Peter Hendrickson '76, DMA, conductor - Augsburg College

TheAugsburgChoirPeter Hendrickson ’76, DMA, conductor2013

Concert ProgramI. Come, Let Us Worship(sung without pause)Hanacpachap (sung in Quechua) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peruvian ProcessionalHanacpachap cusicuinin,huarancacta muchascaiquiyupai ruru pucoc mallquirunacunap suya cuinincallpannacpa que mi cuininHuacyas caita.Uyarihuai muchascaitaDios parampam Dios pamamanyuractocto paman caimanyupas calla colipas caitaHuahuarquiman suyas caitaRicu chillai.Glory of heaven,for thousand reverenced;estimated fruit of fruitful tree,hope that encouragesand support of men,come to my call.Listen to meMother of God, my hope,appreciated white flower, fragrant white lily,My anguished cry to your Son,my hopebe shown.Come, Let Us Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Rachmaninoff(1873 – 1943)Amín. Priidite, polklonímsia Tsaré i náshemu Bógu.Priidite, polkonímsia i pripadémHristú Tsaré i náshemu Bógu.Priidite, polklonímsia i pripadémsámomu Hristú Tsaré i i Bógu náshemu.Priidite, poklonímsia i pripadém Yemú.Come, let us worship God, our KingCome, let us worship and fall downBefore Christ, our King and our God.Come, let us worship and fall downBefore Christ Himself, our King and our God.Come, let us worship and fall down before Him.Praise to the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. Melius Christiansen(1871 – 1955)Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!All ye who hear,Now to His temple draw nearJoin me in glad adoration.Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee:Ponder anewWhat the Almighty can doIf with His love He befriend thee!Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!Let the AmenSound from His people again;Gladly for aye we adore Him. Alleluia.1

II. The Light of DayThis Little Light of Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual, arr. Craig CarnahanThis little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.Ev’rywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.All through the night, I’m gonna let it shine.Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.You Are the New Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John David, arr. Peter KnightYou are the new day, I will love you more than me and more than yesterdayif you can but prove to me you are the new day.Send the sun in time for dawn, let the birds all hail the morning.Love of life will urge me say, you are the new day.I lay me down at night knowing we must pay, that this night might stay yesterday.Thoughts that we as humans small could slow worlds and end it alllie around me where they fall before the new day.One more day when time is running out for ev’ryone,like a breath I knew would come I reach for a new day.Hope is my philosophy, just needs days in which to be,love of life means hope for me, borne on a new day.You are the new day.Arise, Shine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul D. WeberArise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn, Arise!For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you.Arise, shine; how lovely shines the Morning Star! and his glory will appear over you.Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn, Arise!Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.What joy to know, when life is past, the Lord we love is first and last, the end and the beginning!He will one day, oh, glorious grace, transport us to that happy place beyond all tears and sinning!Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! Crown of gladness!We are yearning for the day of your returning.Arise, shine; for your light has come! Arise!III. Augsburg(sung without pause)O God of Today and Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Karlén(1924 – 2011)O God of today and tomorrowWho makes ev’ry dawn to rise,And touches the hills with the finger of morning,2

O God of today and tomorrow,Who causes every ev’ning to come with the shades of night pull’d down,Darkness deep with healing hands.O God of today and tomorrow,prepare us for a new day, a new year and a new life coming now,and for the chance to begin anew, a new life,O God of today, tomorrowPsalm 27: III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert KarlénCircuivi et immolavi in tabernaculo eius,hostam vociferationis.Cantabo et psalmum dicum DominoExaudi vocem meamMiserere mei et exaudi me.Tibi dixit cor meum exquisivit te facies meafaciem tuam Domine requiramMy enemies are all around meAnd I will offer in his tent sacrifices.I will sing and make melody to the Lord.Hear my voice!Have mercy on me and answer my cry.my heart has sought you and has said,I seek your face, O Lord.You Shall Go Out in Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leland B. Sateren(1913 – 2007)Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters.Come, buy milk and wine without money, come, buy milk and wine without price.Why, why do you spend for that which is not bread, and labor for that which does not satisfy?Hearken, diligently to me.Eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.Incline your ear to me: come, hear, that you may live.My word shall not return to me empty: it will do that which I purpose,and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your soul in dry places:you shall be a watered garden, and like a spring whose waters fail not.You shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace;all the trees of the field shall clap their hands and the hills shall break forth into singing.Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; hear, that your soul may live.IntermissionIV. O Canada!Remembrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleanor DaleyDo not stand at my grave and weep.I am not there, I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glint in snow,I am the sunlight on ripened grain,I am the gentle morning rain.And when you wake in the morning’s hush,I am the sweet uplifting rushof quiet birds in circled flight.I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry,I am not there, I did not die.3

Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen ChatmanGloria in excelsis Deo.Et in terra paxhomnibus bonae voluntatis.Laudamus te, Benedicimus te.Adoramus te, Glorificamus te.Glory be to God in the highest.And on earth peaceTo all those of good will.We praise thee, We bless thee.We worship thee. We glorify thee.V. Latin FireRumbambán . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafael G. InciarteLa rumba es un baile que a todo el mundo le gusta.Ninguna mujer se esconde cuando siente el ritmo sonar,y por mucho que se recate la mujer, la preciosa muchacha,se meneará la niña de la cabeza a los pies, como bailo yo.Que sabrosa esta la rumba.Rumbambán, rumbambán.Yo quisiera estar con ella.Rumbambán, rumbambán.Las mujeres bailan rumba y critican el can-canporque con el tumba tumba de la rumba tumbaran.Rumbambán, rumbambán.The Rumba is a dance that everyone likes.No woman hides herself when she feels the rhythm sound,and as much as the women would like to hide,the merry girls wiggle themselves from head to toe, just as I do.How tasty the Rumba is.Rumbambán, rumbambán.I would like to be with herRumbambán, rumbambán.The women dance the Rumba and criticize the Can-Canbecause the beat of the Rumba overwhelms them.Rumbambán, rumbambán.Salmo 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernani AguiarLaudáte Dóminum in sánctis éjusLaudáte éum in firmament virtútis éjus.Laudáte éum in virtútibus éjusLaudáte éum secúndummultitúdinem magnitúdinis éjus.Laudáte éum in sóno túbaeLaudáte éum in psaltério et cíthara.Laudáte éum in týmpano et chóroLaudáte éum in chórdis et orgáno.Laudáte éum in cýmbalis bene sonántibusLaudáte éum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis.Ómnis spíritus láudet Dóminum.Praise the Lord in his sacred places,praise him in the firmament of his power.Praise him for his mighty acts,praise him according to his excellent greatness.Praise him with the sound of the trumpet,praise him with the psaltery and the harp.Praise him with the timbrel and the dance,praise him with strings and pipes.Praise him with high-sounding cymbals,praise him with cymbals of joy.Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!VI. Prayer and Praise(sung without pause)We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual, arr. William ApplingWe shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death.We shall walk through the valley in peace.And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace.There will be no sorrowing there.There will be no sorrowing there.And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace.And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace.4

Our Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul D. WeberOur Father, in heaven, hallowed be your name,your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.Alleluyah Sasa! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben AllawayTwaweza kuenda kuona ntoto? Sasa, sasa!Shall we go see the child? Now, now!The little King is waiting for us! Endelea, sasa! Jipe moyo!Get going now! Take heart!Mfalme aliye zaliwa kweto! Hurry! Hurry! Usichelewe!The little King, born for us!He is born! Harakisha Alleluya sasa!The angels just told us Malaika wambiguni walisemaFind him in a manger Mwangalieni kwaboma yake See the star!Nyota, ifuateniThe star, follow itHe is born! Harakisha Alleluyah sasaShangilieni bwana njiani Praise God on your way.Tembea mwangazani Walking in the light!Tembea mwangazani wa hiyo nyoto of the one star.Inatupaleka Where will it lead us? Inatupaleka wapi?Tembea mwangazani wa hiyonyotaWalking in the light of the one starWapi mfalme? Where is our little king? Wapi mfalme mchanga?Mtoto, mtoto Can a baby save us? Mtoto atuokoe?Trust in him, believe! Mtoto atuokoe?Can a baby save us?Ee! Dio? Ee? Sawa, sawa!Of course Yes? Really Okay, okay!Lazima tuamini, Sawa! Sawa sasa!We must trust Okay, okay now!Tembea mwangazani wa hiyonyotaWalking in the light of the one starThere is the star, is over the manger! Kwa hii boma amelala!Only a few more steps to go Imebaki kidogo tufike sasa!Til we see the son of God! Mpaka tumuone mtoto wa Mungu!He is born! Harakisha Alleluyah sasaHurryLook how small is the baby! Ona! Ona! Mtoto mdogo!He will be great! Atakua mkubwa!God is great! Munguni mkubwa!Never forget this night! Tusisahau siku. Alleluyah!God is great! Munguni mkubwa!Sasa alleluyah!OptionalThe Storm is Passing Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Albert Tindley, arr. Barbara W. BakerStay with Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egil Hovland5

