden Street) Cambridge, MA.
Performance:  You Hear My Prayer.  Date of Performance:  14 May 2005, 8:00 pm ("Make of Yourselves a Light: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Julie Ince Thompson," produced by Jeremy Alliger in collaboration with The Boston Conservatory).  Recording performed by:  Rebecca Strauss, violas.  Location:  The Boston Conservatory.
Performance:  In principio.  Date of Performance:  April 2005.  Performed by:  Women's Voices Chorus.  Location: Chapel Hill, NC.
Performance: Grace. Date of Performance: 26 March 2005. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Performance:  The Nine Orders of the Angels.   Date of Performance:  6 March 2005.  Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director).  Location:  North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND.
Performance:  The Nine Orders of the Angels.   Date of Performance:  21 February 2005.  Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director).  Location:  King Chapel, Cornell College, Ohio.
Premiere: Come, Emmanuel.  Date of Performance: 12 December 2005.  Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director.  Location: First Church in Cambridge, MA.
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Seminar:  “The Composer’s Process:  Composing Music for Women’s Choirs.”  Panelists:  Hilary Tann, Libby Larson, Carol Barnett, Patricia Van Ness.  Date of Seminar:  13 November 2004, Harvard Festival of Women’s Choruses.  Location:  Holden Chapel, Harvard University.
Performance:  The Nine Orders of the Angels.   Date of Performance:  13 November 2004.  Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director).  Event:  Harvard Festival of Women’s Choruses.  Location:  Sander’s Theatre, Harvard University, 8:15 pm.
Premiere: Requiem. Date of Performance: 31 October 2004, 3:00 pm. Commissioned by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director. Performed by: Sanford Sylvan, baritone; full chorus; oboes; and string orchestra. Location: Church of the Covenant, Boston.
Performance: In principio. Dates of Performances: 19 - 25 July 2004. Performed by: Students of Royal School of Church Music in America. Directed by: Hazel Somerville and Murray Somerville. Location: King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Performances:  Air for Flugelhorn and Organ.  Performed by:  Colby Cooman, flugelhorn; Carson Cooman, organ.  Dates and Locations:

1 August 2004
Webster Presbyterian Church, Webster, New York.
25 July 2004
Rochester Christian Reformed Church, Penfield, New York.
18 July 2004
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York.

Performance:  The Nine Orders of the Angels.  Date of Performance:  7 July 2004.  Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director).  Location:  Domanine Forget de Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Quebec.

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 12 March 2004. Commissioned and Performed by Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director). Location: Healdsburg, CA.

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 14 March 2004. Commissioned and Performed by Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director). Location: Tucson, AZ.

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Performance: Three Ben Franklin Dances. Date of Performance: November 20, 2003. Performed by The National Philharmony of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau Concert, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor. Location: Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Performance: Three Ben Franklin Dances. Date of Performance: November 14, 2003. Performed by The Odessa Philharmonic, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor. Location: Odessa, Ukraine.

Performance: Three Ben Franklin Dances. Date of Performance: October 2, 2003. Performed by The Bishkek and Chui Chamber Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor. Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Premieres: Three Ben Franklin Dances and May We Live in Peace. Dates of Performances: August 16-24 2003. Commissioned by: The American Composers Forum Boston, and The Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor, in Collaboration with The City of Boston Parks and Recreation ParkARTS Program in the Emerald Necklace Commissioning Project, to honor Franklin Park. Performed by: The Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and Leah Hunt, Jonita Lattimore, and Deborah Fields, sopranos. Locations and Dates: 

16 August 2003, 8:00 pm
The Boston Common Parade Ground

17 August 2003, 6:00 pm
Franklin Park, Roxbury

20 August 2003, 7:00 pm
Rogers Center for the Arts, North Andover

21 August 2003, 7:30 pm
Mechanics Hall, Worcester

22 August 2003, 6:00 pm
The Tabernacle, Martha's Vineyard

24 August 2003 6:00 pm
Piers Park, East Boston

Performances: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Dates of Performances: 20-22 May 2003. Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Location: Hanover, Germany. 

