The Concordia Choir

The Concordia Choir is a 76-member mixed choir of students at Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It performs on its campus, nationally, and internationally. The choir has had three conductors since its founding in 1920,[1] through which it grew under Paul J. Christiansen,[2] who conducted it from 1937-1986.[3] Since 1986, the choir has been conducted by René Clausen. It has performed in venues including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. The Concordia Choir performs in the annual Concordia College Christmas concert, which is occasionally broadcast on public radio[4] and annually on PBS or other public stations throughout the United States winning a Regional Emmy.[5] The choir has released recordings, which are sold by Concordia College.[6] Different genres are represented in the choir's discography. Critic David Vernier of Classics Today gave a perfect rating to the choir's album of 20th century masterpieces, In the New Moon, saying, "Choral music fans are in for a real treat--and those who choose to pass on this exemplary program and its rarely heard masterpieces will just have to be satisfied with their aesthetically diminished lives..."[7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "http://www.concordiacollege.edu/music/ensembles/choirs/the-concordia-choir/". Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Armstrong, Anton (1992), "The Christiansen Tradition in Sacred Choral Music", Word & World 12 (3): 250–255
  3. ↑ About the Program. American Public Media Retrieved on 12 March 2008
  4. ↑ Christmas at Concordia from American Public Media. American Public Media Retrieved on 12 March 2008
  5. ↑ Laura Kaslow / November 27, 2010 (November 27, 2010). "2010 Concordia College Christmas Concert honors former president, celebrates Clausen’s 25th year as director". Metro Lutheran. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Concordia Recordings.
  7. ↑ Classics Today Review of In the New Moon. ClassicsToday.com Retrieved on 12 March 2008