The International Orange Chorale of San Francisco (IOCSF) is an auditioned all-volunteer chamber choir devoted to performing established repertoire of all periods, with particular attention to 20th-century music—including newly commissioned works of promising composers. Since its inception, the group has been committed to performing free concerts featuring challenging and imaginative choral a cappella programming. [1] The ensemble is based in San Francisco.

Origins and management

The group was founded in 2003 by Jeremy Faust, Elaine Robertson and Cole Thomason-Redus [2] and continued under the direction of Jeremy Faust. Several IOCSF members have conducted selected pieces. In 2007, after having conducted several pieces each season as a member of the group in 2006 and 2005, Paul Kim joined Jeremy Faust as co-director. [3] During the 2007-2008 season, choir member Zane Fiala also conducted several pieces; [4] Fiala became co-director as of the 2008/2009 season, [1] [5] joining Faust upon Kim's departure from the San Francisco Bay Area. [6] Fiala now directs and conducts the group, while Faust maintains a role as Director of Artistic Outreach.

The ensemble is named after International orange, the official color of the Golden Gate Bridge

Publishing, premieres and other programming

In 2011, IOCSF launched a new choral music publishing series partnership with Santa Barbara Music Publishing, with the release of "Peace," by Aaron Pike.[7] Additionally, several of the compositions listed below have been published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, G. Schirmer, and Hal Leonard after IOCSF premiered the works.

World premieres/commissions

Title of Work Composer When Premiered
Nigra Sum Cole Thomason-Redus Spring 2004
Concord Hymn Jeremy Samuel Faust Spring 2004
De Profundis Georgia Stitt Spring 2004
Cors de Chasses Sarah George Spring 2005
One, Two, Three Elizabeth Baker Spring 2006
Alma Redemptoris Mater Jason Bush Spring 2007
Croyez-vous Jeremy Samuel Faust Spring 2007
A Beautiful Day Jason Bush Spring 2008
Leaves are Falling Jason Bush Fall 2008
Atah Echad Jeremy Samuel Faust Spring 2008
Joyful Noise Georgia Stitt Spring 2009
Es la mañana llena Zane Fiala Spring 2009
Kyrie Eric Tamm Spring 2009
"Why do I Love" You, Sir (from Faith Disquiet) Jake Heggie Spring 2009
What if I say I shall not wait! (from Faith Disquiet) Jake Heggie Spring 2009
Once More to Gloriana Jake Heggie (arr. J.S. Faust) Spring 2009
What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said Jake Heggie (arr. Z. Fiala) Spring 2009
Death of a Ball-Turret Gunner Shaffer McGee Fall 2009
The Breath of Night Shaffer McGee Spring 2010
Gentle lady do not sing Nicholas Boland Spring 2010
The Bird of Night Shaffer McGee Spring 2010
Peace Aaron Pike Spring 2010
Ave Verum Corpus Robert Chastain Fall 2010
Gentle Lady,Do Not Sing Nicholas Boland Fall 2010
The Moment Jed Bogan Fall 2010
A Vision Noah Luna Fall 2010
In Memoriam Harry Whitney Fall 2010
Presence David Harris Fall 2010
i am a little church Joshua Saulle Fall 2010
Music for the Mass (a cappella as written by composer) Milton Babbitt Fall 2010
Månskenskväll M.E. Valverde Spring 2011
Alleluia Aaron Pike Spring 2011
Deeper Than All Roses Nicholas Weininger Spring 2011
Issa (Selected Movements) Jeremy Faust Spring 2011
Snow having melted (from ISSA) Jeremy Samuel Faust Fall 2011
First snowfall (from ISSA) Jeremy Samuel Faust Fall 2011
it may not always be so; and i say Nicholas Weininger Fall 2011
Ave Vasken Ohanian Spring 2012
Come, Heavy Sleep David Gottlieb Spring 2012
Oracle of Spring M.E. Valverde Spring 2012
We Sat Down and Wept Elliott Encarnación Spring 2012
Fly away I Caroline Shaw Spring 2012
Sonnet Daniel Kohane Spring 2012
Cosmos Zane Fiala Spring 2012
Chrysopylae Dominick DiOrio Spring 2012
Facing West David Conte Spring 2012
Ave Maria Joshua Saulle Fall 2012
Rise up, my love, my fair one Nicholas Weininger Fall 2012
We Sat Down and Wept Elliot James Encarnacion Fall 2012
The Unknown Region Elizabeth Kimble Spring 2013
Unremembered (Choral Arrangement) Sarah Kirkland Snider Spring 2013
Paanyaya 3 Robin Estrada Fall 2013
into the wind Jeremy Samuel Faust Fall 2014
The Lamp Nicholas Weininger Fall 2014
Lord Heare my Prayer Instantly Nico Muhly Fall 2014
Parus Nicholas Weininger Spring 2015
The Threads Beneath Marielle Jakobson Spring 2015
Adam Lay Ybowndyn Jeremy Samuel Faust Fall 2015
De Profundis Nicholas Weininger Fall 2015
Missa Brevis Fredrik Sixten Fall 2015
Amen Matt Boehler Spring 2016
God gazed down on you from Heaven Rhett Jaramillo Spring 2016
As kingfishers catch fire Nicholas Weininger Spring 2016
In the Distant Sky Huang Ruo Spring 2016
Into the Golden Vessel of Great Song Nicholas Weininger Fall 2016
Strings in the earth and air Bryan Lin Spring 2017
Elohim Hashiveinu Salvatore LoCascio Spring 2017
The Peace of Wild Things Elizabeth Kimble Spring 2017
The Mariner Elliott Encarnación Spring 2017
Dream Triptych Elliott Encarnación Fall 2017
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Nicholas Weininger Spring 2018
Winter Ride M.E. Valverde Fall 2018
Go Ahead Nathan Hall Fall 2018
O Child Michael T Roberts Fall 2018
love is a place Jonathan Posthuma Fall 2018
Aire de Nocturno - Te Puse Collares Robin Estrada Spring 2019
Usahay (new arrangement) Gregorio Responso Labja (Arr. Estrada) Fall 2019
Zoom Michael T Roberts Summer 2020
Come to Us in Water Michael T Roberts Fall 2021
it's just weather Bryan Lin Fall 2021
Final Notations Sam Maurer Fall 2021
Variation on the Word Sleep Sam Maurer Fall 2022

