List of Music Commissions

1981

Stephen Paulus                                
Courtship Songs for a Summer’s Eve, flute, oboe, cello and piano
(Commissioned for Hoeschler 15th wedding anniversary; 17 min; premiered August 29, 1981 at St. Paul, MN; recordings: St. Paul Sinfonietta on d’Note Classics DND 1039 and Jane Garvin, Merrilee Klemp, Mina Fisher &  Jill Dawe Innova 539)

1986                                                   

Stephen Paulus                                 
Partita, violin and piano
(Commissioned for Hoeschler 20th anniversary for William Preucil, violin, and Arthur Rowe, piano; 22 min; premiered July 31, 1986 at Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival)

1988

Stephen Paulus                                 
American Vignettes, cello and piano
(Commissioned for Tanya Remenikova, cello and Alexander Braginsky, piano; 18 min; premiered April 6, 1988 at the Saarbrucken Festival, Germany; recorded by Lanier Trio, Gasparo Records GSCD-301)

Stephen Paulus                                 
Seven for the Flowers by the River, viola and piano
(Commissioned for Cynthia Phelps’ New York debut [sponsored by the Schubert Club] in honor of Barbara Winthrop; 19 min; premiered October 24, 1988 by Phelps and Warren Jones at Alice Tully Hall, New York; recorded by Cynthia Phelps on Cala Records CACD-0510 and by the Lanier Trio on Gasparo Records GSCD-301)

1990

Stephen Paulus                                
Quartessence, string quartet
(Commissioned for the Cleveland Quartet in celebration of the Hoeschlers’ 25th wedding anniversary; 20 min; premiered October 5, 1990 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)

Aaron Jay Kernis                            
Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky, baritone, violin, piano and percussion
(Commissioned with the Schubert Club for Jorja Fleezanis’ New York debut and dedicated to Peter Juviler, Linda Hoeschler’s Barnard College advisor; 25 min; premiered December 17, 1990 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York by Sanford Sylvan, Jorja Fleezanis, Robert Helps and Daniel Druckman; CRI 635 recording with same performers)

1991

Randall Davidson                             
A History of Evil (Bible Families), oratorio for narrator, chorus and orchestra
(Commissioned for Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota in honor of Emanuel J. Elson’s 90th birthday; text by Garrison Keillor; premiered April 13, 1991 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN.)

1992

Paul Schoenfield                               
Tales from Chelm, string quartet
(Commissioned in honor of the Kristen Bowe Hoeschler and Frederick Reeves Hoeschler; 30 min; premiered by Everest String Quartet on November 12, 1994 in Midland, TX)

1993

Steve Heitzeg                                    
Pipestone Peace Pipe, flute
(Commissioned for Julia Bogorad in honor of John and Laura Doyle and their family; 7 min; premiered May 1, 1993 at San Diego University, California)

1994

Paul Schoenfield                               
Sextet, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and percussion
(Commissioned [with the Minnesota Commissioning Club or MCC] for the Twentieth Century Consort and premiered in January 15, 1994 in Washington, DC; revised in 1996 and re-premiered in 2000 by 20th Century Consort; 24 min)

Paul Schoenfield                               
Slovakian Children’s Songs, flute and piano
(Commissioned in honor of the Lovas family for Carol Wincenc, flutist; 25 min; premiered February 14, 1994 at Kaye Playhouse, New York City; recorded by Carol Wincenc and Stephen Gosling for Innova 544)

Paul Schoenfield                               
Oov’oto Haz’man (In That Time), anthem for SATB choir
(Commissioned by the Hoeschler and Elson families in honor of Emanuel J. Elson, 1901-1991; 8 min; premiered February 27, 1994 at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis)

Stephen Paulus                                 
Meditations of Li Po, mixed chorus a cappella
(Commissioned for the Plymouth Music Series and dedicated to Elizabeth W. Musser; 15 min; premiered June 23, 1994 in Nurnberg, Germany and November 12, 1994 in Minneapolis, MN; recorded by New York Concert Singers on New World Records 80504)

