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.
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
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.
During the 2007-2008 season, choir member Zane Fiala also conducted several pieces;
Fiala became co-director as of the 2008/2009 season,
joining Faust upon Kim's departure from the San Francisco Bay Area.
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. 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 PremieredNigra SumCole Thomason-RedusSpring 2004Concord HymnJeremy Samuel FaustSpring 2004De ProfundisGeorgia StittSpring 2004Cors de ChassesSarah GeorgeSpring 2005One, Two, ThreeElizabeth BakerSpring 2006Alma Redemptoris MaterJason BushSpring 2007Croyez-vousJeremy Samuel FaustSpring 2007A Beautiful DayJason BushSpring 2008Leaves are FallingJason BushFall 2008Atah EchadJeremy Samuel FaustSpring 2008Joyful NoiseGeorgia StittSpring 2009Es la mañana llenaZane FialaSpring 2009KyrieEric TammSpring 2009"Why do I Love" You, Sir (from Faith Disquiet)Jake HeggieSpring 2009What if I say I shall not wait! (from Faith Disquiet)Jake HeggieSpring 2009Once More to GlorianaJake Heggie (arr. J.S. Faust)Spring 2009What the Gray-Winged Fairy SaidJake Heggie (arr. Z. Fiala)Spring 2009Death of a Ball-Turret GunnerShaffer McGeeFall 2009The Breath of NightShaffer McGeeSpring 2010Gentle lady do not singNicholas BolandSpring 2010The Bird of NightShaffer McGeeSpring 2010PeaceAaron PikeSpring 2010Ave Verum CorpusRobert ChastainFall 2010Gentle Lady, Do Not SingNicholas BolandFall 2010The MomentJed BoganFall 2010A VisionNoah LunaFall 2010In MemoriamHarry WhitneyFall 2010PresenceDavid HarrisFall 2010i am a little churchJoshua SaulleFall 2010Music for the Mass (a cappella as written by composer)Milton BabbittFall 2010MånskenskvällM.E. ValverdeSpring 2011AlleluiaAaron PikeSpring 2011Deeper Than All RosesNicholas WeiningerSpring 2011Issa (Selected Movements)Jeremy FaustSpring 2011Snow having melted (from ISSA)Jeremy Samuel FaustFall 2011First snowfall (from ISSA)Jeremy Samuel FaustFall 2011it may not always be so; and i sayNicholas WeiningerFall 2011AveVasken OhanianSpring 2012Come, Heavy SleepDavid GottliebSpring 2012Oracle of SpringM.E. ValverdeSpring 2012We Sat Down and WeptElliott EncarnaciónSpring 2012Fly away ICaroline ShawSpring 2012SonnetDaniel KohaneSpring 2012CosmosZane FialaSpring 2012ChrysopylaeDominick DiOrioSpring 2012Facing WestDavid ConteSpring 2012Ave MariaJoshua SaulleFall 2012Rise up, my love, my fair oneNicholas WeiningerFall 2012We Sat Down and WeptElliot James EncarnacionFall 2012The Unknown RegionElizabeth KimbleSpring 2013Unremembered (Choral Arrangement)Sarah Kirkland SniderSpring 2013Paanyaya 3Robin EstradaFall 2013into the windJeremy Samuel FaustFall 2014The LampNicholas WeiningerFall 2014Lord Heare my Prayer InstantlyNico MuhlyFall 2014ParusNicholas WeiningerSpring 2015The Threads BeneathMarielle JakobsonSpring 2015Adam Lay YbowndynJeremy Samuel FaustFall 2015De ProfundisNicholas WeiningerFall 2015Missa BrevisFredrik SixtenFall 2015AmenMatt BoehlerSpring 2016God gazed down on you from HeavenRhett JaramilloSpring 2016As kingfishers catch fireNicholas WeiningerSpring 2016In the Distant SkyHuang RuoSpring 2016Into the Golden Vessel of Great SongNicholas WeiningerFall 2016Strings in the earth and airBryan LinSpring 2017Elohim HashiveinuSalvatore LoCascioSpring 2017The Peace of Wild ThingsElizabeth KimbleSpring 2017The MarinerElliott EncarnaciónSpring 2017Dream TriptychElliott EncarnaciónFall 2017Give Me Your Tired, Your PoorNicholas WeiningerSpring 2018Winter RideM.E. ValverdeFall 2018Go AheadNathan HallFall 2018O ChildMichael T RobertsFall 2018love is a placeJonathan PosthumaFall 2018Aire de Nocturno - Te Puse CollaresRobin EstradaSpring 2019Usahay (new arrangement)Gregorio Responso Labja (Arr. Estrada)Fall 2019ZoomMichael T RobertsSummer 2020Come to Us in WaterMichael T RobertsFall 2021it's just weatherBryan LinFall 2021Final NotationsSam MaurerFall 2021Variation on the Word SleepSam MaurerFall 2022