American/regional premieres

Title of Work Composer When Premiered
There is no Rose of such Vertu Fredrik Sixten Spring 2012
Credo from Missa Regensis Uģis Prauliņš Spring 2012
Fayrfax Carol Thomas Ades Spring 2012
Alleluia Algirdas Martinaitis Spring 2012
Faith Disquiet Jake Heggie Spring 2012
Missa Rigensis Ugis Praulinš Fall 2012 - Spring 2014
Unremembered Sarah Kirkland Snyder Fall 2013
Kyrie (from Missa Pro Pace) Kentaro Sato Fall 2013
Gloria (from Missa Pro Pace) Kentaro Sato Fall 2013
Psalm 137 Jack Body Fall 2013
Dogalen a Mabaso Nilo Alcala Fall 2013
Summer Shower Kenji Oh Spring 2015
Psalm 23 Josh Stoddard Fall 2015
Veni (from Maranatha) Georg Grün Fall 2015
Ne Irascaris Domine Frank La Rocca Spring 2017
Pater Noster Ivo Antognini Spring 2017
Arise, My Love, My Fair One Joshua Saulle Spring 2017
Love, thricewise Joseph Gregorio Spring 2017
O Euchari Columba David Avshalomov Spring 2017
The Marriage of Heaven & Hell No.1 the Sick Rose Bo Holten Fall 2018
Turing believes machines think Gordon Hamilton Fall 2018
Tread Softly Frank La Rocca Fall 2018
Music to Hear Mike Sheppard Fall 2018
Birds of the Psalms 10. Psalm 91 Beauty Flows... Patricia Van Ness Fall 2018
Cloths of Heaven Stacy Garrop Fall 2018
Glong-ngo Ko Excelsis Betil-Viña Fall 2019
Aba Po, Santa Mariang Reyna Ryan Cayabyab Fall 2019
Ama namin Fidel Calalang Fall 2019
Juan 14 Mary Katherine Trangco Fall 2019
Tetabeuhan Slamet Abdul Sjukur Fall 2019
I Flow...I Am Mari Esabel Valverde Fall 2021
Sapphic Fragments: Meditations on Queer Histories and Imaginaries Soren Austenfeld Fall 2021
Stop this day and night with me Jake Heggie Fall 2021
Pieces of My Heart Lauren Bydalek Fall 2021
Spiritus Mundi Dale Trumbore Fall 2021
Can You See? Zanaida Robles Fall 2021
Messiahs: False and True Rex Isenberg Spring 2022

