The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul commissioned Hagen for their annual Christmas concerts. The piece “Comfort and Joy” is based on this year’s concert theme, and is scored for a mass choir of over 200 singers, wind ensemble, and string orchestra. This...
Cantabile Youth Choirs of Silicon Valley has awarded Hagen a prestigious commission in honor of their 25th anniversary season and invitation to perform at the World Choral Symposium in Aukland, New Zealand, in July of 2020. These incredible young singers under...
The Peninsula Women’s Chorus commissioned Hagen last year to compose a work for their “Trailblazers Project,” an ambitious, multi-year commissioning project that focuses on three pioneering American women: Harriet Tubman, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and Alice Paul....
Denver’s premier choral ensemble Kantorei, under the direction of Joel Rinsema, has commissioned Hagen to write a piece for their final concerts this season. Contemporary women composers hold the spotlight in these concerts dubbed “Vox Femina” (the female...
My requiem Ashes of Roses, for SATB choir, soloists, soprano saxophone soloist, and full orchestra, will soon be available in a new chamber version with organ and flexible chamber ensemble. Two ensembles have already scheduled regional premieres, but I’m looking for...
Here is a unique opportunity for you or your singers to join a chorus of approximately 200 voices for a major performance of The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at Carnegie Hall! Join me and Dr. Eugene Rogers from the University of Michigan in rehearsals and a final...
Graphite Publishing is organizing an art song consortium for 4 brand new cycles of art song. Four of our most prolific composers of art song will write a cycle for four different voice parts. As a consortium member, you and your students will give regional premieres...
Shieldmaiden was commissioned by Carthage College for the “150 Years of Carthage Women” Celebration, 2019-20, in recognition of their intrepid initiative and collective contributions, and will be premiered by the Carthage Wind Orchestra under the direction of Dr....
Minnesota Opera recently announced the commission of The Song Poet for Project Opera, Minnesota Opera’s premier youth vocal training program, with Kao Kalia Yang, author of The Song Poet, serving as the librettist and Jocelyn Hagen as the composer. In concert...
Clements High School Chorale Women have been selected to perform at the Southwestern Division of the American Choral Directors Association (SWACDA) conference in March 2020 in Little Rock, Arkansas. In honor of this auspicious performance, Fort Bend ISD Department of...
Tuesday, November 26, 8:00 p.m. Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, FREE concert On November 26, the UM-Chamber Choir will perform the Michigan premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s amazing multi-movement work, amass, and will record the work in the beginning of...
Premiere of Variations on a Theme by Brahms Variations on a Theme by Brahms, for solo piano, was premiered September 19, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Minnesota in Morris, Minnesota, with more performances scheduled throughout the Fall. Hagen...
A Set of Miniatures for Pianist Jihye Chang Pianist Jihye Chang has commissioned Jocelyn to compose a set of miniatures for her Continuum 88 project, a five-year journey exploring solo keyboard literature. Pianist Jihye Chang performs significant pieces from the major...
“Songs for Muska” with Conspirare Last March Conspirare premiered Hagen’s new evening-length work Songs for Muska,a piece they commissioned and Hagen spent four years conceiving and writing. Songs for Muska is based on poetry by the women of Afghanistan....
