Minnesota Sinfonia
Jay Fishman, conductor; Lynn Trapp, organist; Gary Levinson, violin
Saturday, October 15, 2011 • 1:30 pm
Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve families, children, inner-city youth, seniors, and those with limited incomes. To maintain an orchestra of high artistic quality, the Minnesota Sinfonia attracts and retains the region’s best professional freelance musicians. This concert will feature St. Olaf’s Sequence, the first movement of St. Paul native Richard Proulx’s Concerto for Organ and Strings as well as Tchaikowsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Winter from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Haydn’s Symphony No. 92, The Oxford Symphony. Freewill offering taken.
Organ Master Class
James Higdon, organist
Saturday, November 5, 2011 • 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Organist James Higdon, Professor of Organ and Director of the Division of Organ and Church Music at the University of Kansas, presents a Master Class on organ repertoire of the French romantic school and Jehan Alain. Dr. Higdon is an active recitalist and adjudicator, serving on juries in international competitions in Russia and Canada in 2011. This event is sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Music Department of St. Thomas University. Free and open to the public.
What Sweeter Music
CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGERS — MINNESOTA CHORAL ARTISTS
Matthew Culloton, director
Saturday, December 3, 2011 • 7:30 pm
The Singers is a choral organization formed to impact the community with its presentation of choral music sung at the highest level of artistry. A veritable feast of holiday and Christmas works combine for a concert experience that only The Singers can provide! Francis Poulenc’s invigorating Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noël, Scandinavian works by Ola Gjeilo and Trond Kverno, and English carols by Richard Rodney Bennett, Peter Warlock and John Rutter are surrounded by fresh arrangements of traditional carols and songs of Christmas. See and hear why What Sweeter Music: Christmas with The Singers has quickly become a Twin Cities Holiday favorite! Tickets $10 Students, $20-$28 Adults. For advance purchase call 651-917-1948 or visit www.singersmca.org. Tickets will also be available at the door.
Messiah Sing-A-Long
Minnesota Chorale and soloists, Kathy Saltzman Romey, director; Lynn Trapp, organist
Sunday, December 4, 2011 • 6:30 – 8:00 pm
In this city-wide event, everyone is invited to fill Saint Olaf Church with the sounds of George Frideric Handel’s most famous creation, the much loved oratorio, Messiah. The work is a presentation of Jesus’ life and its significance according to Christian doctrine. Bring your own score or borrow one here. Come to sing-a-long with members of the Minnesota Chorale or just come to listen. Freewill offering taken. Reception follows.
Total Praise
WINTER PICNIC AND CONCERT
Total Praise Gospel Choir, Othello Collins, director
Saturday, January 14, 2012 • 6:00 pm
Join us for a festive evening of music, feast and fellowship. Warm your heart, body and soul with a concert of music by Total Praise Gospel Choir and winter picnic fare. The evening will include a silent auction to benefit the St. Olaf Music Ministry. Tickets $25 at 612-767-6214 or St. Olaf’s Store in the St. Olaf Church complex.
Wondrous Love
MUSIC FOR CHOIR AND ORGAN
Viterbo University Concert Choir, St. Olaf Parish Choir
Jean Saladino, Lynn Trapp, conductors
Saturday, March 3, 2012 • 7:30 pm
The St. Olaf Parish Choir joins the Viterbo University Concert Choir to perform a Lenten season concert of organ and choral music including When I Survey The Wondrous Cross arr. Martin, Wondrous Love arr. Shaw, Duruflé‘s Ubi Caritas and Byrd’s Ave Verum, among other works. Viterbo is a Franciscan founded, Catholic university in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Freewill offering taken.
Organ Recital
Dr. Craig Cramer, guest organist
Saturday, April 28, 2012 • 7:00 pm
Craig Cramer is Professor of Organ and Artist in Residence at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He also serves as organist at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church in Elkhart, Indiana. Dr. Cramer will perform an eclectic program including music by J. S. Bach, the monumental set of variations by Auguste Fauchard, Le Mystère de Noël, and Introduction, Scherzo, and Fugue on B-E-A-T-E by Toni Zahnbrecher of Munich, Germany. “Throughout, Dr. Cramer’s playing is immaculate, eminently musical, with an innate sense of tempo, phrasing and style.” – The American Organist. Freewill offering taken.
Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams
ORATORIO SOCIETY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Matthew Mehaffey, conductor
Saturday, May 5, 2012 • 7:30 pm
The Oratorio Society of Minnesota is an auditioned 75-voice choral ensemble based in the Twin Cities area. Celebrating its 30th year, OSM continues to delight audiences with performances of the great works of choral literature. Society members are of all ages and from all walks of life. This concert will feature the works of 20th century English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams including Dona Nobis Pacem, Serenade to Music and A Vision of Aeroplanes. Tickets are $20/adult; $10/student. For advance purchase, visit www.oratorio.org or call 1-866-811-4111 (toll-free).
Corpus Christi: Christ in the Eucharist, Christ in One Another
Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP, presenter, musician, author, composer, recording artist
Saturday, June 9, 2012, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Retreat with Music, concluding with 12:00 noon Mass
Corpus Christi Sunday, June 10, Prelude: 3:30 pm; Mass: 4:00 pm
Fr. Ricky Manalo, CSP, a member of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (The Paulists Fathers), has written articles and books on pastoral ministry, liturgical music and intercultural communication. He is a nationally recognized composer of contemporary Catholic liturgical music. God continually calls us to deepen our relationships with the Triune God and with one another. These relationships become expressed whenever the church gathers together to celebrate the Eucharist. As we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi, join a retreat that will renew our understanding and appreciation of the Eucharist. We will reflect on the Church’s approach to the Body of Christ as it was understood by the early Christian community and see what implications this may have in our spiritual lives today. The artist’s music will be featured in these events. Freewill offering taken at the retreat.
Oratorio Society Chorus
MUSIC FOR CHOIR, BRASS AND ORGAN
Matthew Mehaffey, conductor
Saturday, July 28, 2012 • 7:30 pm
The Oratorio Society of Minnesota is an auditioned 75-voice choral ensemble based in the Twin Cities area. Featured in this concert will be Gloria by John Rutter, among other works. Tickets are $10/adult; $5/student. For advance purchase, visit www.oratorio.org or call 1-866-811-4111 (toll-free).
