Votes for Women consortium

Choral Consortium Celebrating the Centenary of the Constitution’s 19th Amendment

Consortium Choirs. . .

The first 19 are listed in the score. However, we welcome any number of choirs.

1. Chorosynthesis Singers, Jeremiah Selvey & Wendy Moy

2. Connecticut College Choirs, Wendy Moy

3. Santa Monica College Choirs, Jeremiah Selvey

4. The Dubuque Chorale, Amanda Huntleigh

5. Denver Choir League, Katy Lushman

6. Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus, Wendy Moy

7. ICantori of Walla Walla University, Kraig Scott

8. Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana, Susan Swaney

9. Vesper Chorale, Jeshua Franklin

10. Susquehanna Valley Chorale, William Payn

11. One Voice Chorus, Cory Davis

12. Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble, James John

13. Syracuse University Choirs, John Warren

• Short work under 20 minutes - can be added to anyone’s existing program

• Accessible for almost any SATB choir (minimal divisi)

• Composed by Melissa Dunphy (and a world-class team of text curators)

• Texts and music by women, composed for women’s rights

• 2020 is the centennial of 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage)

For $1,000*, you get the following...

*plus $50 processing fee

If this fee is a barrier to your participation, please contact us to discuss alternative payment plans and options.

19-minute work celebrating the 19th Amendment!

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: A multi-movement work written by Melissa Dunphy to celebrate the occasion of the centennial of Women’s Suffrage in the United States. 

LENGTH: Approximately 19 minutes.

VOICING/INSTRUMENTATION: SATB with no or minimal divisi and cello.

TEXTS: The text shall be by women, about women, and particularly centered around the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution, Women’s Suffrage, and Women’s Rights. 

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate level. (Any music composed at an advanced level will be composed as an alternative addendum to a simpler version in the main score.)

STRUCTURE OF PIECE: Suite of movements with a larger dramatic arc or narrative. Each movement shall be composed in such a way that it may be excerpted or that a conductor may pick and choose which movements to perform.

You’ll also get rehearsal tracks so your singers can practice on their own!

REHEARSAL TRACKS in .mp3 format shall be provided for each voice, a part-dominant and a sans-part MIDI recording of the score, as well as a recording of the MIDI playback of the full Score.

You’ll also get the following performance and recording rights!

Dunphy agrees to grant the Co-Commissioning Choir a Multiple Use License to put the piece in the Choir’s permanent library and to perform in perpetuity.

In perpetuity, Dunphy agrees to waive royalty or payment for performances by the Co-Commissioning Choir.

The Co-Commissioning Choir is permitted to record audio and video of the piece, in part or in whole, for archival purposes. 

You’ll also get the following benefits!

EXCLUSIVITY: Exclusive rights to premiere along with other choirs between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, after the virtual premiere by Chorosynthesis Singers in Fall 2020.

**NAME LISTED IN SCORE: The first 19 choirs to join the Consortium Commission will be acknowledged in the Score of Piece.

COMP TICKETS TO FIRST LIVE PREMIERE: All co-commissioning choirs will be eligible to receive 4 complimentary tickets to the first live premiere performance and 2 complimentary tickets to the dress rehearsal with Chorosynthesis Singers.

ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF WORLD PREMIERE: Pending the successful execution of an archival recording of the World Premiere, all co-commissioning choirs shall receive a copy of that recording in digital format.