The Augsburg ChoirSoprano IElizabeth Behnke, Hastings, Minn. ’13Rebecca Dickinson, Bemidji, Minn. ’13*Kelly Dudley, Anoka, Minn. ’13Hannah Green, East Bethel, Minn. ’14Emily Hanvik, Minneapolis, Minn. ’15Bethany Kneen, White Bear Lake, Minn. ’13Kendra McCausland, Cloquet, Minn. ’13Kendri Scarborough, Anoka, Minn. ’14Hannah Walsh, Circle Pines, Minn. ’14Willie Webb, Minneapolis, Minn. ’15Soprano IIBethany Borgen, Dallas, Wisc. ’15Michelle Devens, Bellevue, Iowa ’14+Margo Ensz, Belle Fourche, S.Dak. ’14Rachel Hastings, Maple Grove, Minn. ’15*Abby Hilbelink, Oostburg, Wisc. ’13Jenna Leahy, New Richmond, Wisc. ’14Ingrid Pond, Red Wing, Minn. ’14Brianna Radloff, Mountain Lake, Minn. ’14Naomi Seboldt, South Milwaukee, Wisc. ’15Katherine Zelz, Crystal Lake, Ill. ’14Alto IQuinci Bachman, Farmington, Minn. ’15Selena Carlson, Rosemount, Minn. ’15Kacie Carlsted, Howard Lake, Minn. ’14*Alyssa Fichter, Roseau, Minn. ’13Raina Gamble, Plymouth, Minn. ’15Jessica Henning, Waunakee, Wisc. ’15Gretchen Hoff, Minnetonka, Minn. ’15Alexandra Jamieson, Maple Grove, Minn. ’15Leah Nelson, Wyoming, Minn. ’15Libby Schultz, Hastings, Minn. ’13Alto IIJulia Albers, St. Paul, Minn. ’13Marit Bakken, Black River Falls, Wisc. ’14*Katie Hovda, Kasson, Minn. ’13Maia LeClair, Circle Pines, Minn. ’14Srah Matthews, Morris, Minn. ’14Beth Moy, Park Ridge, Ill. ’14Lauren Rindt, Plymouth, Minn. ’15*Birgitte Simpson, Minneapolis, Minn. ’13Jane Ulring, Minneapolis, Minn. ’15Tia Lee Vue, St. Paul, Minn. ’15* Section leaders+ Ensemble managerTenor IDakota Fuller, Trimont, Minn. ’15*Isaac Kronlokken, Mankato, Minn. ’14Connor Norton, Roseville, Minn. ’13Kristopher Torres, Eagan, Minn. ’15Tenor IIJames Hernandez, Orono, Minn. ’13Adam Kaminsky, Minnetonka, Minn. ’13Christopher Martinek, West Saint Paul, Minn. ’15Spencer Ruona, Bloomington, Minn. ’16*Peter Schmit, Tomahawk, Wisc. ’13Bass IGeorge Bird, Burnsville, Minn. ’15Ryan Haenze, Columbia Heights, Minn. ’14Davin Johnson, White Bear Lake, Minn. ’14Joe Rachwal, New Hope, Minn. ’15Trevor Schaeffer, Chicago, Ill. ’14Roger Ung, Lakeville, Minn. ’14*Michael Wesely, Saint Joseph, Minn. ’14Bass IIElijah Berndt, St. Paul, Minn. ’13Sean Blum, Lino Lakes, Minn. ’14David Fillman, Hibbings, Minn. ’15Elliot Frayne, Eden Prairie, Minn. ’13Riley Hunter, Minneapolis, Minn. ’15*Owen Pulk, Chandler, Ariz. ’14Max Wirt, Minneapolis, Minn. ’13Choir OfficersPresident, Peter Schmit, Tomahawk, Wisc. ’13Vice President, Elizabeth Behnke, Hastings, Minn. ’13Secretary, Beth Moy, Park Ridge, Ill. ’14Social Chair, Alyssa Fichter, Roseau, Minn. ’13Music Department612-330-1265Robert Stacke ’71, PhD, department chairstacke@augsburg.eduCathy Knutson ’06, MA, coordinator of fine artsknutsonc@augsburg.eduTina Brauer, administrative assistantbrauer@augsburg.edu6

