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ANP Grant Award Winners

Alfred Nash Patterson Grant Recipients for 2004

Concora, New Britain, Connecticut
for "Music of Remembrance and Hope," a concert featuring Donald McCullough's newly composed "Holocaust Cantata," based on Polish folk music and poetry from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archives. The performance took place Sunday, November 14, 2004 at the Center Church in Hartford, CT in conjunction with the Charter Oak Cultural Center's commemoration of Kristallnacht. Richard Coffey, Music Director.

Concord Chorale, Concord, New Hampshire
for a collaborative performance of Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus" in partnership with local high school students. Performances scheduled for December 11 and 12, in Concord. Ryan Turner, Music Director.

Coro Allegro, Boston, Massachusetts
to commission and perform a Requiem by Patricia Van Ness. The work for SATB chorus, baritone soloist, strings, solo oboe and solo french horn, premiered November 4 at the Church of the Covenant in Boston's Back Bay, with renowned baritone Sanford Sylvan the featured soloist. David Hodgkins, Artistic Director.

Danbury Music Centre, Danbury, Connecticut
for a performance of "Ein Deutsches Requiem," by Johannes Brahms, to be presented free of charge to the Danbury community by the Danbury Concert Chorus in May, 2005. Richard Price, Conductor.

Pals Childrens Chorus, Brookline, Massachusetts
to commission a work in celebration of the group's fifteenth anniversary, to be performed at Jordan Hall on April 3, 2005. Johanna Hill Simpson, Artistic Director.

Portland Concert Association, Portland, Maine
for a three day series of education events, including clinics for local choirs and a recertification workshop for educators. The Choral Residency Program, under the direction of Professor Jerry Blackstone of the University of Michigan, was conducted October 25-27, 2004.

The awarding of grants to The Boston Secession and the Newburyport (Mass.) Choral Society were deferred, due to production delays.

Past Award Winners

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)

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