Come join Kyle in NYC in 2026 at Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall!

DCINY Residency Info - March 27-31, 2026

March 27-31, 2026


Lincoln Center

Guest Conductor:  Dr. Jennaya Robison 

Composer-in-residence: Kyle Pederson

Program: 30 minute set of Kyle’s shorter choral works

Collaborating/sponsoring Organization: DCINY

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April 18-20, 2026

Carnegie Hall

Guest Conductor: Dr. Lee Nelson 

Composer-in-residence: Kyle Pederson

Program:  A Vision Unfolding, Kyle’s 30 minute extended work

 

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Works
Ahlan Wa Sahlan

SATB chorus (3:30)
Instrumentation: Piano and drum, with optional flute/violin/oud/guitar
Themes: welcome, community, family, joy, unity, multicultural

Be the Bridge

SSA(A) chorus (3:30)
Instrumentation: Piano
Themes: reconciliation, unity, community, hope

Sing Change

SATB chorus (3:45)
Instrumentation: Piano
Themes: change, advocacy, protest, community, hope

Be The Love

SATB chorus (3:45)
Instrumentation: Piano
Themes: love, peace, joy, community, hope

Prayer for Shalom

SATB chorus (5:00)
Instrumentation: piano
Themes: peace, unity, justice, prayer, inclusivity

A Vision Unfolding

SATB chorus (30’)
Instrumentation: Piano, with optional snare drum, violin, and trumpet
Themes: social justice, community, freedom, inclusivity, hope

Reach Down, Lord

SATB chorus (3:30)
Instrumentation: piano
Themes: justice, hope, rescue

Beat! Drums!

SATB chorus (2:45)
Instrumentation: piano, with optional snare drum and trumpet
Themes: justice, war

All of Me

SATB chorus (4:00)
Instrumentation: piano, with optional violin
Themes: identity, social justice, inclusivity

Light Transforms the Darkness

SATB chorus (2:50)
Instrumentation: piano, with optional snare drum and trumpet
Themes: light, identity, inclusivity, justice, freedom

Recent and Upcoming Commissions/Projects

  • All is Miracle album release date set for July 25, 2025

  • A Vision Unfolding Carnegie Hall premiere, March, 2025

  • Carnegie Hall commission & residency, National Concerts, 2024 (Be the Love)

  • Transept residency, concert, and recording, May, 2024

  • SBMP launch of Kyle Pederson Choral Series, 2023

  • ACDA Genesis Prize, 2020

  • American Prize Choral Composition Division, Winner, 2019

  • Composer-in-Residence for The Wartburg Choir (2019—2022)

  • Composer-in-Residence for VocalEssence Singers of This Age

  • Commissions by AMIS International Honor’s Choir, MN-ACDA

  • Editor’s Choice designation by JWPepper for Does the World Say, Ahlan wa Sahlan, First Cradle, Still I Sing Alleluia, God Be with You ‘Til We Meet Again, In the Bleak Midwinter, Heartbeat, People Get Ready, Be Thou My Vision, When Christmas Morn is Dawning, Lift Your Eyes to Light, Sing We Now of Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, My King is Comin’ Soon, Since I Laid My Burden Down, Stars, A Mighty Fortress is our God, Hands are Knockin’, Remember the Children, Give Me Oil in My Lamp, Bringers of Noise, O Come O Come Emmanuel, How Sweet the Sound, Exsultate Jubilate, Soon We Will Be Done, There’s Gonna Be a Homecomin’, If You Want to Hold My Hand, Come by Here, Were You There, Can We Sing the Darkness to Light, Bend, All of Me, Light Transforms the Darkness, I Dream a World, Reach Down Lord, Prayer for Shalom, I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, Sanctus

  • Ithaca Choral Composition Competition/Festival Finalist, 2019, for Bend and Heartbeat

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