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WMEA Project with SSO/WMEA/CWU/ACD 2024
Performed Compositions
William Grant Still: Mother and Child
conductor - Joseph To
Renard Burns: Ride That Chariot
conductor - Lillian Hollyday
Florence Price: Adoration
conductor - Gabrielle Nickell
Session Break
Adolphus Hailstork: Sonata da Chiesa (Jubilate & Agnus Dei movements)
conductor - Cori Smith
Kenji Bunch: Supermaximum
conductor - Joshua Parrill
Yukiko Nishimura: Orange Moon
conductor - Ume Lindemeier
Suggested Repertoire
Strings
1. Maria Newman
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 – (middle school and above)
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 07'30
2. Kenji Bunch
Supermaximum for string orchestra
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 – (high school advanced)
Demographic: Asian
Length - 12'00
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 Grade 4
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 05'30
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 Grade 4
Demographic - Asian
Length - 03'45
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 (high school – advanced)
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 07'30
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1, Grade 3
Demographic: Caucasian, Jewish
Length - 04'00
7. Jerod Tate
Instrumentation: String orchestra, percussion
Level 1 (high school)
Demographic: Indigenous, Chickasaw
Length: 07'00
Turning Tides for Youth String Orchestra
Instrumentation: String Orchestra
Level 1 (high school)
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 04'00
Sonata da Chiesa for String Orchestra
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 (high school – advanced)
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 19'30
10. Florence Price
Instrumentation: String orchestra
Level 1 (high school)
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 4'00
Choir
1. Viet Cuong
Instrumentation: Chorus - a cappella
Demographic: of Asian descent
Length: 03’40
Instrumentation: Chorus – Upper Voices, Viola or Cello
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 07’30
3. Tracy Wong
Instrumentation: Chorus - SSA, with hand drum
Demographic: of Asian descent
Length - 15'00
Instrumentation: Chorus - SATB, piano
Demographic: of Asian descent
Length: 003’15
Instrumentation: Chorus - Chorus - SATB, piano, opt violin (Opt. fl.ob.hn - perc, pf - strings)
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 04'20
6. Susan LaBarr
Instrumentation: Chorus - SATB, piano, cello
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 08'00
7. Jerod Tate
Instrumentation: Chorus – Upper Voices, piano
Demographic: Indigenous
Length: 04'20
Instrumentation: Chorus - SATB, piano, opt violin (Opt. fl.ob.hn - perc, pf - strings)
Demographic – Caucasian
Length 04'20
Instrumentation: Chorus - SATB, 2 soprano soli
Demographic – Black, of African descent
Length 06’50
10. Texu Kim
Instrumentation: Chorus – SATB, with Male Voice
Demographic – of Asian descent
Length 04’00
11. Florence Price
Instrumentation: Chorus – SATB, piano
Demographic – Black, of African descent
Length 02’30
12. Han Lash
Instrumentation: Chorus – SATB, a cappella
Demographic – Caucasian
Length 11’50
Band
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 – grade 5+ (high school and above)
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 08’15
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 – grade 4 (high school and above)
Demographic: Caucasian, Jewish
Length - 15'00
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 (grade 3)
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 03'30
Waltz and Chaconne for Wind Band
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1, Grade 4
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 08'00
5. Cindy McTee
Fanfare from Soundings for Wind Symphony
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 Grade 5 (high school and above)
Specific Length 02'30
Demographic – Caucasian
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 Grade 4.5 (high school and above)
Demographic: Asian
Length: 09'40
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 Grade 5 (high school and above)
Demographic: Asian
Length: 04’50
Level 1 Grade 4 (high school and above)
Demographic: Caucasian, Jewish
Length: 03’10
9. Chen Yi
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 (high school and above)
Demographic: Asian
Length - 03'00
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level 1 Grade 4.5 (high school and above)
Demographic: Caucasian, Jewish
Length: 07'00
Symphony
1. Kenji Bunch
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1 – (high school and above)
Demographic: Asian
Length: 12’00
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1 Grade 5
Demographic: Caucasian, Jewish
Length: 07'15
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1 Grade 4.5
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 07'00
4. Libby Larsen
Overture for the End of a Century
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 06'00
Instrumentation: Symphony with chorus
Level 1 (middle school and above)
Demographic: Hispanic or Latino/a/x
Length: 08'30
6. Quinn Mason
Heroic Overture (Overtura Eroica) for Orchestra
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level: 1
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 09'45
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1 (high school and above)
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 11’00
Princess of the Northern Lights
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level: 1
Demographic: Jewish
Length: 09'00
Portraits of a Theme Overture No. 1 for Orchestra
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1
Demographic: Black, of African descent
Length: 05'30
10. Rain Worthington
Dream Vapors Suite: Three movements for Orchestra
Instrumentation: Symphony
Level 1
Demographic: Caucasian
Length: 22'20