About Our 45th Anniversary Season:
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
The Minnesota Center Chorale is excited to announce its 2017-2018 season: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. As our 45th anniversary season, we pause to reflect on the Chorale’s founding and flourishing under its previous directors, and we will bring back some musical favorites performed in those earlier years. We also celebrate the beauty of the present as we sing under the baton of new Artistic Director, Lukas Perry, and we look ahead to the future of not only the MCC but also our ever-changing world.
Forever and Amen: Sacred Music Through the Ages
Sunday, October 22, 2017, 4:30 pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
St. Cloud, MN
Musical styles have changed with the times, yet messages of love, faith, and humanity have remained constant. Join us for an eclectic program of sacred music from every era, including Mozart’s Missa brevis in D Major, Brahms’ Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), William Dawson’s Soon Ah’ Will Be Done, and Baba Yetu (Lord’s Prayer)—the theme song for the video game Civilization V.
Cabaret 2017: A Very Modern Christmas
Saturday, December 9, 2017, 5:30 PM
Great Hall, St. John’s University
Collegeville, MN
Christmas is alive and well in the world of choral music! We offer holiday music by living composers in addition to your favorite, traditional carols. Join us for an evening of food, festivities, and music.
The Wisdom of Old Turtle
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 7:30 PM
Paramount Theater
St. Cloud, MN
Award-winning author Douglas Wood joins the Chorale in a musical retelling of Old Turtle, his bestselling children's book. This story urges us to put aside our differences and seek harmony with each other and our planet. Other musical selections celebrate nature and the coming of spring as we look hopefully into the future, reflecting on our roles as cohabitants of the earth.
The Minnesota Center Chorale is excited to announce its 2017-2018 season: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. As our 45th anniversary season, we pause to reflect on the Chorale’s founding and flourishing under its previous directors, and we will bring back some musical favorites performed in those earlier years. We also celebrate the beauty of the present as we sing under the baton of new Artistic Director, Lukas Perry, and we look ahead to the future of not only the MCC but also our ever-changing world.
Forever and Amen: Sacred Music Through the Ages
Sunday, October 22, 2017, 4:30 pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
St. Cloud, MN
Musical styles have changed with the times, yet messages of love, faith, and humanity have remained constant. Join us for an eclectic program of sacred music from every era, including Mozart’s Missa brevis in D Major, Brahms’ Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), William Dawson’s Soon Ah’ Will Be Done, and Baba Yetu (Lord’s Prayer)—the theme song for the video game Civilization V.
Cabaret 2017: A Very Modern Christmas
Saturday, December 9, 2017, 5:30 PM
Great Hall, St. John’s University
Collegeville, MN
Christmas is alive and well in the world of choral music! We offer holiday music by living composers in addition to your favorite, traditional carols. Join us for an evening of food, festivities, and music.
The Wisdom of Old Turtle
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 7:30 PM
Paramount Theater
St. Cloud, MN
Award-winning author Douglas Wood joins the Chorale in a musical retelling of Old Turtle, his bestselling children's book. This story urges us to put aside our differences and seek harmony with each other and our planet. Other musical selections celebrate nature and the coming of spring as we look hopefully into the future, reflecting on our roles as cohabitants of the earth.
Introducing the new Artistic Director, Lukas Perry
Lukas Perry is very excited to be joining the Minnesota Center Chorale as they begin their 45th Anniversary Season. Perry is a conductor, keyboardist, and music scholar. He recently earned his Master of Music in Choral Conducting and Master of Arts in Music Theory from the University of Minnesota. There, he conducted choral ensembles and taught music theory courses at all levels. Perry is currently the Director of Music and Liturgy at the historic Church of the Assumption in downtown St. Paul.
Perry has worked with the Minnesota Chorale and Oratorio Society of Minnesota in the preparation of major works such as Brahms’ Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and a program of “Great Opera Choruses.” During the summer of 2015, Perry received a Graduate Research Grant from the University of Minnesota to study and perform the choral music of Anton Bruckner in Passau, Germany. In March 2017, he was invited to present his research on Bruckner at the South-Central Society for Music Theory Conference in Memphis, TN.
Perry has worked with the Minnesota Chorale and Oratorio Society of Minnesota in the preparation of major works such as Brahms’ Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and a program of “Great Opera Choruses.” During the summer of 2015, Perry received a Graduate Research Grant from the University of Minnesota to study and perform the choral music of Anton Bruckner in Passau, Germany. In March 2017, he was invited to present his research on Bruckner at the South-Central Society for Music Theory Conference in Memphis, TN.
Thank you to our season sponsors!
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And to
for their generous assistance with our season program printing.
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Thank you to Central Minnesota Arts Board
for Project Grants and Community Support Arts Grants!
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The Minnesota Center Chorale is a 501(c)3 organization. We greatly appreciate your donations!
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