Performances: Cor meum est templum sacrum (2001). Performed by: Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, Artistic Director. Dates and Locations: 

7 May 2003 
First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA. 
6 May 2003 
St. Joseph's Cathedral, San Jose, CA. 
5 May 2003 
Carmel Mission, Carmel, CA. 
1 May 2003 
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA. 
30 April 2003 
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA. 

Premiere: Domine exaudis orationem meam. Date of Premiere: 5 April 2003. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Peter Sykes, Director. Location, Cambridge, MA. 

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Premiere: De Ave Phoenice (The Phoenix). Date of Performance: 26 November 2002. Commissioned by: The Boston Athenaeum. Performed by: Ellen Hargis, soprano; Sanford Sylvan, baritone; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Julianne Verret, oboe/English horn; Jane Harrison, oboe/English horn; Anne Black, violin/viola; and Emily Walhout, cello. Location: The Boston Athenaeum. 

Performance: Grace. Date of Performance: 10 November 2002. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels, Movements I, II, III. Date of Performance: 11 September 2002. Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Live broadcast, WGBH (NPR) Radio to commemorate 9/11. The Nine Orders also used as NPR advertisement for day-long 9/ll commemoration. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 13 October 2002. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Premiere and Performances: Benediction (For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities...). Dates of Performances: 9 September &ndash; 24 November 2002. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Performance: An Evening of Choreography by Julie Ince Thompson, Set to the Music of Patricia Van Ness. Date of Performance: 25 January 2002. Location: Boston Conservatory. 

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Premiere: CNN piece on the music of Patricia Van Ness, featuring In oculis Dei (In the Eyes of God) performed by Coro Allegro (David Hodgkins, Director). Date: Scheduled Christmas 2001, airing internationally. 

Performance: Magnificat. Date of Performance: 23 December 2001, 11:00 am service. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Premiere and Performances: Amen. Date of Performances: Fall 2001, 9 September through 25 November (choral response). Commissioned by First Church in Cambridge. Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Premiere: Red Sox Forever and Ever (Rosea Soleae semper ad aeternum). Date of Performance: Fall 2001. Commissioned by Perry King Neubauer. Performed by: Susan Sheriff Neubauer, soprano; Benjamin Neubauer, viola; Perry King Neubauer, cello. Location: private performance, closed to the public. 

Performance: Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris (The People Who Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light). Date of Performance: 5 August 2001, 10:00 a.m. service. Performed by: Recuerdo, Lolly Robinson, Director. Location: Christ Church in Cambridge, Zero Garden Street. 

Premiere: Amor meus tibi ex sepulcro vacuo effundit. Date of Performance: 15 April 2001. Co-Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

Premiere: Amor meus tibi ex sepulcro vacuo effundit. Date of Performance: 15 April 2001. Co-Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of Trinitarian Congregational Church, Victoria Wagner, Director. Location: Concord, MA. 

Performance: Cor meum est templum sacrum. Date of Performance: 22 February 2001. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, MA., Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

Performance: The Voice of the Tenth Muse. Date of Performance: 11 February 2001. Commissioned and Performed by: Coro Allegro (David Hodgkins, Director). Location: Boston. 

Performance: Air; Advent; Mooncalf's Ditty; The Sleepwalker; Movements 7 and 4, Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 19 January 2001. Choreographed by Julie Ince Thompson for FleetBoston Celebrity Series, Tsai Performance Center; Location: Boston. 

Premiere: Cor meum est templum sacrum (2001). Date of Performance: 20 January 2001. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, MA., Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

Performance: Et factum est. Date of Performance: 7 January 2001, to celebrate the installation of Dr. J. Mary Luti as Senior Minister of First Church in Cambridge. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, MA., Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

Premiere: Et factum est. Date of Performance: 7 January 2001, 11:00 a.m. service. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, MA., Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

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Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 23 December 2000. Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director). Location: Fuiggi, Italy (Millennium Celebration). 

