David Hoose Commissioning Grant

Building on 45 years of supporting choral compositions and performances throughout the region, Choral Arts New England (CANE) is pleased to now offer the David Hoose Commissioning Grant, a biennial $5,000 grant supporting the commission of meaningful new choral music with instrumental accompaniment. This grant supports new compositions that explore choral music’s unique capacity to help us understand our history, reflect on our present, and envision our future.

Singing in a choir is such a moving experience—just the noise that you make, and the camaraderie. There's so much beautiful choral music around, and just being part of a group of people who love to do that gives you that fire in your belly to want to do more.
 —Elton John, 2019