ACDA Minnesota State Conference Programs
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2011 Gustavus Adolphus College/Church of St. Peter
Steven Albaugh, Rosemount High School, Conference Chair
Virginia High School Concert Choir - Matt Krage, director (Student Symposium featured performance)
Festival Clinic Performances - Judy Bowers, clinician Breck Middle School 7-8 Chamber Boys - Lisa Doering, director Breck Middle School 7-8 Chamber Girls - Stacy Koehler, director Edina Valley View Middle School Freshman Cavaliers - Scott Lehrke, director Blake Upper School A Cappella Choir - Carrie Enstad, director
State 7-8 Girls' Honor Choir - Paula Holmberg, guest director
State 7-8 Boys' Honor Choir - Eugene Rogers, guest director
ACDA-MN SATB Commissioning Consortium Honor Choir - David Dickau, guest director and composer Brainerd High School - Brian Stubbs, director Buffalo High School - Michael Walsh, director Breck High School - Lisa Doering, director Henry Sibley High School - Aaron Kapaun, director Hopkins High School - Philip Brown, director Minnehaha Academy - Karen Lutgen, director Princeton High School - Mark Potvin, director Rosemount High School - Gina Toso, director Sauk Centre High School - Bonnie Nelson, director Underwood High School - Dana Flint, director University of Minnesota-Morris - Kenneth Hodgson, director Virginia High School - Matt Krage, director
Festival Worship Event: Now Thank We All Our God: A Service of Gratitude and Praise The Gustavus Choir - Gregory Aune, director Bethlehem Lutheran Senior Choir - David Mennicke, director Minnesota State University-Mankato Concert Choir - David Dickau, director The Gustavus Chapel Brass and Faculty Brass Choir Charles Forsberg, guest organist Mark Stover, Artistic Director
Apple Valley High School Valley Select Chorale - Joel Beyer, director
Hopkins High School Concert Choir - Philip Brown, director
St. Cloud State University Concert Choir - Matthew Ferrell, director
Jefferson High School Alexandria Concert Choir - Steven Deitz, director
Roseville Area High School Cantus Certus - Dean Jilek, director
St. Olaf College Viking Men's Chorus - Christopher Aspaas, director
State 4-5-6 Children's Honor Choir - Angela Broeker, director |
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2010 St. Cloud State University/Bethlehem Lutheran Church Steven Albaugh, Rosemount High School, Conference Chair St. John’s Boys’ Choir – Andre Heywood, director From Age to Age – Andrew Miller, director Duluth East High School A Cappella Choir – Jerome Upton, director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Girls’ Honor Choir – Lynn Gackle, guest director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Boys’ Honor Choir – Christopher Fettig, guest director Special Event: “Imagine…A Minnesota Mosaic” Twin Cities Gospel Choir – Sandra Robinson Hodges, director VocalEssence – Philip Brunelle, director Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota – Garrett Lathe, director Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale – Steven Boehlke, director Northwestern College Women’s Chorus – Mary Kay Geston, director Northern Lights Chorale – Bruce Phelps, director Eastview High School Concert Choir – Judy Sagen & Greg Douma, directors College of St. Benedict/St. John’s Univ. Chamber Choir – Axel Theimer, director St. Olaf Chapel Choir – Christopher Aspaas, director ACDA-MN State 4-5-6 Children’s Honor Choir – Anton Armstrong, director |
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2008 St. Olaf College Brian Stubbs, Brainerd High School, Conference Chair Angelica Cantanti Concert Choir – Nancy Grundahl, director Rosemount High School Concert Choir – Steven Albaugh, director Partners In Praise – Julia Fahey, director ACDA-MN 7-8 Girls’ Honor Choir – Beth Holmes, guest director ACDA-MN 7-8 Boys’ Honor Choir – Bob Chilcott, guest director Special Worship Event: “Let All Be Safely Gathered In” St. Olaf Cantorei – John Ferguson, director Bethel Lutheran Church Choir, Northfield – Daniel Kallman, director Bel Canto – Randi Grundahl-Rexroth, director Hopkins High School Concert Choir – Philip Brown, director University of Minnesota-Morris Concert Choir – Ken Hodgson, director Northfield High School Concert Choir – Dwight Jilek, director St. Olaf Viking Chorus – Christopher Aspaas, director The Summer Singers – Vicki Peters, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Teri Larson, guest director |