1995

Steve Heitzeg                                   
On the Day You Were Born, narrator and orchestra
(Commissioned [with MCC] text setting by Debra Frasier based on her book of same name; 18 min; premiered October 22, 1995 by Jane Alexander, narrator, and Minnesota Orchestra, Minneapolis; NotesAlive 1996 video and audio recording with Debra Frasier, narrator, and William Eddins, conductor of  Minnesota Orchestra, 1997 winner of Carnegie Medal of Excellence for Best Children’s Video, as well as many other awards)

Paul Schoenfield                              
Sonatina, flute, clarinet and piano
(Commissioned [with MCC] for Thelma Hunter’s 50th Anniversary and premiered at Music in the Park series on April 30, 1995 in St. Paul, MN; subsequently premiered in Washington, DC by 20th Century Consort on December 2, 1995 and in New York by Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on February 19, 1996; 15 min)

1996

Paul Schoenfield                              
Carolina Reveille, violin, viola, cello and piano
(Commissioned in honor of Richard and Maryan Schall and premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota on February 18, 1996 in St. Paul, MN; 12 min; recorded for Innova 544 by Lev Polyakin (violin), Robert Vernon (viola), Nathaniel Rosen (cello), Paul Schoenfield (piano)).

Daniel Godfrey                                
From a Dream of Russia, clarinet, violin and piano
(Commissioned in honor of Peter Juviler [college advisor of LLH]; 3 mm; 18 min; premiered April 1, 1996 at Barnard College, New York; published by Carl Fischer)

Stephen Paulus                                 
Partita Appassionata, violin and piano
(Commissioned for Hoeschler 30th anniversary for William Preucil, violin and Arthur Rowe, piano; 22 min; premiered July 5, 1996 at Seattle Chamber Music Festival; recordings: St. Paul Sinfonietta for d’Note Classic DND 1037, Troy Gardner and Jill Dawe for Innova 539

Aaron Jay Kernis                            
Five Etudes (by Debussy), chamber orchestra
(Commissioned with Louis and Susan Hill for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and dedicated to Joseph Micallef; premiered September 13, 1996 in St. Paul, MN; Hugh Wolff conductor)

Carol Barnett                                    
Piano (After D.H. Lawrence), piano
(Commissioned in honor of Jeanne Baldy and dedicated to Thelma Hunter; 9 min; premiered December 19, 1996, St. Paul, MN)

Stephen Paulus                                 
Pilgrim Jesus!, mixed chorus and organ
(Music and libretto (Kevin Crossley Holland) commissioned [with MCC] for King’s College Choir; 5 min; premiered December 24, 1996 in Cambridge, England)

1997

Stephen Paulus                                 
Dramatic Suite, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano
(Commissioned [with MCC] for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; 24 min; premiered February 6, 1997 in St. Cloud, MN and March 9, 1997 at Alice Tully Hall, New York; 24 min; recordings: St. Paul Sinfonietta for d’Note Classics DND 1037, and Judith Ranheim, Chouhei Min, Korey Konkol, Mina Fisher and Thelma Hunter, Innova 539.)

Jeffrey Brooks
Dreadnought, wind ensemble
(Commissioned for the University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble; premiered June 3, 1997 in Minneapolis, MN; revised version premiered February 22, 2001 by U of M Wind Ensemble and recorded for Innova; also recorded by Rutgers University, University of Regina and University of Tennessee wind ensembles; revised version published by Boosey and Hawkes 2001)

Jon Deak
The Passion of Scrooge or A Christmas Carol, baritone and chamber ensemble
(Commissioned in honor of Inge Cadle and in memory of Don D. Cadle for the Twentieth Century Consort; 110 min; premiered December 6, 1997 at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; revision premiered December 12, 1998 by Twentieth Century Consort in Washington, DC; recorded with baritone William Sharp and the Consort under conductor Christopher Kendall on Innova 545)

1998

Aaron Jay Kernis
String Quartet No. 2, “musica instrumentalis”
(Commissioned for Lark Quartet by Schubert Club et al, with partial support by the Hoeschlers; 39 min; “Dedicated to Linda Hoeschler in gratitude for her friendship, generosity and support, and in honor of her perpetual faith in the creative spirit;” premiered January 10, 1998 at Merkin Concert Hall, New York; awarded the Pulitzer Prize, 1998; recorded by the Lark Quartet) 