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 22 December 2000. Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director). Location: Rome, Italy (Millennium Celebration). 

Performance: Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris. Date of Performance: 7 October 2000, for the wedding of PV and Peter Marks. Commissioned and Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

Performance: Air. Date of Performance: 7 October 2000, for the wedding of PV and Peter Marks. Commissioned and Performed by: Robinson Pyle and Peter Sykes. Location: First Church in Cambridge. 

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 5 October 2000. Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director). Location: Columbus, Georgia, USA. 

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 2 October 2000. Commissioned and Performed by: Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Director). Location: Rome, Georgia, USA. 

Premiere: Nocturnes. Date of Premiere: 20 and 21 May 2000. Commissioned and Performed by: Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Director (in commemoration of David Carrierâ€&trade;s 20th Year as Director). Location: Newton, MA 

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Premiere: The Erminia and Tu Risa. Date of Premiere: 12 October 1999. Commissioned and Performed by: Ellen Hargis and Peter Sykes. Location: Kings Chapel, Boston (in conjunction with The Boston Athenaeum). 

Premiere: Amissus. Date of premiere: 16 May 1999. Commissioned and Performed by: Trinity Episcopal Choir, Wayne Petersen, Director. Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

Performance: Movement II, Advent. Date of Performance: 17 April 1999. Performed by Wellesley College Choir, Brian Hulse Director. Location: Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College. 

Premiere: Grace. Date of Premiere: 4 April 1999. Performed and Commissioned by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Performance: Maundy Thursday. Date of Performance: 1 April 1999. Performed by The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 9 March 1999. Performed by: The Chapel Choir of College of the Holy Cross, Andrea Goodrich, Director. Location: The Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi, Italy. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 7 March 1999. Performed by: The Chapel Choir of College of the Holy Cross, Andrea Goodrich, Director. Location: St. Peter's Cathedral, The Vatican, Italy. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 7 March 1999. Performed by: The Chapel Choir of College of the Holy Cross, Andrea Goodrich, Director. Location: St. Ignazio's Church, Rome. 

Performance: Cor mei Cordis/Heart of my Heart. (First Prize, His Majestie's Clerkes Choral Composition Competition, 1997). Date of performance: 20 February 1999. Performed by: His Majestie's Clerkes, Anne H. Heider, Artistic Director. Location: Evanston, Illinois. 

Performance: Cor mei Cordis/Heart of my Heart. (First Prize, His Majestie's Clerkes Choral Composition Competition, 1997). Date of performance: 27 February 1999. Performed by: His Majestie's Clerkes, Anne H. Heider, Artistic Director. Location: Illinois Benedictine University, Lyle, Illinois. 

Performance: Cor mei Cordis/Heart of my Heart. (First Prize, His Majestie's Clerkes Choral Composition Competition, 1997). Date of performance: 28 February 1999. Performed by: His Majestie's Clerkes, Anne H. Heider, Artistic Director. Location: Quigley Seminary Chapel, Chicago. 

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Performance: Magnificat. Date of Performance: 31 December 1998. Performed by: Ruth Cunningham, soprano (formerly of Anonymous 4). Location: Johnston, New York. 

Premiere: Air. Date of Performance: 13 December 1998. Commissioned and Performed by: Robinson Pyle (flugelhorn) and Peter Sykes (organ). Location: First Church in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 13 December 1998. Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: Cambridge. 

Performance: Advent. Date of Performance: 13 December 1998. Performed by: The Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director. Location: Cambridge. 

Performance: The Voice of the Tenth Muse. Date of Performance: 22 November 1998. Commissioned and Performed by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director. Location: Church of the Covenant, Boston. 

Performance: The Voice of the Tenth Muse. Date of Performance: 21 November 1998. Commissioned and Performed by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director. Location: First Church in Cambridge, MA. 