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2007 University of Minnesota-Duluth Judy Sagen, Eastview High School, Conference Chair Hastings High School Select Choir – Lin Warren, director Northfield 7-8 Grade Choir – Cathy Penning, director UMD University Singers – Stan Wold, director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Boys’ Honor Choir – Axel Theimer, guest director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Girls’ Honor Choir – Sue Gilsdorf, guest director Cantus Stillwater Area High School Belle Chanter – Angela Mitchell, director Princeton High School Concert Choir – Mark Potvin, director Minnesota State University, Moorhead Concert Choir – Paul Nesheim, director Chaska High School Concert Choir – Sarah Gilbertson, director Two Rivers Chorale – Timothy Sawyer, director St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director St. Cloud State University Concert Choir – Lee Nelson, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Earlene Rentz, guest director |
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2006 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi Judy Sagen, Eastview High School, Conference Chair Partners in Praise – Julia Fahey, director Roseville High School Cantus Certus – Dean Jilek, director Stillwater Junior High School Con Brio – Sue Gilsdorf, director Andover High School Concert Choir – Jeremy Manternach, director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Girls’ Honor Choir – Dina Else, guest director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Boy’s Honor Choir – Dennis Jewett, guest director VocalEssence – Philip Brunelle and Sigrid Johnson, directors White Bear Lake High School Choraliers – Marie Spar Dymit, director Westwood Lutheran Church A Cappella Choir – Zebulon Highben, director Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus – Stan Hill, director University of Minnesota “Lake Effect” – Tina Thielen-Gaffey, director The Singers – Matthew Culloton, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Julia Fahey, guest director Special Event: F. Melius Christiansen 135th Ann. Concert – Orchestra Hall Augsburg College Choir – Peter Hendrickson, director Concordia College Choir – Rene Clausen, director Concordia University Christus Chorus – Devid Mennicke, dirctor Gustavus Adolphus College Choir – Greg Aune, director St. Olaf College Choir – Anton Armstrong, director |
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2005 Normandale Lutheran Church/Colonial Church of Edina Mary Kay Geston, Northwestern College, Conference Chair The College of St. Catherine Women’s Choir – Patricia C. Connors, director Blake Middle School Choristers – Daniel LeJeune, director Duluth Central High School Choraliers – Marcia Van Camp, director St. Paul Central High School Concert Choir – Martha Graber, director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Boys’ Honor Choir – Mark S. Johnson, guest director ACDA-MN State 7-8 Girls’ Honor Choir – Judy Sagen, guest director Concert Choir/Honors Choirs of SE Minnesota – Michael Culloton, director National Lutheran Choir – David Cherwien, director Le Donne Cantanti – Wayne Kivell, director White Bear Lake High School Mariners – Marie Spar Dymit, director Holy Family Catholic High School Voices of Fire – William White, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Diane Nielsen & Ann Wingert-Williams, directors |
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2004 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Mary Kay Geston, Northwestern College, Conference Chair University of St. Thomas Concert Choir & Chamber Singers – Angela Broeker, director Grand Rapids High School Concert Choir – Brian Stubbs, director College of St. Benedict/St. John’s Univ. Chamber Choir – Axel Theimer, director Northfield Youth Choirs Choristers and Concert Choir – Cora Scholz, director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Daniel LeJeune, guest director Hopkina High School Concert Choir – Matthew Culloton, director St. Olaf College Chapel Choir – Robert Scholz, director Exultate Chamber Choir and Orchestra – Thomas Rossin, director Mounds Park Academy Concert Choir – John Habermann, director One Voice Mixed Chorus – Jane Ramseyer Miller, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Christian Grases, guest conductor Special Concert Event: Vienna Boys Choir |