Steve Heitzeg
Three Graces for Hildur, soprano and piano
(Commissioned for 80th birthday of Hildur Wederquist Lovas; text: Emily Dickinson; 6 min; premiered March 1, 1998 by Maria Jette and Tom Linker, St. Paul, MN)

William Banfield
Wabasha Street Bridge March, marching band
(Commissioned [with MCC] for the University of Minnesota Marching Band, Jerry Luckhart conductor; premiered September 12, 1998 for the opening of the Wabasha Street Bridge, St. Paul, MN)

Augusta Read Thomas 
Passions, chamber orchestra
(Commissioned [with MCC] for the James Sewell Ballet and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; 25 min; premiered by SPCO on October 2, 1998 in St. Paul, MN)

Stephen Paulus 
Brown Penny, for cello and piano
(Commissioned for the wedding of Frederick Reeves Hoeschler and Julia Marie Hoodless on October 17, 1998 in Pensacola, FL; premiered by Bjorn Ranheim; rearrangement of earlier work for treble chorus and orchestra)

Lawrence Siegel
Fritz and Julia’s Waltz, piano
(Commissioned for Hoeschler Hoodless wedding and premiered October 17, 1998 in Pensacola, FL)

1999

Daniel Godfrey
Symphony in Minor, chamber orchestra
(Commissioned [with additional support from Marian Godfrey and the Barlow Endowment] for and premiered by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on October 30, 1999; 3 mm; 20 min)

Eric Whitacre
Nine Simple Prayers, a cappella mixed choir
(Commissioned [with MCC] for 150th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in St. Paul, MN and premiered December 29, 1999; text by Anthony Silvestri; recorded

2001

Chen Yi
Ning, solo cello
(Commissioned for Yo Yo Ma and the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota’s Hún Qiáo, Bridge of Souls project; premiered May 30, 2001, St. Paul, MN)

2002

Dale Warland 
O Little Town of Bethlehem, chorus
(Arrangement commissioned in honor of the wedding of Stephen Lovas Doyle and Tracy Hatchett on May 17, 2002; Recorded.)

Dominick Argento
Sonnet No. XLIV (In memoriam 9/11/01), for mixed chorus, a cappella
(Commissioned to Shakespeare text for the World Choral Symposium 6 and premiered by the Chamber Choir of Moscow State Conservatory, Boris Tevlin, conductor on August 4, 2002 in Minneapolis; 3 1/2 min; published by Boosey and Hawkes.

Robert Dick
Pounce of Now, flute and guitar
(Commissioned for Jan Boland and John Dowdall and Red Cedar Chamber Music, in honor of the 60th birthdays of Jack Hoeschler and David Ranheim; premiered August 30, 2002 in St. Paul, MN)

Judith Lang Zaimont
Wind Quintet No.2 ‘Homeland,’ flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
(Commissioned [with MCC] for the Bergen Woodwind Quintet; 17 min; premiered November 21, 2002 in Minneapolis and February 13, 2003 in Bergen, Norway)

2003

Gordon Beeferman 
Phenomena, piano
(Commissioned for Alpin Hong and Concert Artists’ Guild; 30 min; premiered by Winston Choi in New York City, Symphony Space, October 6, 2005. )

Zhou Long
Taigu Rhyme, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion
(Commissioned for and premiered by Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, May 11, 2003 in Minneapolis: Burt Hara, Young Nam Kim, Tony Ross, and taiko ensemble; published by Oxford University Press)

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Symphony [2003], symphony orchestra
(Commissioned [with MCC] in honor of the memory of Kenneth N. Dayton; premiered October 2, 2003 in Minneapolis by the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall; Skrowaczewski, conductor)

Stephen Paulus
Shall I Compare Thee?, tenor and piano
(Commissioned for the wedding of Kristen Hoeschler and Terence O’Brien and premiered by Dan Dressen, tenor, and Thelma Hunter, piano, on November 29. 2003 in St. Paul, MN; 4 min; reworking of a cappella piece for male chorus)