Premiere: The Voice of the Tenth Muse. Date of Performance: 15 November 1998. Commissioned and Performed by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director. Location: Bowker Auditorium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 13 November 1998. Performed by: Chapel Choir of the College of the Holy Cross, Andrea Goodrich, Director. Location: St. Theresa Church, Sherborn, MA 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 8 November 1998. Performed by: Chapel Choir of the College of the Holy Cross, Andrea Goodrich, Director. Location: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 31 October 1998. Performed by: The Choir of St. John's Episcopal Church, Gretchen Longwell-Cooley, Director. Location, Gloucester, MA. 

Performances: Various anthems. Date of Performance: 28 October 1998. Performed by: the Choir of First Church in Cambridge (Peter Sykes, Director). Location: Cambridge, MA 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 25 October 1998. Performed by: the Choir of First Church in Cambridge (Peter Sykes, Director). Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Date of Performance: 4 October 1998. Performed by: The Choir of Trinitarian Congregational Church, Victoria Wagner, Director. Location: Concord, MA. 

Performance: Ego sum Custos Angela; Movement I, The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of Performance: 18 September 1998. Commissioned and performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Location: Musica Sacra Festival, Maastricht, Holland. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis. Date of Performance: 13 September 1998. Performed by: Chapel Choir, College of the Holy Cross, Andrea Goodrich, Director. Location: College of the Holy Cross. 

Performance: Magnificat. Date of Performance: 12 September 1998. Performed by: the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Director (for the Memorial Service for Allen Happe). Location: Cambridge. 

Performance: Ego sum Custos Angela; Movement I, The Nine Orders of the Angels (1996; 3:15; SSAA). Date of Performance: 2 August 1998. Commissioned and performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Location: Seattle. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis. Date of Performance: 25 May 1998. Performed by: Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, Director. Location, St. Ignazio Cathedral, Rome, Italy. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis. Date of Performance: 27 May 1998. Performed by: Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, Director. Location, Venice, Italy. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis. Date of Performance: 28 May 1998. Performed by: Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, Director. Location, Salzburg, Austria. 

Premiere: O infans lucis. Dates of Premiere: 2 and 3 May 1998. Commissioned and performed by: Fort Wayne Children's Choir, Ty Magsig, Director. Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

Performances: Seraphim (from The Nine Orders of the Angels). Thanksgiving Music and Reaping. Dates of Performances: 24, 25, 26 April 1998. Choreographed by: Julie Ince Thompson. Recorded work, performed by composer except Heather Knutson, soprano. Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis. Date of Performance: 17 April 1998. Performed by: Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, Director. Location: Indianapolis. 

Premiere: O magna res. Date of Premiere: 17 April 1998, for the Heidelberg Music Festival, Heidelberg, Germany. Commissioned and Performed by: The Heidelberg Ensemble for New Music. Location: Heidelberg, Germany. 

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of performance: 20 March 1998. Performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Location: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis, In oculis Dei, Requies aeterna donata est. Date of Performance: 15 March 1998. Performed by: Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Director. Location, Newton, MA. 

Performance: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of performance: 1 March 1998. Performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Location: Maryland. 

Performance: In oculis Dei, Maundy Thursday. Date of performance: 22 February 1998. Performed by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director. Location: Boston. 

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Performance: Arcanae and Ego sum Custos Angela. Dates of performance: 5 December 1997. Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova and Tapestry. Location: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA. 

Performance: Arcanae and Ego sum Custos Angela. Dates of performance: 7 December 1997. Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova and Tapestry. Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA. 

Performance: Arcanae and Ego sum Custos Angela. Dates of performance: 10 December 1997. Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova and Tapestry. Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, KY. 

Performance: Arcanae and Ego sum Custos Angela. Dates of performance: 11 December 1997. Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova and Tapestry. Location: The Cathedral, Louisville, KY. 