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2003 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi Kathryn Larson, Detroit Lakes High School, Conference Chair Mahtomedi High School Chamber Singers – Robert Pontius, director Robbinsdale All-District Elementary Choir – Patti Arntz, director St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director World Voices – Karle Erickson, director Dale Warland Singers – Dale Warland, director St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Celebration Singers – Jennifer Starr, director Northfield High School Concert Choir – Ryan Connolly, director Prior Lake Women’s Chorale – Thomas Hassig, director St. Olaf College Chapel Choir – Robert Scholz, director Showcase Demonstration Choir: Marshall High School Concert Choir – Jane Christiansen, director Minnesota State University-Mankato Concert Choir – David Dickau, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Liz Grefsheim, guest director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Karen Fullmer, guest director |
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2002 Wayzata Community Church Kathryn Larson, Detroit Lakes High School, Conference Chair Coon Rapids High School Concert Choir – Patrick Geiger, director The Blake Middle School Chamber Singers – Daniel LeJeune, director Bemidji High School A Cappella Choir – Christopher Fettig, director The Rose Ensemble – Jordan Sramek, director Combined Choirs of Augsburg College: Augsburg College Riverside Singers – Nancy Grundahl, director Augsburg Men’s Chorus – Robert Sieving, director Augsburg Choir – Peter Hendrickson, director Bel Canto Voices Festival Choir – Janice Kimes, director St. Andrew’s Choir & Children’s Ensemble – Jan Gilbertson, director Hopkins High School Concert Choir – Matthew Culloton, director Cathedral of St. Paul Cathedral Choir – Marilyn & James Biery, directors Mankato Area River Blenders – Jim Wirtz, director Duluth East High Sch.l A Cappella Choir & Choraliers – Jerome Upton, director Two Year College Festival Choir: Fergus Falls Community College – Teresa Ashworth, director North Hennepin Community College – Karla Miller, director Normandale Community College – Mark Jaros, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Choir – Mary Goetze, guest director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Choir – Timothy Sawyer, guest director |
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2001 St. Cloud State University/Bethlehem Lutheran Church Ken Hodgson, University of Minnesota-Morris, Conference Chair District 279 Children’s Choir – Ann Wingert-Williams & Diane Nielson, directors Coon Rapids High School Bel Canto Women’s Choir – Trent Brown, director Litchfield High School Choir – Joel Green, director Angelica Cantanti – Angela Broeker, Rita Docter, James N. Hawthorne, Nancy Grundahl, directors Bemidji State University Choir – Brad Logan, director St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director Northwestern College Women’s Chorus – Mary Kay Geston, director Fergus Falls Community College Choir – Teresa Ashworth, director Two Rivers Chorale – Bruce Phelps, director Bethlehem Lutheran Senior Choir, Minneapolis – David Mennicke, director St. Mary’s Basilica Cathedral Choir, Minneapolis – Teri Larson, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Joan Gregoryk, guest director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Jean Jordan, guest director |
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2000 St. Cloud State University/St. Mary’s Cathedral Ken Hodgson, University of Minnesota-Morris, Conference Chair Partners in Praise Girls Choir – Julia Fahey, director Hamline University Women’s Chorale – Kathy McLane, director Apollo High School Concert Choir – David Scholz, director Festival Concert: St. Cloud State Univ. Concert Choir – Michael Tamte-Horan, director The Concordia Choir – Rene Clausen, director Cantabile – Jan Oxton, director White Bear Lake High School Choraliers – Marie Spar Dymit, director Edina Chorale – Tom Paulson, director Eastview High School Women’s Chorale – Judy Sagen, director St. Olaf College Viking Chorus – Robert Scholz, director St. Olaf College Chapel Choir – Robert Scholz, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Angela Broeker, director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Sandra Chapman, director |
