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Alfred Nash Patterson Grant Awards

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Grant Recipients for 2007
Awards Ceremony: 3 p.m., Sunday, October 28, 2007, King's Chapel Parish House, 64 Beacon St, Boston MA

Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction, Vermont - www.bellavocevt.org
To commission a holiday work by Robert De Cormier. The piece for women's voices and instrumentation will be based on African-American spirituals. Dr. Dawn O. Willis, Music Director.

Brookline Chorus, Brookline, Massachusetts - www.brooklinechorus.org
To help support the performance of “Eleanor Roosevelt,” a dramatic biographical cantata by Libby Larson, in conjunction with Duke Ellington's “Sacred Service.”

Cantemus, Lynnfield, Massachusetts - www.cantemus.org
To fund the winning entry in a choral composition competition for New England university students. The work eventually will be performed by Cantemus, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary year.

Chatham Chorale, West Dennis, Massachusetts - www.chathamchorale.org
To support the commission and premiere of “Why I Wake Early” by Ron Perera. Based on a text by Cape Cod resident Mary Oliver, the work is being co-commissioned by the New Amsterdam Singers of NYC.

King's Chapel Concert Series, Boston, Massachusetts - www.kings-chapel.org/music.html
To help support a year-long homage to Daniel Pinkham. Events will include performances of Pinkham works and commissions of new choral pieces by Carson Cooman and Kevin Siegfried.

New England Classical Singers, Andover, Massachusetts - www.newenglandclassical.org
To partially fund a collaborative performance of the Fauré “Requiem” with area high school students. Preparation will include master classes at each high school conducted by NECS artistic director David Hodgkins.

Oratorio Chorale, Brunswick, Maine - oratoriochorale.org
To cover expenses associated with the Chorale's performance with the Portland Symphony of Vineet Shende's “Three Longfellow Poems,” a Symphony commission.

Past Award Recipients

2006
Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction, VT • Capella Clausura, Newton, MA • Coro Allegro, Boston, MA • Counterpoint, Belmont, VT • Nashua Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society, Nashua, NH • The New Hampshire Master Chorale, Meredith, NH • The New Haven Chorale, New Haven, CT • Winchester Community Music School, Winchester, MA

2005
Back Bay Chorale, Boston, MA • Boston Cecilia, Boston, MA • Boston City Singers, Dorchester, MA • Cambridge Community Chorus, Cambridge, MA • Community Chorus at South Berwick, South Berwick, ME • Souhegan Valley Chorus, Amherst, NH • Westford Chorus, Westford, MA • Grants and Awards for 2005–2006 carried Over From 2004–2005 Season • The Boston Secession, Boston, MA • Newburyport Choral Society, Newburyport, MA

2004
Concora, New Britain, Connecticut • Concord Chorale, Concord, New Hampshire • Coro Allegro, Boston, Massachusetts • Danbury Music Centre, Danbury, Connecticut • Pals Childrens Chorus, Brookline, Massachusetts • Portland Concert Association, Portland, Maine

2003/2004
Amare Cantare, Durham, NH • Boston Cecilia and Coro Allegro, Boston, MA • Cambridge Madrigal Singers, Cambridge, MA • Cantemus, Ipswich, MA • Greenwich Choral Society, Greenwich, CT • The Providence Singers, Providence, RI • The Seraphim Singers, Malden, MA • Women in Harmony, Portland, ME

2002/2003
Mad River Chorale for Counterpoint (VT) • New England Classical Singers (MA) • Newton Choral Society (MA) • Youth pro Musica (MA)

2001/2002
Brattleboro Music Center Community Chorus • Cantilena (MA) • The Heritage Chorale (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • PALS Children's Chorus (MA)

1999/2000
The Cantata Singers • Manchester NH Choral Society • Elm City Girls' Choir • Newton Choral Society • Portland ME Community Chorus • Spectrum Singers, Inc • Vermont Symphony Chorus

1998/9
Chorus Pro Musica • CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT) • Providence Singers (RI) • Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH) • Northern Harmony (VT)• New Haven Chorale (CT)

1997/8
Boston Baroque • Chorus of Westerly • Convivium Musicum (MA) • Monadnock Chorus and Orchestra (NH) • P. A. L. S. (MA) • Zamir Chorale (MA)

1996/7
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Boston Cecilia (MA) • Boston Gay Men's Chorus (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • Russian Chamber Chorus (MA)

1995/6
Blanche Moyse Chorale (VT) • Cambridge Madrigal Singers (MA) • Coro Allegro (MA) • Maine Gay Men's Chorus (ME)

1994/5
Boston Cecilia (MA) • Boston Gay Men's Chorus (MA) • CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT) • Zamir Chorale (MA)

1993/4
A Capella Singers (MA) • American Choral Directors' Association (MA) • Blanche Moyse Chorale/New England Bach Festival (VT) • Cambridge Madrigal Singers (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • The Chorus of Westerly (RI)

1992/3
Assabet Valley Mastersingers (MA) • Back Bay Chorale (MA) • Northeast Kingdom Chorus (VT) • Alice Parker Choral Festival (MA) • Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH) • Old Stoughton Musical Society (MA) • Youth Pro Musica (MA)

1991/2
Boston Cecilia (MA) • Russian Chamber Chorus (MA) • Bagaduce Music Lending LIbrary (ME) • Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI) • Jubilate Chorale (ME)

1990/1
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Chatham Chorale (MA) • CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT) • Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI) • Chorus of Westerly (RI)

1989/90
Acadia Choral Society (ME) • Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Chorus Pro Musica (MA) • Music Sacra (MA)

1988/9
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Cambridge Chorale (MA) • Lawrence Choral Arts(MA) • Onion River Chorus (VT)

1987/88
New Haven Chorale (CT) • Pro Arte Society (MA) • Chorus Pro Musica (MA) • Concord Chorus (MA) • Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME)

1986/87
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Cantata Singers (MA) • Guilford Chamber Singers (VT) • North Country Chorus (VT) • Spectrum Singers (MA) • Youth Pro Musica (MA)

1985/6
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • John Oliver Chorale (MA) • Onion River Music Festival (VT) • Assabet Valley Singers (MA) • Middletown Choral Society (CT)

Detailed list of recipients

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