Each year the American Choral Directors
Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Music
Educators Association annually commission a
choral work by a Minnesota composer for one of
the Minnesota All-State Choirs (Mixed, Mens, or
Womens in rotation). Minnesota composers who are
interested in being selected for this commission
should sent samples of their work (scores, and
recordings when possible) to the Executive
Director, Bruce Becker, 12027 Gantry Lane, Apple
Valley MN 55124.
The deadline for
submission is July 15 of each year;
selection is made by September 1. Rejected
scores are kept on file for future
consideration.
Criteria for the All-State choral compositions:
1. The choral composition shall be written on a
rotation basis for one of the following voicings
in the difficulty range of Class I/II from the
Minnesota State High School League Music
Handbook.
A. mixed voices (minimum divisi)
B. treble voices (SSA or SSAA)
C. male voices (TTB, TBB, or TTBB)
2. The composer will utilize a secular text
appropriate for high school students.
3. The composition should be 2.5 to 3.5 minutes
in duration.
4. The composition may be written for a cappella
voices, with keyboard accompaniment, and/or with
solo instrument accompaniment.
5. The completed co-commissioned work should be
in the hands of the MMEA Vocal Vice-President
and the ACDA of Minnesota Executive Secretary no
later than April 1 in the year of the All-State
Choir debut.
6. The current honorarium is $1400 equally
divided between the two sponsoring
organizations, and will be paid to the composer,
with the first half paid by ACDA-MN upon
acceptance of the contract, and the last half
paid by MMEA upon the satisfactory completion
and timely delivery of the work. The honorarium
is increased by $50 each year.
7. All publication rights remain with the
composer. In the event the composition is not
published before the MMEA All-State Choir
performances, MMEA will reproduce the score for
the MMEA All-State Choir debut. MMEA shall
reserve all rights of reproduction until the
MMEA All-State Choir performance at the MMEA
Mid-Winter Clinic in February. MMEA and ACDA of
Minnesota shall not be responsible to the
composer or any other party for any unauthorized
reproduction of the score.