Performance: Arcanae and Ego sum Custos Angela. Dates of performance: 14 December 1997. Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova and Tapestry. Location: Stephens Center, Birmingham, AL. 

Performance: Arcanae and Ego sum Custos Angela. Dates of performance: 15 December 1997. Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova and Tapestry. Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. 

Performance: Thanksgiving Music and Reaping. Dates of Performance: 7, 8, 9 November 1997. Choreographed by: Julie Ince Thompson for Boston Conservatory. Recorded work, performed by composer except Heather Knutson, soprano. Location: Boston. 

Performance: Requies aeterna donata est. Dates of Performance: 1 November 1997. Performed by: Trinity Episcopal Church choir, Wayne Peterson, Director. Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

Performance: In oculis Dei. Dates of Performance: September 1997. Performed by AGO members at Induction Service, Victoria Wagner, Director. Location: Boston. 

Premiere: Dominus pascit me. Dates of performances: Summer 1997 (24 performances). Commissioned and performed by: Village Harmony Summer Camp, Larry Gordon, Director. Location: Vermont (USA) and England. 

Performance: Music for the dance Zerkolo: Mirror (music entitled Reaping and Thanksgiving Music. Dates of Performance: August 1997. For: Beth Soll and Company. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer except Heather Knutson, soprano. Location: Hong Kong. 

Performances: Music for the dance Zerkolo: Mirror (music entitled Reaping and Thanksgiving Music. Dates of Performance: 10, 11, 12, and 13 June 1997. For: Beth Soll and Company. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer except Heather Knutson, soprano. Location: New York, NY. 

Performances: Music from The Wild Swans. Premiere of new ballet by Toni Pimble. Dates of Performances: 12 and 13 April, 1997 (Eugene, Oregon) and 17 and 18 April (Boise, Idaho). Presented by: Eugene Ballet, Toni Pimble, choreographer. 

Performances: Pentecost; Epiphany. Date of performance: 25 May 1997. Performed by: First Church Choir in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director. Location: Cambridge. 

Premiere: Maundy Thursday. Date of premiere: Maundy Thursday, 27 March 1997. Commissioned and performed by: First Church Choir in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director. Location: Cambridge. 

Performance: Excerpts from Cor mei Cordis/Heart of my Heart. Date of performance: 22 March 1997. Performed by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director. Location: Jordon Hall, Boston. 

Performance: Cor mei cordis/Heart of My Heart. Date of performance: 23 February 1997. Performed by: Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director. Location: Church of the Covenant, Boston. 

Premiere: Epiphany. Date of Performance: 6 January 1997. Performed by: Choir of First Church in Cambridge (Peter Sykes, Music Director). Location: Cambridge. 

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Premiere: Magnificat. Date of Performance: 22 December 1996. Performed by Choir of First Church in Cambridge. Location: Cambridge. 

Performance: Requies aeterna donata est. Date of performance: 24 November 1996. Performed by: Choir of First Church in Cambridge. Location: Cambridge. 

Premiere: In oculis Dei. Date of Premiere: 6 October 1996. Performed by: First Church in Cambridge Choir (Peter Sykes, music director). Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Premieres: Cor mei cordis/Heart of my Heart. Date of Premiere: 5 and 6 October 1996. Performed by: Schola Cantorum of Boston. Locations: Church of the Advent, Boston, and Harvard Epworth Church, Cambridge. 

Performances: "Benedicas," "In Confinio Maris," "Altissima" and "Amen" from Evensong. 28 and 29 September 1996. Performed by: Daniel McCabe, baritone; Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord and organ; Olav Chris Henricksen, lute, therobo and 19th century guitar; and Carol Lewis, viola da gamba. Location: Cambridge and Topsfield, MA. 

Performance: "Michael, Seraphim" from The Nine Orders of the Angels for a Julie Ince Thompson dance premiere. Date of Performance: 20 June 1996. Performed by: Julie Ince Thompson. Location: Newburyport, MA. 