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1999 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Robert Sieving, St. Cloud Apollo High School, Conference Chair Champlin Park High School Treble Choir – Sarah Boehlke, director Northfield High School Concert Choir – J. Aaron McDermid, director University of Minnesota-Morris Concert Choir – Kenneth Hodgson, director Multi-Cultural Festival Concert – Nina Gilbert, University of California-Irvine, guest director Minnetonka High School Concert Choir – Paula Holmberg, director Univ. of MN-Twin Cities Concert Choir – Kathy Saltzman Romey, director Demonstration Choir: Rosemount High School Concert Choir – Steven Boehlke, director Kantorei – Axel Theimer, director Hennepin Ave. United Meth. Church San. Choir – William H. Mathis, director World Voices – Karle Erickson, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – David Mennicke, guest director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Ann Wobig, guest director |
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1998 Bethel College Robert Sieving, St. Cloud Apollo High School, Conference Chair Fergus Falls Middle School Chamber Singers – Michelle Danielson, director St. Agnes High School Concert Chorale – William E. White, director Concordia University Christus Chorus – David Mennicke, director A Gospel Celebration: North Central University Concert Chorale – Larry Bach, director The Crystal Chorale and Celebration Choir – Daniel Wagner, director KC Gospel Orchestra – Kevin Mills, director New Ulm High School Concert Choir and Payne Street Singers – Allan Hawkins, director College of St. Catherine Women’s Choir – Patricia Cahalan Connors, director St. Olaf College Chapel Choir – Robert Scholz, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Daniel LeJeune, guest director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Dennis Jewett, guest director |
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1996 St. Olaf College Allan Hawkins, New Ulm High School, Conference Chair Angelica Cantanti Concert Choir – Nancy Grundahl, director Rosemount High School Concert Choir – Steven Boehlke, director Nova Cantabile – Allan Hawkins, director White Bear Lake High School Concert Choir – David Briggs, director Concordia University Christus Chorus – David Mennicke, director St. Olaf College Cantorei – John Ferguson, director Magnum Chorum – David Dickau, director National Lutheran Choir – Larry Fleming, director I Cantanti – Wayne Kivell, director Southeast Minnesota High School Honors Choir – Rick Kvam, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Cora Scholz, guest director F. Melius Christiansen 125th Anniversary Concert Augsburg College Choir – Peter Hendrickson, director Concordia College Choir – Rene Clausen, director Gustavus Adolphus College Choir – Gregory Aune, director Luther College Nordic Choir – Weston Noble, director St. Olaf Choir – Anton Armstrong, director |
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1995 Concordia University/Jehovah Lutheran Church Allan Hawkins, New Ulm High School, Conference Chair Crystal Chorale – Daniel Wagner, director Duluth East High School A Cappella Choir – Eric Holtan, director University of Minnesota-Duluth Singers – Stanley Wold, director Special Event: “African Santus” – David Fanshawe, composer and director Univ. of MN Concert Choir – Kathy Saltzman Romey, director Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir – Stephen Sheftz, director The Heritage Chorale – Sam Davis, director Minnesota Boychoir – Mark S. Johnson, director North Central Bible College Concert Chorale – Larry Bach, director The Ethnic Dance Theatre Choir – Karen James, director Minneapolis Community College Gospel Choir – Robert Robinson, director Bemidji Chorale – Sarah Aamodt-Lundin, director Mankato State University Concert Choir – David C. Dickau, director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Dan Krunnsfusz, guest director |
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1994 Colonial Church of Edina Michael Smith, Brainerd High School, Conference Chair Festival Service: Bound for the Promised Land: Music From Colonial America Karle Erickson and David Mennicke, coordinators Concordia University Christus Chorus – David Mennicke, director Colonial Church Choir – Karl Zinsmeister, director House of Hope Chancel Choir – Heather Hood, director Waltham Abbey Singers – Brian Link, director Wayzata West Jr. High School Ninth Grade Mixed Choir – Jeff Dahl, director Northfield Youth Choir – Concert Choir – Cora Scholz, director University of Minnesota-Morris Concert Choir – Ken Hodgson, director Voce Magna – Randall Speer, director Showcase Demonstration Choirs: Lake City High School Concert Choir – Bryan Erickson, director St. James High School Concert Choir – Richard Jokumsen, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Anton Armstrong, guest director |
