Conductor Michael Culloton will bring The Concordia Choir from Moorhead, Minn., to perform in Grand Forks, N.D., at 7:30 PM Friday, March 1, 2024, at Red River High School. Tickets are available at ConcordiaTickets.com or at the door.
The concert is part of the choir’s 17-day, 2024 national tour of the Northwest United States. The tour includes performances in Minneapolis, St. Cloud, and Virginia, Minn.; Bismarck and Grand Forks, N.D.; Billings, Bozeman, and Missoula, Mont.; Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma, Wash.; Eugene, Medford, and Portland, Ore.; Fresno, Sacramento, and San Francisco, Calif.; concluding with a Home Concert in Moorhead.
The program will contain a wide variety of choral works ranging from baroque to contemporary and will include works by J.S. Bach, William Dawson, Caroline Shaw, René Clausen, and more and will include a set of works from Craig Hella Johnson’s “Considering Matthew Shepard.”
Touring nationally and internationally since 1920, the choir has performed in nearly every major hall in the United States including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center, and continues to affirm its reputation as one of the nation’s finest a cappella choirs. Multiple ACDA National and Division performances and a performance and recording session with the Grammy Award-winning King’s Singers highlight the choir’s world-class quality. In May of 2022, the choir toured internationally to Italy and performed in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Renowned conductor Tim Seelig says this of The Concordia Choir: “THIS is why we love choral singing. The chorus is simply flawless. Do yourself a favor by listening!”
Culloton, a 1998 Concordia College graduate and associate professor of music, was named director of choral activities in 2020, appointed conductor of The Concordia Choir and named the Paul J. and Eleanor Christiansen Chair of Choral Music succeeding Dr. René Clausen who retired after 34 years of service. He is also the artistic director of the Emmy®-winning Concordia Christmas Concerts seen by audiences of 12,000 each year. He teaches vocal music education and church music courses, serves as campus supervisor for student teachers, and advises the student chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
Concordia College is a four-year liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America offering more than 50 majors, including 18 honors majors and 13 preprofessional programs.