Paul Schoenfield
Psalm VIII (in Hebrew), tenor, cello and piano
(Commissioned for the Hoeschler-O’Brien wedding and premiered by Dan Dressen tenor, Bjorn Ranheim cello, and Thelma Hunter piano, on November 29, 2003 in St. Paul, MN)

Lawrence Siegel
Kristen and Terry’s Wedding Waltz, piano
(Commissioned for Hoeschler-O’Brien wedding reception November 29, 2003; premiered in Minneapolis, MN) 

2004

Aaron Jay Kernis
Sarabanda in Memoriam, string orchestra
(Commissioned [with MCC] for St. Luke’s Orchestra and premiered by it on February 26, 2004 at Carnegie Hall in New York; repeated and recorded by Grant Park Orchestra, July 1 and 2, Chicago; by the Minnesota Orchestra, February 16 and 17, 2005 in Minneapolis)

Janika Vandervelde
Monapacataca (String Quartet No. 1)
(Commissioned for the Enso String Quartet and premiered on July 15, 2004 at Ripon College at the Green Lake Festival in Wisconsin; 25 min.)

Stephen Paulus
Above Me, Round Me Lie, SATTB chorus, a cappella
(Commissioned in honor of Dr. Judith A. Dwyer, President, St. Xavier University and premiered in Chicago on Founders’ Day, December 3, 2004)

Steve Heitzeg
Lavender is my Contentment, tenor and piano
(Commissioned in honor of the 90th birthday of Hildur Wederquist Lovas; setting of her poetry; premiered by Dan Dressen and Philip Brunelle on December 11, 2004 in St. Paul, MN)

2005

Libby Larsen
Fanfare for a Learned Man (Billington’s Blowout), brass quintet
(Commissioned in honor of James Billington, Librarian of Congress, upon his receipt of the Colman Barry Award  (Saint John’s University) and premiered by the Riverside Brass Quintet on April 9, 2005 in Minneapolis, MN)

Libby Larsen
Slow Structures, flute, cello and piano
(Commissioned [with MCC] for the Meininger Trio and premiered at the Sans Souci Festival, Potsdam, Germany on June 17, 2005)

Jennifer Higdon
Oboe Concerto for oboe and chamber orchestra
(Commissioned [with MCC] for oboeist Kathy Greenbank and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and premiered September 9, 2005 at Ordway Music Center in Saint Paul, MN)

Edie Hill
The Bremen Town Musicians, for Minnesota Orchestra ensemble
(Commissioned in honor of Barbara Winthrop and the late Sherman Winthrop and premiered on September 27, 2005 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, MN for Kinderkonzerts)

2006

Stephen Paulus
A Heartland Portrait, for baritone and piano
(A setting of poems by Ted Kooser, poet laureate, for baritone Thomas Hampson for the “Song of America” festival of the Library of Congress, and celebrating the Hoeschlers’ 40th wedding anniversary; 4 movements premiered by Hampson on January 17, 2006 on the Schubert Club International Artist Series at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, MN; completed 5 movement work premiered in Washington, DC by Andrew Garland on November 12, 2006 at the Phillips Gallery and November 15, 2006 at the Cosmos Club.)

Sven-David Sandström
Five Pictures from the Bible, baritone and mixed choir a cappella
(Commissioned [with MCC] for Håkan Hagegård and premiered by him and VocalEssence in St. Paul, MN on June 20, 2006 and again by Håkan Hagegård and Gustaf Sjökvist's Chamber Choir at Leksand Church as part of Musik vid Siljan, Dalarna, Sweden on July 7, 2006.)

2007

Daniel S. Godfrey
Psalm Dances, SATB chorus and instrumental octet
(Joint commission for VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, premiered January 19, 2007 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN, and January 20, 2007 at Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN)

Cary John Franklin
The Scots Fanfare (or The Ranheim Flourish), brass quartet (2 trumpets, 2 trombones)
(Commissioned in honor of David Ranheim on the occasion of his honorary degree from Macalester College, May 12, 2007, Saint Paul, Minnesota.)

