New Music for New York
In 2004, the MCE began its commissioning project, New Music for New York. Through this project, the MCE has commissioned more than 20 works for choir from aspiring and established composers, focusing on local New York City composers. This extraordinary commitment to fostering new choral music has given the MCE the opportunity to work with some of the leading living New York composers, including George Andoniadis, George Steel, Patrick Castillo, Charles Griffen, and Nico Muhly. Part of this project is an effort to allow chorus members and audiences into the compositional process though intimate dinners with the composers, the exploration of early drafts as the works are created, recorded interviews by Director Thomas Cunningham with the composers, and opportunities for audience members to meet and talk with composers after the premieres. Additionally, the largest commission for each season is given to a composer selected democratically by the members of the choir, giving the membership a voice in the direction of the project.
A Piece of Coffee
Mixed Choir
March 2006
Meeting the British
Mixed Choir
March 2006
I Cannot Attain Unto It
Mixed Choir
March 2006
God's World
Mixed Choir + Soprano
March 2005
The Cloths of Heaven
Mixed Choir
March 2005
In Anguish and Hope: A Psalm for Today
Mixed Choir + Piano
March 2005