American/regional premieres Title of Work Composer When PremieredThere is no Rose of such VertuFredrik SixtenSpring 2012Credo from Missa RegensisUģis PrauliņšSpring 2012Fayrfax CarolThomas AdesSpring 2012AlleluiaAlgirdas MartinaitisSpring 2012Faith DisquietJake HeggieSpring 2012Missa RigensisUgis PraulinšFall 2012 - Spring 2014Unremembered Sarah Kirkland SnyderFall 2013Kyrie (from Missa Pro Pace)Kentaro SatoFall 2013Gloria (from Missa Pro Pace)Kentaro SatoFall 2013Psalm 137Jack BodyFall 2013Dogalen a MabasoNilo AlcalaFall 2013Summer ShowerKenji OhSpring 2015Psalm 23Josh StoddardFall 2015Veni (from Maranatha)Georg GrünFall 2015Ne Irascaris DomineFrank La RoccaSpring 2017Pater NosterIvo AntogniniSpring 2017Arise, My Love, My Fair OneJoshua SaulleSpring 2017Love, thricewiseJoseph GregorioSpring 2017O Euchari ColumbaDavid AvshalomovSpring 2017The Marriage of Heaven & Hell No.1 the Sick RoseBo HoltenFall 2018Turing believes machines thinkGordon HamiltonFall 2018Tread SoftlyFrank La RoccaFall 2018Music to HearMike SheppardFall 2018Birds of the Psalms 10. Psalm 91 Beauty Flows...Patricia Van NessFall 2018Cloths of HeavenStacy GarropFall 2018Glong-ngo KoExcelsis Betil-ViñaFall 2019Aba Po, Santa Mariang ReynaRyan CayabyabFall 2019Ama naminFidel CalalangFall 2019Juan 14Mary Katherine TrangcoFall 2019TetabeuhanSlamet Abdul SjukurFall 2019I Flow...I AmMari Esabel ValverdeFall 2021Sapphic Fragments: Meditations on Queer Histories and ImaginariesSoren AustenfeldFall 2021Stop this day and night with meJake HeggieFall 2021Pieces of My HeartLauren BydalekFall 2021Spiritus MundiDale TrumboreFall 2021Can You See?Zanaida RoblesFall 2021Messiahs: False and TrueRex IsenbergSpring 2022
Other repertory highlights Frank Martin: Mass for Two Choirs Herbert Howells: Requiem Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons D'Orleans Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons de Rilke Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs Matthew Harris: Shakespeare Songs Gustav Holst: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Gustav Holst: O Spiritual Pilgrim Benjamin Britten: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Otto Olsson: Ave Maris Stella Alberto Grau: Kasar mie la gaji Johannes Brahms: Op. 74, Nos. 1, 2 "Warum ist das Licht gegeben?"; "O Heiland reiß" Johannes Brahms: Op. 109, No. 2. "Wenn ein starker Gewappneter" Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Johann Sebastian Bach: "Ich lasse dicht nicht, du segnest mich denn" Hugo Distler: Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied William Henry Harris: Faire is the Heaven Samuel Barber: The Reincarnations Samuel Barber: Heaven Haven Samuel Barber: To be sung on the Water Olivier Messiaen: O Sacrum Convivium Francis Poulenc: Four Motes for Noel Maurice Durufle: Four Gregorian Motets Sven-David Sandström: A New Heaven ("En Ny Himmel") Jānis Peters: Kalējs kala debesīs David Conte: Ave Maria Steven Paulus: The Road Home Emma Lou Diemer: Verses from the Rubaiyat Robin Estrada: Awit sa Panginoon Halsey Stevens: Go Lovely Rose 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, the San Francisco Opera Chorus and other performers in a relief concert for victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.
In January 2009, IOCSF joined the Yale Glee Club in performing at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
July 28, 2008, marked IOCSF's first instrumental collaboration (if you exclude the egg shaker during the South American program). The ensemble performed as part of the Noontime Concert Series at Old St. Mary's with San Francisco piano duo Patricia and Vera Purcell. Program selections included Brahms Liebeslider Waltzes, as well as New York: Night (by Jeremy Faust and opera librettist Philip Littell). IOC has received guest coaching from the following experts: Vance George: former choral director of the Grammy-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus Magen Solomon: Artistic Director of San Francisco Choral Artists Joe Jennings: then Artistic Director of Chanticleer Ian Robertson: Director of the San Francisco Opera Chorus and also of the San Francisco Boys Chorus Patricia Kristof Moy: French coach for the San Francisco Opera Jimmy Kansau: San Francisco Opera Ragnar Bohlin: Chorus Director, San Francisco Symphony Chorus Joshua Habermann: Director, Dallas Symphony Chorus; Music Director, Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Awards, reviews ASCAP "Adventurous Programming" Award 2011, received at Chorus America conference San Francisco Classical Voice review of June 17, 2011 concert San Francisco Classical Voice review of May 1, 2009 concert
References
External links Official website