About the DirectorPeter Hendrickson ’76, director of choral activities atAugsburg College, conducts the Augsburg Choir andthe Masterworks Chorale. He also serves as artisticdirector of Advent Vespers, Augsburg’s annualcelebration of the holiday season, attended by morethan 10,000 people each year in the majesticcathedral-like setting of Central Lutheran Church indowntown Minneapolis. In 2004, its 25th anniversaryyear, Twin Cities Public Television recorded andtelevised Advent Vespers to great acclaim, andsubsequently won a Regional Emmy Award.A graduate of Augsburg College, Hendrickson studiedin West Berlin at the Hochschule der Künste, where heearned a Performer’s Certificate in conducting, organ,and harpsichord. He served on the faculties ofMacalester College and Columbia University, where hewas a President’s Fellow and undertook courseworktowards a doctorate in musicology. Hendricksonreceived the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from theManhattan School of Music in New York City.Hendrickson has guest-conducted the MinnesotaOrchestra and for many years served as artisticdirector of the American Choir Festival in Leipzig,Germany. He conducted the English-languagepremiere of Captive and Free (Fange og fri), an operaby Norwegian composer Egil Hovland and alsoprepared the Masterworks Chorale for the Englishpremiere of Finnish composer Kari Tikka’s operaLuther.Hendrickson’s other conducting activities haveincluded serving as music director of the WarlandSymphonic Chorus, which performed regularly withthe Minnesota Orchestra and as assistant conductor ofthe Dale Warland Singers. Also an organist, his latestposition was organist/director of music at WestminsterPresbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.7

About the ChoirThe 70-voice Augsburg Choir, under the direction ofPeter Hendrickson ’76, celebrates its 79 th anniversaryand a long tradition of excellence in choral music.Praised for its high level of musicianship, theensemble performs a diverse repertoire includingcompositions by well-known Scandinavian andAmerican composers as well as a wide variety of musicfrom throughout the world. The Augsburg Choir haspremiered works by Knut Nystedt, Stephen Paulus,Steve Heitzeg, Carol Barnett, Egil Hovland, Kari Tikka,and Sigvald Tveit.The Augsburg Choir’s annual Advent Vespers servicesare regularly broadcast on public radio. In 2004, the25th anniversary year, Twin Cities Public Televisionrecorded and broadcast Advent Vespers, which wassubsequently awarded a Regional Emmy Award.The choir regularly tours locally, nationally, andinternationally. In addition to national toursthroughout the United States, the choir has toured inSweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Hungary,the Czech Republic, and Germany.The choir upholds the College’s history of choralexcellence dating back to the early part of this century.While honoring its roots in the Scandinavian Lutheranchoral tradition, the Augsburg Choir has developed agenerous and free choral sound, performing music fromChina to Colombia and South Africa to Russia. Thischoral tradition encompasses not only the mission ofAugsburg but also the legacy of noted conductors such asLarry L. Fleming and Leland B. Sateren.Recordings are available for purchase at today’s performance,or you may visit augsburg.edu/music/recordings.8

