News:

Jocelyn's piece "Benedictus" will be featured in 3 upcoming concerts by The Netherlands' choir Valborgkoor.

New publications! "Joy" for women's choir is now available through Boosey & Hawkes and "I Started Out Singing" for three-part treble choir is available through Graphite Publishing.

"Joy" will be performed twice by the Festival Chorus during Piccfest (Pacific International Children's Choir Festival) in Eugene, Oregon. Sandra Snow, conductor.

Saturday, June 25 • Festival Chorus Performance • 1 p.m. in the Hult Center Lobby
The 175-voice Festival Chorus performs in the Oregon Bach Festival’s On the House Concert Series

Sunday, June 26 • PICCFEST 2011 Gala Concert : Wild About Singing
7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church of Eugene

02.12.11 The premiere of amass, a concert-length accumulation of mass texts and spiritual poetry is Jocelyn's biggest musical endeavor to date. Concert information on The Singers' website. Read a statement from the artist.
Performers: Matthew Culloton, conductor; The Singers, Minnesota Choral Artists, Eric Kutz, cello; Janus Percussion; Jeffrey Van, guitar; Linh Kauffman, soprano; Dan Dressen, tenor;
Bradley Greenwald, baritone.

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Current Projects:

Jocelyn has been chosen by Zeitgeist for their annual Composer Workshop sessions. Zeitgeist Composer Workshop is a five-day workshop designed to give emerging composers the opportunity to develop creative ideas and stretch their artistic boundaries in an environment that celebrates exploration and experimentation. In the workshop, the focus is not on the completion of a composition but rather on the generation and development of ideas and the exploration of musical possibilities. Each composer brings sketches of material to develop using Zeitgeist as a "laboratory." The workshop culminates in an informal performance, giving composers the opportunity to receive feedback from audience members.

ND Army National Guard 188th Army Band Jocelyn will be composing a piece this fall for their tour next summer. The band was first organized in Valley City, Dakota Territory, in August of 1887 as the First Dakota Infantry Band. Jocelyn is a native of Valley City, North Dakota.


ACDA Women's Commission Consortium Jocelyn has been chosen to compose a work for the ACDA Women's Commission Consortium next year. The piece will be premiered by over twenty women's choirs across the United States.



Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra  This commission is made possible through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.  Title and premiere date TBD.
Director: William Schrickel



Penelope Freeh Jocelyn and choreographer Penelope Freeh will be creating a new work collaboratively as recipients of the Live Music for Dance Minnesota Grant through the American Music Center and American Composers Forum.

Cantus To coincide with Jocelyn's 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship, she will be composing a work for Cantus specifically for the Artist in Residence Program with three local high school choirs. This community outreach project is made possible by The McKnight Foundation and the American Composers Forum. The piece will be premiered in the spring of 2012.