Commission Projects
The Saskatoon Chamber Singers seeks opportunities to commission new compositions by Canadian composers, as part of our mandate to perform and promote Canadian choral music. The works we have commissioned to date are listed below, with links to currently available recordings by our choir.
David L. McIntyre: Where You Begin Like Rivers (2007)
Live recording (2018) on our CD Worth a Repeat: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
Commissioned through a grant from the Saskatchewan Arts Board as a 30th anniversary project
Jeff Enns: Jubilate Deo (2013)
Allan Bevan: All Suddenly The Wind (2015)
Published by Cypress Choral Music in 2016. Recording and preview score: Cypress Choral Music website
David K. MacIntyre: Elegy for the Fallen (2017)
Live recording (2017) on our CD Worth a Repeat: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
Commissioned with the financial support of the Saskatchewan Choral Federation as a 40th anniversary project
Stephanie Martin: Peace, come away (2019)
Commissioned with the support of the Jacquie Ackerman Memorial Commission Fund.
Capital Chamber Choir of Ottawa performed the piece on March 26, 2022. Here is a Q & A that they had with Stephanie Martin.
Matthew Emery: Hold You, Enfold You
Commissioned with the support of the Jacquie Ackerman Memorial Commission Fund for the 45th Season of the SCS