Featuring works for Choral Ensemble, String Quartet, Chamber Orchestra, woodwind ensemble, & Symphony Orchestra
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS:
PREMIERE
June 2020 -- postponed to June 2021
Summer Night, Riverside (SSAATTBB)
premiered by The Lake Erie Choral Artists
of Erie, PA
COMMISION
November 2020
arrangement for strings
Suite of 3 Harry T. Burleigh
baritone vocal solo spirituals
premiered by the Erie Philharmonic
PREMIERE
April 2018
arrangement of Nightfall (SSAA)
for Flute Ensemble + Prerecorded Track
premiered by Flutasia
of State University of New York - Fredonia
PREMIERE (European)
December 2017
performance of Constellation
(SATB+pre-recorded track)
Eruopean premiere by Kamerkoor JIP
The Hague, Amsterdam, & Utrecht
NETHERLANDS
COMMISSION
April 2017
The Songsmith Collective
A music composition collaboration with
students of Perseus Charter School and
the Erie Chamber Orchestra
for work written for string quintet, soprano & bass-baritone,
flute, & percussion
based on selected motifs from
the students' in-class song writing.
To be premiered in the 2016-2017 season.
Quick feature of the premiere concert
in The Erie Reader here
Christina will be featured on Classics with Brian Hannah on WQLN, Friday, April 21 at 11am
NOMINMATION
Decmeber 2016
Nominated for
for Stars Alone
SSAATTBB and Chamber Orchestra
Many exciting projects coming soon
Stay tuned!
---------- through the pandemic, the music lives on ---------
COMMISION
April 2020 -- postponed to 2022
original composition based on
Nova Scotia Island Folklore
for full Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
premiered by the Erie Philharmonic
COMMISION
March 2018
suite arrangement for full Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
premiered by the Erie Philharmonic
PREMIERE
November 2017
Collaboration with the
David Matthews Composition School of
Downtown YMCA, Erie, PA
and the Erie Philharmonic
Orchestrator of the students' original song, Our Erie
for symphony orchestra
PREMIERE
October 2017
arrangement of Silence (SSAATTBB)
for Flute Ensemble
premiered by Flutasia
of State University of New York - Fredonia
WINNER
January 2017
2nd Place for the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award
for Performance of American Music
(Professional division)
based on composition and quality of performance
for Stars Alone for SSAATTBB and string orchestra
commissioned by the Erie Chamber Orchestra
featuring the Erie Renaissance Singers
FEATURED
January 2021
guest virtual performance
by Edward Pleasant, baritone
arrangement for strings
Suite of 3 Harry T. Burleigh
baritone vocal solo gospel songs
premiered by the Erie Philharmonic
FEATURED
January 2022
performance of arrangement for strings
Suite of 3 Harry T. Burleigh
baritone vocal solo gospel songs
Hartford, CT
COMMISSION
April 2016
by the Erie Chamber Orchestra
for larger-scale work for chamber orchestra and choral ensemble
featuring the Erie Renaissance Singers
to be premiered in the 2015-2016 season
COMMISSION
May 2016
Davis, CA
featured in summer concert tour
of US and Canada
FEATURED
January 2016
On the Choral Music by Women Composers database
furnished by the Orange County Women's Chorus
FINALIST -- awarded HONORABLE MENTION
November 2015
in the professional choral composer category
WINNER
May 2015
2015 Vox-Sing Composition Contest
for Vox Musica, Sacramento, CA
preimiere at VOX-SING: a community project
May 31, 2015, Sacramento, CA
FEATURED
June 2015
and featured at the 2nd annual
Sacramento Choral Festival: SacSings
June 13-14, 2015
ACDA
February 2015
work (sheet music) to be displayed at the
2015 ACDA Convention, Salt Lake City
Ave Maria for SSAATTBB on display
at the C7Prize booth
May 2015 review:
"Dolanc's STARS ALONE was absolutely BRILLIANT!! Lovely, intense, soothing... so many emotions. The [singers] and [orchestra] breathing together... Dolanc didn't compose a piece for voices and strings, but instead invented a new type of ensemble! It was a joy to experience... "
-- Classics with Brian Hannah, WQLN Radio
FEATURED
May 2015
The Lincoln High School Chamber Choir, Stockton, CA
will participate in the
2015 Golden State Choir Competition in Napa, CA
performing Absence for SATB + Piano
PREMIERE (commission)
December 2014
COMMISSION by Davis Chamber Choir
(University of California) Davis, CA
May 2015 review:
" This is lean-forward-and-listen, not sit-back-and-listen music. "
-- Sacramento Choral Calendar
PREMIERE (commission)
October 2014
COMMISSION by Lincoln High School Chamber Choir
Stockton, CA
Awarded as "Recommended Work"
March 2014
for the C7Prize 2014
WORKSHOP
Friday, March 6, 2015
by Musica Intima -- renowned vocal ensemble
of Vancouver, BC
A new work featured in the workshop, Novum Musica
WINNER
November 2014
2014 Mary Bussman Emerging Female Choral Composer Competition
for the Twin Cities Women's Choir
Minneapolis, MN
PREMIERED
Nov & Dec 2014
May 2014 review:
" ... a sophisticated composition worth consideration by any mixed choir in America (or beyond)."
-- Sacramento Choral Calendar