2008

Bob Chilcott
High Flight, men’s ensemble
(Joint commission for The King’s Singers in celebration of their 40th anniversary; first performed May 1, 2007, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, UK by King’s Singers and King’s College Choir)

Michael Croswell
run with me, for Ethel string quartet and Arena Dance, Matthew Janczewski choreographer
(Premiered October 23, 2008 at the Southern Theater, Minneapolis.)

2009

Michael Gatonska
in autumn woods a traveler, for Minnesota Orchestra
(Premiered June 4, 5, 6 and 7, 2009 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis; Conductor, Osmo Vänskä)

2010

Gabriela Lena Frank
Tres Mitos de Mi Tierra, lyrics and music by Frank, for a cappella male ensemble
(Commissioned [with MCC] for The King’s Singers and premiered February 17, 2010 at Herbst Theatre, San Francisco)

Stephen Paulus
Vision, for mixed chorus and marimba
(Joint commission premiered on April 30, 2010 by VocalEssence ensemble at Cathedral of St. Paul in Minnesota.)

Giles Swayne
Hubbub, for SATB chorus
(For Clare College Choir, Cambridge, England, Timothy Brown, music director, with commissioned text by Kevin Crossley-Holland, dedicated to Fr. Dennis Dease, and premiered September 25, 2010 at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul, MN.)

Giles Swayne
The Word, for SATB chorus
(For Clare College Choir, Cambridge, England, Timothy Brown, music director, with commissioned text by Kevin Crossley-Holland, dedicated to Fr. Dennis Dease, and premiered September 25, 2010 at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul, MN.)

2011

James Stephenson
Duels and Dances, concerto for oboe and concert band
(Commissioned [with MCC] for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band and premiered March 4, 2011 at the American Bandmasters Association, L.Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center, Norfolk, Virginia.)

Diana Syrse Valdes
Oda a la Pobreza  for SATB chorus with text by Pablo Neruda
(Premiered by VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers, and premiered May 24, 2011 at Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota)

Nico Muhly
Luminous Body, oratorio for male vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra
(Co-commissioned [with MCC] for Cantus and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, premiered September 10, 2011 at the Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, Joanna Carneiro, conductor.)

William Bolcom
Prometheus for piano, chorus and orchestra
(Co-commissioned with other ensembles and premiered October 9, 2011 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis by Jeffrey Biegel, pianist, VocalEssence ensemble and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with Philip Brunelle, conductor.)

2012

Donnacha Dennehy
If he died, what then, soprano and chamber orchestra
(Commissioned for Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and premiered February 10, 2012 at the Ordway Music Theatre.)

James Stephenson
Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra
(Commissioned [with MCC] for Larry Rachleff, conductor, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic, premiered February 25, 2012 Alex Kerr, soloist.)

James Stephenson
Tributes, violin concerto
(Commissioned [with MCC] and premiered by Jennifer Frautschi, soloist, and Osmo Vänskä, conductor, and the Minnesota Orchestra in April 12, 2012.) 

Stephen Paulus
Violin Concerto No.3
(Commissioned for William Preucil, concertmaster, and the Cleveland Orchestra, in honor of the Hoeschlers’ 45th wedding anniversary. Premiered in Cleveland on October11,13 and 14 2012, Giancarlo Guerrero conducting.)

2014

David Evan Thomas
Bridge, orchestra
(Commissioned for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony for its 2014 tour of Spain, premiered April 27, 2014 at Ted Mann Hall, Minneapolis, Mark Russell Smith, conductor.)

2015

Steve Heitzeg
I Will Be a Hummingbird, (song for a green world), SATB Chorus, a cappella
(Commissioned to honor Nobel Laureate Dr. Peter Agre, premiered February 7, 2015 by Vocalessence, Philip Brunelle, conductor, at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis.)

Bob Chilcott
Thou, my love, art fair, AATBarBarB
(Commissioned to honor Jerry and Cathie Fischer, premiered February 14, 2015 by the King’s Singers at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.)

