As part of its mission, Heritage Chorale commissions a choral work nearly every year. Among our past commissions:
Works Commissioned by Heritage Chorale
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Norb: Life as An Art Form
Alex Wurman, EMMY Award-winning composer and former student of Norbert Teclaw, cofounder of Heritage Chorale
November, 2024
Kong Shan Xin Yu (Rain in the Mountains)
Wenxin Li, The University of Iowa Center for New Music
April, 2023
We Two in a Park at Night
Grace Coberly, 2016 Heritage Chorale scholarship recipient
April, 2022
Teach Me Your Mood
Scott Howard Eggert, Faculty Lebanon Valley College
November, 2019
Blue Danube
Arr. Jonathan Miller, Founder/Artistic Dir. Chicago a cappella; Co-founder/Artistic Dir. Sounds Good! Choir
November, 2017
Spring and Fall: To a Young Child
James Kallembach, University of Chicago, former Artistic Director, Heritage Chorale
April, 2016
Three Dainas, from the Moon and the Sun
Katherine Pukinskis, Carnegie Mellon University School of Music
November, 2016
Peace Flows into Me
Paul Carey, Oak Park native
April, 2014
I Lift Up My Eyes To The Mountains (Psalm 121)
Paul French, Music director, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Chicago
April, 2011
Nature Boy
Arr. Kirk Garrison, Elmhurst University
January, 2010
To the Ear of God
Richard Proulx, Late music director, Holy Name Cathedral; over 300 published works
May, 2009
Oft, in the Stilly Night
Gregory Phillips, Oak Park artist
May, 2008
The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
Daniel Pinkham, New England Conservatory of Music; Harvard University; Boston University; King's Chapel, Boston; prolific composer
January, 2007
Tune Thy Music to Thy Heart
Wayland Rogers, Singer; conductor; Grammy nominee; former faculty Northwestern, Depaul, Loyola, North Park Universities
January, 2006
Alabaster Boxes
Dennis Northway, Former Parish Musician, Grace Episcopal Church, Oak Park (nearly 25 years); Artistic Director, Handel Week
May, 2005
Shehecheyany
Jonathan Miller
January, 2005
Rumi triptych: 2 Insomnia's - Love is a madman & Come to the orchard
Jonathan Miller
May, 2003
Exodus Suite
May, 2002