Premiere: Pentecost. Date of performance: 26 May 1996. Performed by: Choir, First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director. Location, Cambridge, MA. 

Premiere: The Nine Orders of the Angels. Date of performance: 22 March 1996. Performed by: Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, Director. Location: First Church Congregational, Cambridge, MA. 

Premiere: Arcanae. Performance at same concert: Ego sum Custos Angela. Date of performance: 24 February 1996. Commissioned and Performed by Ensemble Project Ars Nova. Location: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge, MA. 

Performances: "Benedicas," "In Confinio Maris," "Altissima" and "Amen" from Evensng. 29 September 1995 and 21 January 1996. Performed by: Daniel McCabe, baritone. Locations: Buffalo, New York and Topsfield, MA. 

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Premiere: Ego Sum Custos Angela. Date of performance: 29 October 1995. Commissioned and Performed by Laurie Monahan, Tapestry. Location: First Church Congregational, Cambridge, MA. 

Premiere: Ego Sum Custos Angela. Date of performance: 27 October 1995. Commissioned and Performed by Laurie Monahan, Tapestry. Location: Topsfield Episcopal Church, Topsfield, MA. 

Premiere: Ego Sum Custos Angela. Date of performance: 21 October 1995. Commissioned and Performed by Laurie Monahan, Tapestry. Location: St. Martins Episcopal in Providence, RI. 

Performances: Evensong. Date of performances: 5 and 12 August 1995. Performed by: Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, Conductor. Location: Basilica, Mission Dolores, San Francisco. 

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Performance: "Altissima" and "Amen" from Evensong (organ reduction by Peter Sykes). Date of performance: 2 December 1994. Performed by: Lesley College Collegium Musicum, Paul Cummings, Conductor. Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Performances: Music for the ballet Captured Angel (music entitled An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra. Dates of Performances: 16-17 November, 1994. For: Ballet Eddy Toussaint. Choreographed by: Jill E. Bahr. Recorded work, performed by composer, except Robin Barr, oboe and english horn. Location: Sarasota, FL. 

Performance: Music for the dance Zerkolo: Mirror (music entitled Reaping and Thanksgiving Music. Dates of Performance: 11 July 1994. For: Beth Soll and Company. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer except Heather Knutson, soprano. Location: Cambridge, MA. 

Performances: Music for the ballet Captured Angel (music entitled An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra. Dates of Performances: 30 May - 7 June 1994 (6 performances). For: Charleston Ballet Theatre. Choreographed by: Jill E. Bahr. Recorded work, performed by composer, except Robin Barr, oboe and english horn. Location: Piccolo Spoleto, Charleston, SC. 

Performances: Music for the ballet Captured Angel (music entitled An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra. Dates of Performances: 19-20 March, 1994. For: Charleston Ballet Theatre. Choreographed by: Jill E. Bahr. Recorded work, performed by composer, except Robin Barr, oboe. Location: Charleston, SC. 

Performances: Music for the dance Zerkolo: Mirror (music entitled Reaping and Thanksgiving Music. Dates of Performances: 4-6 March 1994. For: Beth Soll and Company. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer except Heather Knutson, soprano. Location: Boston, MA. 

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Performance: Music for the dance Zerkolo: Mirror (music entitled Reaping and Thanksgiving Music. Dates of Performances: 27 August-5 September 1993. For: Beth Soll Solo Premiere at Festival on the Volga, Russia. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Festival on the Volga, Karoslav, Russia. 

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Performance: Music for the ballet Captured Angel, music entitled An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra. Dates of Performances: 4 and 5 April 1992. For: The Eugene Ballet Company ("A Celebration of the Uncommon Woman"). Choreographed by: Jill E. Bahr. Performed by: Eugene Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor. Location: Eugene, Oregon. 