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1993 St. Cloud State University/St. Mary’s Cathedral Michael Smith, Brainerd High School, Conference Chair Festival Concert: “Mass Appeal” – Paul Oakley, artistic director Bach Society Chorus of Minnesota – Paul Oakley, director Bel Canto Voices-Chorale and Camerata – Janice Kimes, director Magnum Chorum – Jin Kim, director St. Cloud State University Concert Choir – Stephen Fuller, director St. Cloud Apollo High School Concert Choir – Robert Sieving, director Northwestern College Women’s Chorale – Timothy Sawyer, director Showcase Demonstration Choirs: Howard Lake-Waverly Ninth Grade Choir – Chris Starr, director Kerkoven-Murdock-Sunburg High School Choir – Salley Peterson, director New Ulm Junior High School Pops Choir – Gary Maki, director Eagan High School Bel Canto Singers – Judy Sagen, director Northwestern College Choir – Dennis Port, director ACDA-MN State Anacrusis Honor Choir – Mary Alice Stollak, guest director |
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1992 College of St. Catherine Steven Boehlke, Rosemount High School, Conference Chair Choral Festival: “Let All Creation Bless the Lord” – Paul Oakley, artistic director Bel Canto Voices-Choristers – Janice Kimes, director Bach Society Chorus of Minnesota – Paul Oakley, director Westminster Presbyterian Chancel Choir, Minneapolis – Peter Hendrickson, director University of Minnesota Brass Ensemble – David Baldwin, director Anoka High School Concert Choir – Bruce Phelps, director Moorhead High School Renaissance Singers – Rod Rothlisberger, director Bemidji High School Concert Choir – Christopher Fettig, director Staples High School A Cappella Choir – Stan Carlson, director Nova Cantabile – Allan Hawkins, director University of Minnesota-Morris Concert Choir – Ken Hodgson, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Paul Bouman, guest director Showcase Demonstration Choirs: Minnetonka Children’s Chamber Choir – Roger Hoel, director Warland Cabaret Singers – Jerry Rubino, director Sebastian Singers – Paul Oakley, director Atwater-Grove City Concert Choir – Kathy Huselid, director Kasson-Mantorville High School Choir – Clark Johnson, director |
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1991 Mankato State University/Bethlehem Lutheran Church Steven Boehlke, Rosemount High School, Conference Chair Big Nine High School Conference Honors Choir – Paul Oakley, guest director An Ecumenical Psalter Worship Festival – Paul Oakley, artistic director Good Samaritan Un. Meth. Church, Edina – Dennis Jewett, director Ha Shira Chorale, Minneapolis – Marlys Fiterman, director Prince of Peace Luth. Church Sen. Choir – Bruce Becker, director St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Choir – Paul E. Oakley, director Northfield Children’s Choir – Cora Scholz, director Bethany Lutheran College Concert Choir – Dennis Marzolf, director Hastings High School Concert Choir – Lin Warren, director College of St. Ben./St. John’s Univ. Cham. Chorale – Axel Theimer, director ACDA-MN State Jr. High School Honor Choir – David Jorlett, guest director |
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1990 Augsburg College Bruce W. Becker, Apple Valley High School, Conference Chair ACDA of Minnesota Collegiate Honors Choir – Weston Noble, guest director ACDA Hymn Festival Stephen Gabrielsen, Ronald Nelson, Thomas Rossin, Mark Sedio Anoka Hennepin District 11 Junior High School Honors Choir – Dennis Jewett, guest director North Central College Chorale – Larry Bach, director Jefferson High School Concert Choir – Steven Deitz, director St. Olaf Chapel Choir – Robert Scholz, director ACDA-MN State Children’s Honor Choir – Helen Kemp, guest director |
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1989 College of St. Benedict Bruce W. Becker, Apple Valley High School, Conference Chair Community College Honor Choir – Thomas Rossin, guest director Treble Choir Festival Project – Sigrid Johnson, guest director Select High School SSAA Quartets Concordia College Bel Canto – Christopher Cock, director College of St. Benedict Campus Singers – Philip Welter, director Gustavus Adolphus College Lucia Singers – Susan Smith, director St. Olaf College Manitou Singers – Sigrid Johnson, director College of St. Benedict Campus Singers – Philip Welter, director Willmar High School Cardinal Choir – Rolf Anderson, director Minnesota Boy Choir – Paul Pfeiffer, director Augsburg College Choir – Thomas D. Rossin, director National Lutheran Choir – Larry Fleming, director |