Jake Heggie
The Radio Hour, for choirs, speakers and chamber orchestra; libretto by Gene Scheer
(Consortium commission locally premiered by Vocalessence on March 14 and 15, 2015 at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN)

Mary Ellen Childs
SWEEP, orchestra
(Commissioned for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony, premiered April 19, 2015 at St. Andrew’s Church, Mahtomedi, MN, Mark Russell Smith, conductor.)

2016

Abbie Betinis 
Rhapsodos, for B-flat Clarinet and Piano
(Commissioned by Minnesota Commissioning Club with the Seattle Commissioning Club for Michael Collins and Michael McHale, premiered at new Ordway Concert Hall on March 18 and 19, 2016, and at Orca Island Music Festival on August 16 and 17, 2016.)

Jacob Banck
Into the Wild, orchestra
(Commissioned for Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony and premiered April 24, 2016 in Minnesota, and in Argentina in summer 2016.)

Harold Meltzer
Bride of the Island, for tenor and piano
(Commissioned by Minnesota Commissioning Club, a setting of Ted Hughes poetry, for Paul Appleby, tenor, and premiered at Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY on October 28, 2016.)

2017

Steve Heitzeg
Infinite Song (In Memory of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski) for oboe, clarinet in B-flat and strings (vln I and Ii, vla, vnc, cb); designed to play with either a string quintet or full string orchestra
(Commissioned for the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota and premiered April 2, 2017 at Sundin Hall in St. Paul, MN)

Steve Heitzeg
earthbird, for soprano (wordless), clarinet in B flat, 2 violins, cello and piano
(Commissioned for the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota in honor of Ed Volker, past president, and premiered December 3, 2017 at Sundin Hall in St. Paul, MN)

2019

Lembit Beecher
Say Home for chamber orchestra and recorded audio
(Premiered February 22, 2019 by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra at Ordway Hall, St Paul, MN)

Judith Bingham
Alone Thou Goest Forth, Oh Lord, for a cappella choir
(Premiered March 17, 2019 at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, MN, in celebration of Carolyn Brunelle’s 50th year as a member of the Plymouth Choir)

2021

Gabriel Kahane
We Are the Saints, for VocalEssence, Los Angeles Master Chorale and The Crossing
(In honor of Kay and Mike McCarthy, legendary supporters of composers near and far, and premiered at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, October 17, 2021.)

2022

Janika Vandervelde
Pavane, for cello and piano
In honor of Jack Hoeschler, premiered at his funeral, August 22, 2022 at St Olaf RC Church; performed by Laura Sewell (cello) and Vandervelde (piano).

2023

Jon Deak
Ingmar and the Bear: A Tale for Our Time, for soprano, baritone and ensemble; dedicated to our grandchildren;
Premiered December 2, 2023 by 21st Century Consort at St Mark’s Cathedral, Washington, DC, Christopher Kendall conductor and music director.

2024

Daniel S. Godfrey
Time and Tomorrow (A Dialogue Between Generations) for youth chorus and adult SATB chorus (text by Ursula Beitz); Co-commissioned with Marian A. Godfrey in honor of the composer’s grandsons; premiered May 3, 2024, by VocalEssence (and Singers of This Age) at Ted Mann Hall, Minneapolis, MN.

Dominique Le Gendre
Laudate Si: in praise of the unsung who quietly labour for the good of all Creatures, Humankind and our planet Earth; Missa Brevis for SATB choir inspired by Pope Francis’ 2nd Encyclical “Laudate Si”); in honor of Ann Blyberg and a lifetime devoted to upholding human rights; premiered November 17, 2024 at Canterbury Cathedral under the direction of David Newsholme, Music Director.

Steve Heitzeg
Our House is on Fire (Song for Climate Justice), words by Greta Thunberg, for SATB chorus & keyboard (or guitar and percussion), dedicated to a living planet; premiered November 23, 2024 at ACDA-MN convention). (Final commission of Minnesota Commissioning Club.)

2025

Scott Wheeler
A Woman of Her Time: Coco Chanel Sings; for soprano and 7 instrumentalists; premiere February 1, 2025 by 21st Century Consort, Washington, DC.