The Augsburg Choir historyThe 70-voice Augsburg Choir, under the direction ofPeter Hendrickson ’76, celebrates its 79th anniversarythis academic year.Over this time, the choir has traveled widely in theUpper Midwest, across the United States, andthrough Europe, presenting diverse programs ofspiritual and secular music to its audiences. Its legacyof choral excellence and musicality includes thedirection of noted conductors, such as Leland B.Sateren and Larry L. Fleming.Vocal ensembles at Augsburg date back to thedecades following the founding of the College in1869, when men’s quartets traveled the Midwestsharing the Gospel in song and advocating for thetemperance movement.Today, music reflects Augsburg’s mission as a collegeof the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,within a strong liberal arts context. Music atAugsburg is for all students, not just music majors,involving students from disciplines across the Collegein its various ensembles: the Augsburg Concert Band,Augsburg Symphony Orchestra, Augsburg Jazz andGospel Praise, Augsburg Choir, Riverside Singers,Cedar Singers, and the Masterworks Chorale.Within the first year, and under the leadership ofchoir manager Orville C. Hognander, the new choirtraveled more than 2,000 miles performingthroughout the Midwest. In Chicago, they werebroadcast coast-to-coast by the National BroadcastingCompany on open channel. Their program presentedprimarily sacred music and compositions by F. MeliusChristiansen and Opseth.In 1934-35, WCCO radio in Minneapolis hosted aseries of 18 radio broadcasts, the “Hour Melodious,”featuring the Augsburg Choir and men’s quartet. Thereach of this program to alumni outside the TwinCities area became an important point of connectionfor them back to their alma mater.In The Augsburgian in 1947, students paid tribute toOpseth’s 25 years at Augsburg. “Mere technical polishthat satisfied many critics is an incidental factor inhis building of a choir,” they wrote. “His music musthave a message for the listener which can come onlyfrom an inspired group.”A Choir is formedThe Augsburg Choir wasfounded in 1933, when theLadies’ Choral Societyand the Men’s Glee Clubunited under thedirection of MusicDepartment chair andprofessor Henry P.Opseth. While these twogroups had sung jointlyfor various events duringthe year, the formation ofa choir was seen asgrowth with increase inchoral talent and as aculmination of the manyquartets, glee clubs, andensembles that hadrepresented the College.9

The Sateren yearsAt Opseth’s death on Christmas Day in 1950, a former student,Leland B. Sateren ’35, took over as director. Sateren had been on thefaculty at Augsburg since 1946 and had directed a second choralensemble, the Augsburg Choral Club.Over the next 29 years, Sateren evolved both the musicality and themusical dimensions of the Augsburg Choir. Annual tours took thechoir around the country and across the ocean, and they expandedtheir performing venues out of churches and into the communities.At home, the Augsburg Choir performed frequently off campus andin the 1950s their Christmas concerts were broadcast on theColumbia Broadcasting System.On December 10, 1968, the Augsburg Choir joined the MinneapolisOrchestra at the United Nations in New York to perform the worldpremiere of a commissioned piece commemorating the 20thanniversary of Human Rights Day. This program was broadcastnationally on education television and beamed to Europe viasatellite.Sateren kept close ties with choral groups and composers inScandinavia, especially Norway, and introduced the work ofScandinavian composers to many American choral groups. In 1975,the Augsburg Choir traveled to Scandinavia for its 40th annual tour,traveling by boat in Norway down the coast from above the ArcticCircle to the southern tip.Sateren’s legacy with the Augsburg Choir is one of musicality andprofessionalism. During the 1970s, the choir focused on sacredmusic, some of it written by Sateren, that was more contemporaryand more like modern classical music. The sound became uniquelyrecognizable as that of Sateren.Augsburg Choir toAugsburg, GermanySateren retired in 1979 and was succeeded by Larry L. Fleming, alsoa noted conductor and composer, who brought new dynamism tothe choir. The next summer, under Fleming’s baton, the AugsburgChoir was chosen to officially represent the United States inAugsburg, Germany, at the 450th anniversary of the AugsburgConfession. The celebration included participation in a serviceattended by 30,000 people, including church leaders from aroundthe world.Following Fleming’s departure in 1986, the Augsburg Choir wasdirected by Thomas Rossin, who came to Augsburg having beenactive in choral association activities and as a guest conductor.10