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1988 University of Minnesota/Central Lutheran Church Robert Peterson, Edina High School, Conference Chair High School Festival Concert Rosemount High School Concert Choir – Steven Boehlke, director Brainerd High School A Cappella Choir – Mike Smith, director St. Cloud Apollo High School Concert Choir – Robert Sieving, director Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony – William Jones, director Good News Gang, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Burnsville – Barbara Hanson, director Bach Society and Sebastian Singers – Paul Oakley, director Arrowhead Chorale, Duluth – Paul Fletcher, director University of Minnesota Men’s Chorus – Stan Engebretson, director ACDA Children’s Honor Choir – Karen Wolff, director |
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1986 St. John’s University Thomas Rossin, Augsburg College, Conference Chair Male Chorus Festival Project – Morris D. Hayes, guest director Select High School TTBB Quartets St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director St. Olaf College Viking Chorus – Robert Scholz, director Univ. of MN Varsity Men’s Chorus – Stan Engebretson, director Afterglow Concert: Grant County Barbershoppers – Carlin Berg, director White Bear Lake High School Concert Choir – David Briggs, director Northfield High School Madrigal Singers – Wayne Kivell, director Minnesota Central Chorale – Philip Welter, director Bethel Baptist Church Madrigal Singers, Duluth – Rev. John Josselyn, director Collegiate Men’s Chorus Festival Performance: St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director St. Olaf College Viking Chorus – Robert Scholz, director Univ. of MN Varsity Men’s Chorus – Stan Engebretson, director South Dakota State University Statesmen, Brookings SD – Charles Canaan director Univ. of N. Dakota Varsity Bards, Grand Forks ND – James Rodde, director |
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1985 Willmar Community College Thomas Rossin, St. Cloud State University, Conference Chair Festival Concert featuring Alice Parker, guest director Willmar Junior High School Choir – Tracie Hanson, director Willmar High School Cardinal Choir – Rolf Anderson, director Willmar Community College Choir – Chet Sommers, director West Central Minnesota Honors Choir – Alice Parker, guest director Paul Kaye Singers – Paul Kaatrud, director Angelica Cantanti – Steven Cramer, director Owatonna High School Choir – Roger Tenney, director St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director |
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1984 Northwestern College Roger Tenney, Owatonna High School, Conference Chair Choral Festival – Weston Noble, guest director Augsburg College Choir – Larry L. Fleming, director Bemidji State University Choir – Paul Brandvik, director Mankato State University Concert Choir – Allen Wortman, director Northwestern College Choir – Richard Edstrom, director Bemidji State University Choir – Paul Brandvik, director Anoka Senior High School Choir – Bruce Phelps, director Bemidji Chorale – Lyle Jewell, director The Hutchinson Family Singers – George Berglund, director Special Performance: Luther College Nordic Choir – Weston Noble, director (Calvary Lutheran Church, Golden Valley) |
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1983 Calvary Lutheran Church, Golden Valley Roger Tenney, Owatonna High School, Conference Chair Church Choir Festival conducted by Kenneth Jennings Calvary Luth. Adult Choir, Golden Valley – Gordon Olson, director Plymouth Cong. Church Choir, Minneapolis – Philip Brunelle, director Westminster Presbyterian Choir, Minneapolis – Edward D. Berryman, director East Central Minnesota Chorale – David Clarke, director Bethel College Women’s Choir – Mary Fall, director St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director Cantante di Camera – Wayne Kivell, director The Bel Canto Voices – Janice Kimes, director The Paul Kaye Singers – Paul Kaatrud, director |
