Compose Like a Girl Podcast On the Compose Like a Girl podcast, Jocelyn shares conversations with composers as a part of her larger initiative that amplifies female-identifying composers, helps conductors diversify their concerts, and works toward more equality in...
Jocelyn is thrilled to be composing for Conspirare again, this time for fall concerts that center on the influence of Beethoven. She has chosen another incredible poem by Minnesota poet Freya Manfred, titled “To Be Known.” Conspirare and the Miró Quartet come...
Here I Am, a multimedia symphony for SATB choir, treble choir, soprano solo, chamber orchestra, and illuminated portraits, commissioned by True Concord Voices and Orchestra Following the outstanding performances and success of Jocelyn’s first multimedia symphony The...
“Inside My Ribcage” was commissioned by Darci Bultema and Audrey Miller with generous support from Northern State University. It will be a part of a recital called Songs of Inclusivity that the ensemble will present at both Clarinetfest and the National Association of...
“Finding Refuge Together” for solo cello, was commissioned by cellist Kirsten Whitson to be a part of her Bearing Witness multimedia concerts. It was composed as a response to Kao Kalia Yang’s short story of the same title, about her early experiences as a refugee...
Jocelyn is delighted to be one of 36 composers from around the world to be commissioned by The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin to compose musical settings of the “Chamber Music” poems by James Joyce, celebrating the unique connection between the...
Jocelyn will be featured this summer as the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s Composer-in-Residence. She composed a work titled “Caminante,” for SATB double choir, and the piece will be premiered during the Mystics and Mavericks concerts. The program celebrates female sages...
Join us for Story Time with Chione, featuring a brand new musical story based on Twin Cities author Ka Vang’s Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon. Vang’s short chapter book tells the story of Shoua, a Hmong-American girl who discovers her voice as she saves an...
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...
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 with the...
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...