Premiere: Evensong. Dates of Performances: 7 and 9 March 1992. Performed by: Scott Metcalfe, Director, Baroque Violin; Heather Knutson, Soprano; Rob Dobson, Richard Duguay, Daniel McCabe and Art Rawding, Tenors; Owen Watkins, Baroque Oboe; Shira Kammen, Vielle, Viola da Gamba; Janet Haas, Carol Lewis, Lynn Tetenbaum and Emily Walhout, Violas da Gamba. Location: Lindsay Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Newbury Street, Boston. 

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Premiere: Music for the ballet The Wild Swans. Dates of Performances: 9-12, 15-19 May 1991 (12 performances). Commissioned by: Boston Ballet. Choreographed by: Jill E. Bahr. Performed by: Boston Ballet Orchestra, Jonathan McPhee, conductor. Location: The Wang Center, Boston. 

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Performance: Music for the ballet Hands of Wind (music entitled Reaping and The Red Skirt). Dates of Performances: 12-16 January 1989 (5 performances). Commissioned by: Monica Levy Dance Company, New York. Choreographed by: Monica Levy. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: The Joyce Theatre, New York, NY. 

Performance: Music for the ballet Ghosts (music entitled An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra). Dates of Performances: 12-15, 18-21 March 1989 (12 performances). For: Boston Ballet (Boston Ballet's 25th Gala Celebration Series). Choreographed by: Monica Levy. Performed by: Boston Ballet Orchestra, Jonathan McPhee, conductor. Location: The Wang Center, Boston. 

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Performance: Music for the ballet Ghosts (music entitled An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra). Dates of Performances: 6-13 July, 1988 (5 performances). For: Boston Ballet (Concerts on the Common Series). Choreographed by: Monica Levy. Recorded work, performed by composer except Robin Barr, oboe and english horn. Location: Boston Commons, Boston. 

Premiere: Music for the ballet Ghosts (music for An Untitled Work for Guitars and Orchestra). Dates of Performances: 1 & 2 June, 1988. For: Boston Ballet (performance at Spoleto's "Dance in America"). Choreographed by: Monica Levy. Performed by: The Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stanley Sussman, conductor. Location: Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC.

Performance: Music for the ballet Hands of Wind (music entitled Reaping and The Red Skirt). Dates of Performances: Fall 1988 (2 performances). Commissioned by: Monica Levy for Dance Company of Lisbon. Choreographed by: Monica Levy. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Lisbon, Portugal.

Premiere: Music for the ballet Hands of Wind (music entitled Reaping and The Red Skirt). Dates of Performances: Fall 1988 (2 performances). For: Monica Levy for Transition Dance Company of London. Choreographed by: Monica Levy. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: London, England.

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Premiere: Music for the dance Place of Ambush. Dates of Performances: 4-6 April, 1987. Commissioned by: Beth Soll and Company (10th Anniversary Concert). Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Tower Auditorium, Boston.

Performance: Music for the dance Place of Ambush. Dates of Performances: 10-12 April 1987. Commissioned by: Beth Soll and Company (10th Anniversary Concert). Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: New York, NY.

Performance: Music for the dance Place of Ambush. Dates of Performances: Spring 1987 (3 performances). Commissioned by: Beth Soll and Company (10th Anniversary Concert). Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Chicago, IL.

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Premiere: Music for the dance Memoir (music entitled Character Sketch). Date of Performance: Spring 1986. For: Beth Soll. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Paris, France.

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Performance: Music for the dance First Season (music entitled The Gulf). Date of Performance: 17 October 1985. For: Beth Soll. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Boston.

Premiere: Music for the dance First Season (music entitled The Gulf). Date of Performance: June 1985. For: Beth Soll. Choreographed by: Beth Soll. Recorded work, performed by composer. Location: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.


Source of images:

Folios: 10 Recto and 13 Verso
The Remains of a Medieval Antiphon (14th century)
18 Leaves of A28904 in The Annmary Brown Collection.
Brown University Library
Project by Laura Saetveit, Class of 2003.

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