ChoralQuest Archives - American Composers Forum

Composer Abbie Betinis to write new ChoralQuest work in residence with MN, WA, and PA middle-level choirs

Friday, February 1st, 2019

Download PDF of Press Release American Composers Forum (ACF) has selected Abbie Betinis as the 2019 ChoralQuest® composer. ChoralQuest, now in its ninth year, is a commissioning program designed to enhance mid-level choral repertoire with new works by notable composers. An award-winning composer, Betinis is known for her audacious vocal music often inspired by language, […]

Congratulations to BandQuest & ChoralQuest Curriculum Writer Joanna Cortright!

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Our sincerest congratulations goes out to Joanna Cortright who is being inducted into the Minnesota Music Educators Association Hall of Fame for her significant career contributions to music education in Minnesota and beyond! Joanna is a founding consultant and curriculum writer for our BandQuest and ChoralQuest programs, and we’re incredibly grateful for her years […]

Composer Judd Greenstein Commissioned to Write New Piece for Great Falls Middle School Choir

Monday, December 4th, 2017

ACF is thrilled to announce that composer Judd Greenstein has been selected as the 2017-2018 ChoralQuest® composer. Greenstein will work with choir director Kayla Roth at Great Falls Middle School in Montague, MA. Great Falls was selected to host the residency due to its talented leadership and program excellence. Greenstein expressed, “I look forward to […]

New ChoralQuest Release: When I Sing by Rosephanye Powell

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

When I Sing by Rosephanye Powell for 3-part treble and piano with optional hand percussion We are thrilled to announce our newest addition to ChoralQuest®, our music series for middle-level choir: When I Sing by Rosephanye Powell. “Rosephayne Powell has done it again! Using an original text about the power of singing, this piece is […]

Auburn Junior High Choir to Perform World Premiere of Choral Work by Composer Rosephanye Powell

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

While the school year kicks into overdrive with end-of-year activities, students in Teresa Rhyne’s select girls’ choral class will have a rare opportunity: they will perform the world-premiere performance of a new work by internationally known, local composer Rosephanye Powell. The piece, “When I Sing”, was written as the eighth piece for ChoralQuest®, a series […]