Other repertory highlights

  1. Frank Martin: Mass for Two Choirs
  2. Herbert Howells: Requiem
  3. Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons D'Orleans
  4. Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons de Rilke
  5. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
  6. Matthew Harris: Shakespeare Songs
  7. Gustav Holst: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
  8. Gustav Holst: O Spiritual Pilgrim
  9. Benjamin Britten: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
  10. Otto Olsson: Ave Maris Stella
  11. Alberto Grau: Kasar mie la gaji
  12. Johannes Brahms: Op. 74, Nos. 1, 2 "Warum ist das Licht gegeben?"; "O Heiland reiß"
  13. Johannes Brahms: Op. 109, No. 2. "Wenn ein starker Gewappneter"
  14. Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
  15. Johann Sebastian Bach: "Ich lasse dicht nicht, du segnest mich denn"
  16. Hugo Distler: Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied
  17. William Henry Harris: Faire is the Heaven
  18. Samuel Barber: The Reincarnations
  19. Samuel Barber: Heaven Haven
  20. Samuel Barber: To be sung on the Water
  21. Olivier Messiaen: O Sacrum Convivium
  22. Francis Poulenc: Four Motes for Noel
  23. Maurice Durufle: Four Gregorian Motets
  24. Sven-David Sandström: A New Heaven ("En Ny Himmel")
  25. Jānis Peters: Kalējs kala debesīs
  26. David Conte: Ave Maria
  27. Steven Paulus: The Road Home
  28. Emma Lou Diemer: Verses from the Rubaiyat
  29. Robin Estrada: Awit sa Panginoon
  30. Halsey Stevens: Go Lovely Rose
  31. Joseph Gregorio: Dona Nobis Pacem

Other collaborations/assistance

  • On June 2, 2023, IOCSF and Chanticleer performed at the Chorus America conference.
  • On June 11, 2011, IOCSF and Volti performed the closing concert at the Chorus America conference.
  • On June 10, 2011, IOCSF collaborated with Ragnar Bohlin on two sessions at the Chorus America conference. IOCSF served as the choir for the Conducting Masterclass taught by Bohlin. IOCSF also served as the choir for the session demonstrating new Scandinavian repertoire.
  • On January 24, 2010, IOCSF joined the San Francisco Boys Chorus, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao,[8] the San Francisco Opera Chorus and other performers in a relief concert for victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.[9][10]

Awards, reviews

  • ASCAP "Adventurous Programming" Award 2011, received at Chorus America conference[13]
  • San Francisco Classical Voice review of June 17, 2011 concert [14]
  • San Francisco Classical Voice review of May 1, 2009 concert [1]

References

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  2. "International Orange Chorale, San Francisco : About the IOCSF". Archived from the original on 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  3. "Sonoma County Choral Society". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  4. "International Orange Chorale, San Francisco : Zane Fiala". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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  6. "International Orange Chorale, San Francisco : News". Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  7. "Santa Barbara Music Publishing". Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  8. Guthrie, Julian (2009-07-31). "Friends, music help singer Zheng Cao recover - SFGate". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  9. "San Francisco Boys Chorus and Oakland Diocese Respond to Haiti Earthquake Disaster with Benefit... – Forbes.com". Forbes. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  10. "The Catholic Voice - an online publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland<". Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  11. "Yale Club of San Francisco". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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  13. "ASCAP "Adventurous Programming" Awards Presented at Chorus America Conference in San Francisco". Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  14. "Splendid Songs From Northern Lights : San Francisco Classical Voice<". Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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