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 Robert Campbell ’40, M.S. ’50 Endowed Choral Composition Prize is announced.
2008 Commissioned Work:
Behzad Ranjbaran: We Are One
2008 Finalists and Participating High Schools:
Rick Bartlett: Shakespeare's Kiss -- Ward-Melville, Linda Contino, director
Nancy Hill Cobb: Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep -- West Genesee, Anthony Alvaro, director
Steve Danyew: Goodnight, Goodnight -- Dorman, South Carolina, E. Lane Moore, director
Paul Goldstaub: Swan -- Ithaca, Arthur Loomis, director
Michael Philipsen: April Is In My Mistress' Face -- Fayetteville-Manlius, David Brown, director
Benjamin Williams: Love is Enough -- Niagara Wheatfield, David Curtis, director
