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| Registration Type | Member Price |
|---|---|
| Early Bird Registration (Sept. 11-Oct.3) | $750 |
| General Registration (Oct. 4-Oct.17) | $850 |
Listen to a recording of the concert courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio
The Opening Night Concert was a celebration of many of Minnesota’s fine composers and featured a number of the region’s wonderful choruses, including the Minnesota Youth Choir Consortium of more than 200 young singers. The performance culminated with a new commission from composer Stephen Paulus, sung by a massed choir of the featured ensembles.
The Opening Night Concert was broadcast live on KSJN 91.1FM in the Twin Cities.
The concert was sponsored by Target, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation, and the General Mills Foundation.
The Paulus premiere was commissioned for VocalEssence and Chorus America in honor of the 2012 Chorus America Conference by Classical Movements, Inc. as part of the Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program.
Performers
—Cantus
—Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, Michael Culloton, artistic director
—Magnum Chorum, Christopher Aspaas, artistic director
—Minnesota Chorale, Kathy Saltzman Romey, artistic director
—National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, artistic director
—One Voice Mixed Chorus, Jane Ramseyer Miller, artistic director
—The Singers, Matthew Culloton, founding artistic director
—VocalEssence Chorus, Philip Brunelle*, founder and artistic director, and Sigrid Johnson, associate conductor
—Minnesota Youth Choir Consortium, Francisco J. Núñez*, guest conductor; founding artistic director, Young People's Chorus of New York City