Choral program expandsIn 1994, Peter Hendrickson ’76 was appointedconductor of the Augsburg Choir, after serving asemester as interim director. Hendrickson studied atAugsburg under Sateren, sang in the Augsburg Choir,and served as the choir’s president during its 40thanniversary tour to Scandinavia.Hendrickson returned to Augsburg with studiescompleted at the Hochschule der Künste in WestBerlin and Columbia University and the ManhattanSchool of Music in New York City. Having served onthe faculties of Macalester College and ColumbiaUniversity, Hendrickson also brought experience inchurch choral/organ music, as well as activecollaboration with local music groups such as theMinnesota Orchestra and the Dale Warland Singers.During the past decade and a half, Hendrickson hasrealized his vision for Augsburg’s choral program—onethat offers distinct choral experiences for all students,including the extended Augsburg family, with differentrepertoires and different time schedules:• Augsburg Choir—a cappella touring choir• Riverside Singers—women’s chorus• Cedar Singers—men’s chorus• Masterworks Chorale—symphonic chorusOne of Hendrickson’s passions is language and,to date, his choirs have sung in more than 30languages. “We owe it to our students in the choralprogram to educate them not only in Augsburg’scommitment to the Lutheran choral tradition, but alsoin creating, through music and language, a betterunderstanding of other cultures and our responsibilityto be world citizens,” Hendrickson said.In recent years, the Augsburg Choir has premieredworks by Knut Nystedt, Stephen Paulus, SteveHeitzeg, Carol Barnett, Egil Hovland, Kari Tikka, andSigvald Tveit. In 1995 and 2005, the choir sang for theRoyal Norwegian Family for the visits of HRH KingHarald V and Crown Prince Haakon, respectively.Each year the Augsburg Choir participates in theannual Advent Vespers services, for whichHendrickson serves as artistic director. In 2004, tocommemorate the 25th year, Twin Cities PublicTelevision recorded and televised the service, andsubsequently won a Regional Emmy Award for theproduction.11

Music at AugsburgSince its founding in 1869, Augsburg has educated students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, criticalthinkers, and responsible leaders.Today, an Augsburg education draws on the broad preparation of the liberal arts as well as the opportunitiesavailable in a vibrant urban location. The campus is located in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area,one of the country’s most exciting cultural centers. Augsburg students are just minutes away from experiencingthe Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, the Walker Art Center, and theGuthrie Theater.As the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) most diverse institution, Augsburg strives to educateboth traditional and nontraditional students, offering undergraduate degrees in more than 50 areas of study,eight master’s degrees, and one doctoral degree.Incoming students who have excelled in art, film, music, or theater—including vocal and instrumentalperformance, acting, design, and production—and who plan to actively participate in the fine or performing artsat Augsburg may be eligible for the Fine Arts Scholarship. This renewable award of $3,000 per year is based onan on-campus audition or presentation.Each year, more than 350 Augsburg students participate in instrumental and/or choral ensembles. In addition,students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Augsburg sing in the 100-voice Masterworks Chorale. Theinstrumental and choral ensembles, open to the entire campus, regularly perform a wonderful variety of musicincluding repertoire from the Lutheran choral tradition, classical, jazz and multicultural music, andcontemporary works written/arranged specifically for Augsburg ensembles.For additional information, contact the Department of Music at 612-330-1265 or the Office of Admissions at612-330-1001 or 1-800-788-5678, or go to augsburg.edu.12

2013 Choir Tour PerformancesSaturday, March 16—6:30 p.m.Trinity Lutheran Church1314 E Lexington Blvd, Eau Claire, WISunday, March 178:15 and 9:45 a.m. worship servicesTrinity Lutheran Church1314 E Lexington Blvd, Eau Claire, WISunday, March 17—6 p.m.First Lutheran Church402 S Court St, Fergus Falls, MNMonday, March 18—7 p.m.Roseau High School Auditorium509 3rd St NE, Roseau, MNTuesday, March 19—8 p.m.with The Brandon Conservatory ChoraleFirst Presbyterian Church339 12th St, Brandon, ManitobaThursday, March 21—7 p.m.Calvary Lutheran Church2508 Washington Ave SE, Bemidji, MNFriday, March 22—7:30 p.m.Black River Falls Lunda Theater1202 Pierce St, Black River Falls, WISponsored by Evangelical Lutheran ChurchSaturday, March 23—8 p.m.Church of the Holy Cross102 Crosier Drive, Onamia, MNSunday, March 2410 a.m. worship serviceBethany Lutheran Church500 Lindquist St, Onamia, MNHome Concert—7 p.m.Hoversten Chapel, Foss CenterAugsburg College, Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesotaaugsburg.edu/music