Jon Deak
Greta, the Brave, for soprano, Baritone and 12 instruments (flute, clarinet, French horn, trombone, percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass), 25 minutes; premiere by the 21st Century Consort on April 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Billy Childs
Each Moment is a New Discovery, 10-minute work for Orpheus Ensemble and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, premiere at the Ordway Music Theatre, May 23-25, 2025; dedicated to Dan Avchen in honor of his leadership of the SPCO Artistic Advisory Committee.

Jon Deak
Concerto for bass and orchestra, 20-minute work premiere by the SPCO, Fall, 2025

Theatrical Commissions

2007, 2008, 2009 music for all Guthrie Theater productions:

The Glass Menagerie, Jan. 20 – Mar. 25, 2007, Opening 1/26; Robert Waldman

The Merchant of Venice, Mar. 10 – May 6, 2007, Opening 3/16; Keith Thomas

Major Barbara, May 5 – June 17, 2007, Opening 5/11; Mark Bennett

Jane Eyre, Sept. 8 – Nov. 10, 2007 and Mar. 8 – Mar. 30, 2008, Opening 9/14; Andrew Cooke

Peer Gynt, Jan. 12 – Mar. 2, 2008, Opening 1/18; Claire Van Kampen

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Apr. 12 – June 22, 2008, Opening 4/18; Keith Thomas

The Government Inspector, July 5 – Aug. 24, 2008, Opening 7/11; Adam Wernick

Little House on the Prairie, July 26 – Oct. 19, 2008, Opening 8/15; Rachel Portman

Ballet Dances

Late                                                    
(June 18, 1992 premiere in Minneapolis by James Sewell Ballet)

High Rock Project                             
(April 22, 1994 premiere in St. Paul by James Sewell Ballet)

Trick Pony                                         
(Choreographed for and by Sally Rousse, premiered September 2002 in Minneapolis)

Social Movements                             
(for James Sewell Ballet with music by Steve Heitzeg; premiered April 2008 St. Paul, MN

Other commissions

Furniture:
George Nakashima (4 pieces in addition to other purchased works); Robert Erickson (award-winning Saint Paul Settee-1992); Peter Wright (benches, seats and fireplace mantel; James Gentry and several other craftsmen

Art works:
Susan Friesen (landscapes in pastel; line drawings); Carolyn Brunelle (oil); Tim Harding (silk wall hanging)

Music works written as gifts to the Hoeschlers

Paul Schoenfield  
Fugue for Jack (four part piano fugue)
Bintel Brief (piano arrangement for LLH)              
The Hoeschler Family Quick March, brass quartet, June 21, 1991
Happy Birthday Linda, July 19, 1996
Waltz, June 2003 (in honor of Linda’s retirement from the American Composers Forum)

Stephen Paulus
Be My Friend, Love, SATB
(Written in honor of the Hoeschler 25th wedding anniversary, text by Emilie Buchwald; premiered June 21, 1991, Gem Lake, MN)
Waltzing M’Linda, 2003 (in honor of Linda’s retirement from ACF)

Aaron Jay Kernis
Linda’s Waltz, 2003
“To Linda Hoeschler, with love and admiration”

Libby Larsen
Waltz, 2003

Klaus Roy
A Name in Music (for the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Linda and Jack Hoeschler), June 21, 1991

Mark Warhol
Happy Birthday Linda! (How About a Raise), Written in honor of LLH’s 50th birthday 1994

Fritz Bergmann
Happy Birthday, vocal, 1994

Homer Lambrecht
Tango, 1994 (for LLH birthday)

Ermir Dergini
For a Good Man (for symphonic orchestra), 1997

Maura Bosch
My Purity, double choir and organ. Premiered November 12, 1995 by the St. Paul Cathedral Choir

William Banfield
The Listened Silences at Goose Lake, piano, 1998

Lawrence Siegel
Appalachian Suite, 2003 

Jon Deak
The Jury dedicated to Jack Hoeschler, 2022 (premiere in August 2023 due to Covid)

Craig Carnahan
Boredom (setting of Louis Jenkins poem), premiered in St. Paul, February 9, 2023 by Bob Peskin, bass, accompanied by Barbara Brooks, piano.
Commissioned by John Michel, Barbara Brown and John Nuechterlein