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Joan Szymko  

With a catalog of over published choral works, Joan Szymko's music is regularly performed across North America and abroad with performances at national and international choral festivals and competitions.

Joan szymko biography

She has presented her work in sessions at both regional and national confereneces of the American Choral Director's Association (ACDA) and was honored to have been selected to present at the (canceled) World Symposium on Choral Music in Aukland, New Zealand.

Commissioned by all manner of choral ensemble (professional, community, church, academic and children’s), Szymko is widely regarded as a foremost composer of literature for women's voices. The ACDA has recognized Szymko's lasting impact on the choral arts in America by selecting her as a recipient of the prestigious Raymond W.

Brock Memorial Commission in

Szymko's many years of experience as a professional choral director animates her choral compositions; her embodied approach to singing and rhyt