Dale Warland
The Dale Warland Singers Concert Program Archive is available on the Digital Resource Commons.
Eminent conductor and composer Dale Warland has made an indelible impression on the landscape of contemporary choral music. In 1972, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis asked him to assemble a group of singers to present a concert of new music, and thus the Dale Warland Singers, a professional mixed chorus, was born. The Dale Warland Singers commissioned 270 choral works, presented over 400 concerts and produced 27 highly acclaimed recordings. Notable composers who worked with the Dale Warland Singers include Grammy winners Dominick Argento, Libby Larsen, Stephen Paulus, Aaron Jay Kernis, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck, Peter Schickele, and Eric Whitacre, among many others. The group received numerous awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Following the conductor’s decision to retire, the Dale Warland Singers performed their final concert on May 30, 2004.
The archival and other materials of the Dale Warland Singers were given to the University of Cincinnati Libraries and the College-Conservatory of Music in 2004. For additional information about the complete archive, visit the Dale Warland Singers Archive page.