Ithaca College hosts a yearly choral music composition contest. On the day of the festival the top six entries are performed by high school choirs from throughout New York. The festival starts in the morning with the introduction of the groups, then continues throughout the day with rehearsals and workshops. Each choir works with the composer of the piece that is to be performed. In the afternoon, all the groups meet in Ford Hall Auditorium and rehearse the massed choir piece with Mr. Doebler. The Ithaca College Choir performs its annual commissioned work having worked with the composer during the afternoon rehearsal and workshop. There is a concert in the evening at 7:00 p.m. in Ford Hall Auditorium in which all the works are performed, and the winner of the competition is announced.
2007 Commissioned Work:
Gary Schocker: Confederate Soldier's Prayer
2007 Winner:
Brian W. Holmes: Nay, Ivy, Nay
Ward Melville High School, Linda Contino, director
2007 Second Place:
Charles Kaufmann: Snow-Flakes
Niagara Wheatfield High School, David G. Curtis, director
2007 Finalists:
Martin J. Wimmer: Peace
Ithaca High School, Arthur Loomis, director
F. William Sherrill: Requiem
Lansing High School, Lorrene Adams, director
Mark Dal Porto: Peace Resounds
Westbrough High School, Joseph Stillitano, director
Rebecca Sacks: The Mirror
West Genesee High School, Anthony Alvaro, director
