on City of Breath, a CD by the Flutronix, co-founded by collaborators Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull. Commissioned composers In order to nurture the next generation of women composers, Melodia Women's Choir has initiated commissions and performances of original works. Through its Women Composers Competition, Melodia Women's Choir selects and engages composers to write an original SSAA work for the choir. Among the women composers commissioned by Melodia Women's Choir are: Allison Sniffin, Oyeme con los ojos (2006) and "Ekō" (2019); Becca Schack, In the End is My Beginning (2007); Chris Lastovicka, Listen to How Birds Sing (2009); Christina Whitten Thomas, Mornings With You (2011); Sally Lamb McCune, Questions About Angels (2012); Nina Siniakova, From the Four Winds (2013); Errollyn Wallen, Full Fathom Five (2014); Hilary Purrington, Cassandra (2016) and Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Red Bird (2018). Collaborations Melodia Women's Choir has participated in collaborations with a variety of organizations, including Wall to Wall at Symphony Space, The Stonewall Chorale, Urban QUO Orchestra, The Flutronix, New York Choral Consortium, Vox Nova Girls Choir of the NYC Special Music School, American Cancer Society benefit with Lola Astanova and Julie Andrews at Carnegie Hall, Washington Square Music Festival, Make Music New York, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors in "the public domain" project, Dvořák American Heritage Association, the New York Philharmonic New World Initiative, Crime Victims Vigil, John Jay College 9/11 Commemoration, and others. References External links Choirs in New York (state) Women's choirs American classical music groups