Previously Commissioned Works
The piece "Bega"by Carol Barnett, was commissioned by Ithaca College and will be premiered by the Ithaca College Choir.
Previously commissioned works:
1979 Vincent Persichetti Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
1980 Samuel Adler Two Shelley Songs
1981 Karel Husa Every Day
1982 William Schuman Esses
1983 Dan Locklair Break Away
1984 Eugene Butler Eternity and Time
1985 Iain Hamilton The Convergence
1986 Ellen Taafe Zwilic Thanksgiving Song
1987 Richard Wernick The Eleventh Commandment
1988 Peter Schickele Songs I Taught My Mother
1989 Thomas Pasatieri Three Mysteries for Chorus
1990 Norman Dello Joio The Quest
1991 Augusta R. Thomas Sanctus
1992 Norman Dello Joio Songs of Memory*
1993 Ronald Caltabian Metaphor
1994 Thea Musgrave On The Underground
1995 Daniel Pinkham Passion Music
1996 Daniel Asia purer than purest pure
1997 Chen Yi Spring Dreams
1998 Robert Maggio Aristotle
1999 Lowell Lieberman Three Elizabethan Songs
2000 George Tsontakis Ithaka
2001 Chen Yi Xuan
2002 Anthony Iannaccone The Soul’s Expression
2003 Daniel Dorff The Colors of Creation
2004 Dan Welcher Leaves of Grass
2005 Ron Nelson Let us find a meadow
2006 Dana Wilson Love’s Phases
2007 Gary Schocker Confederate Soldier’s Prayer
2008 Behzad Ranjbaran We are one
2009 Steven Stucky Gravity’s Dream
2010 René Clausen At Dusk
2011 Carol Barnett Bega
* Centennial Commission