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1982 St. Cloud State University Stephen Fuller, St. Cloud State University, Conference Chair Choral Festival conducted by Dale Warland Duluth East High School A Cappella Choir – Robert D. Mix, director Brainerd High School A Cappella Choir – Thomas D. Rossin, director Geneva Eschweiler Singers – Geneva Eschweiler, director St. Olaf College Manitou Singers – Alice Larsen, director Carl Sandburg Junior HS Ninth Grade Choir – Richard Schirmacher, director St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Choir, St. Paul – Richard Duncan, director The Dale Warland Singers – Dale Warland, director |
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1981 Gustavus Adolphus College Stephen Fuller, St. Cloud State University, Conference Chair High School Choral Festival, Eph Ehly, guest director Marshall High School Concert Choir – Stephen B. O’Connor, director Owatonna High School Concert Choir – Roger Tenney, director St. Peter High School Concert Choir – Robert Perdaems, director Worthington High School Concert Choir – David Blegen, director Paul Kaye Chamber Singers – Paul Kaatrud, director Luverne Eighth Grade Choir – Dolly Talbert, director Fergus Falls Com. College Madrigal Singers – Geneva Eschweiler, director The Statesmen – Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Morris Hayes, director The Gustavus Choir – Karle Erickson, director; John Ferguson, organist |
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1980 St. Cloud State University Diana J. Leland, Edina Valley View Middle School, Conference Chair High School Choral Festival, Howard Swan, guest director Jefferson High School, Alexandria – Les Dehlin, director Northfield High School Choir – Wayne Kivell, director St. Cloud Apollo High School Choir – Robert Sieving, director St. Cloud Technical High School Choir – Michael Fossum, director St. John’s University Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director St. Cloud State University Concert Choir – Stephen Fuller, director Metropolitan Boys Choir – Bea Speed, director St. Olaf College Chapel Choir and Orchestra – Robert Scholz, director |
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1979 St. Olaf College Diana J. Leland, Edina Valley View Middle School, Conference Chair St. Cloud Apollo High School Chamber Choir – Robert Sieving, director Minnesota Boychoir – Paul H. Pheiffer, director Roger Tenney Chorale – Roger Tenney, director St. John’s Luth. Church Lit. Choir, Park Rapids – Rumohr Gamm, director St. Olaf College Manitou Singers – Alice T. Larsen, director 3M Male Chorus – Robert Knudtson, director |
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1978 Bemidji State University Chet Sommers, Willmar Community College, Conference Chair Thief River Falls High School Choir – David Morken, director The Vocal Force – Univ. of Minnesota-Crookston – Robert Olson, director Bemidji State University Choir – Paul Brandvik, director Al Zinter Chorale – Al Zinter, director Southwest State University Concert Choir – Tom Jenrette, director |
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1976 St. Cloud State University Chet Sommers, Willmar Community College, Conference Chair St. Cloud State University Concert Choir – Stephen Fuller, director Willmar Senior High School Choir – Mike Smith, director Mound Westonka Pop Singers – Robert Hotvet, director The Dale Warland Singers – Dale Warland, director |
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1975 Gustavus Adolphus College Jon C. Romer, Gustavus Adolphus College, Conference Chair St. Olaf Choir – Kenneth Jennings, director Abbey Singers, College of St. Scholastica – Marcy Lindheimer, director Bemidji State University Chamber Singers – Paul Brandvik, director |
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1974b College of St. Benedict (November) Jon C. Romer, Gustavus Adolphus College, Conference Chair College of St. Benedict Concert Choir – Philip Welter, director Princeton High School Choir – Gary B. Wilson, director St. John’s Men’s Chorus – Axel Theimer, director |
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1974a Normandale Community College (January) Wayne Kivell, Northfield High School, Conference Chair College of St. Catherine and St. Thomas Chamber Singers – Sr. Catherine Kessler, director Northfield Ninth Grade Choir – Don Dick, director Fergus Falls Community College Madrigal Singers – Geneva Eschweiller, director Armstrong High School Choir – Richard Edstrom, director |



































