Music Department
Choral Studies at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Concert Choir
The Concert Choir is an auditioned ensemble open to all students at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Under the direction of Dr. Rod Rothlisberger, the Choir performs a wide variety of choral music from the Renaissance through the 21st Century. The choir performs on campus and in the community and tours annually. Choir rehearsals are held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30-2:20 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-2:45 p.m. For further information, contact Dr. Rothlisberger at 218.477.2966 or rothlisb@mnstate.edu
In recent years, the performances and tours of the Concert Choir have included:
| • Sea Symphony with the MSUM and North Dakota State University Choirs, The FM Chamber Choral, and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. • Concert tours to cities including Seattle, WA, Couer d'Alene, ID, Vancourver, British Columbia, Canada, Milwaukee, WI, Chicago, IL, Holly Springs, Mississippi, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee. • Overseas tour to England and Scotland. • Fine Arts Series performance with the Dale Warland Singers. • Performance of Persichetti's Celebrations with the MSUM Wind Ensemble. • Performances with the MSUM Symphony Orchestra, including: • Beethoven: A Choral Fantasy • Handel's Messiah • Pergolesi's Magnificat • Rutter's Requiem • Gatti/Ruzicka's Te Deum Laudamus • Haydn's Te Deum in C • Mozart's Vespers • Vivaldi's Gloria |
Festival Men's and Women's Choirs
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The Festival Women's Choir under the direction of Dr. Jenny Dufault and the Festival Men's Choir under the direction of Michael Siggerud are open to all university students without audition. The choirs perform a wide variety of choral music: sacred and secular, folksongs and spirituals, accompanied and a cappella, old and new. Concerts are presented throughout the academic year both on and off campus. In addition, both choirs perform at the Minnesota Choral Directors Association's annual Women's/Men's Choir Festival at St. John's University each October. The Festival Women's Choir rehearses on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The Festival Men’s Choir rehearses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. For further information, contact Dr. Jenny Dufault at 218.477.4607 or dufault@mnstate.edu
Other Music Sites to Visit:
MSUM Music Education Studies Page
Applied Voice at MSUM
Links to Choral Associations:
American Choral Directors Association |
Music Educators National Conference |
