The Star of the North Festival Concert Series presents the
2009 Minnesota Collegiate Choral Festival
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The F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund Committee and ACDA of Minnesota are proud to announce the 2009 Minnesota Collegiate Choral Festival! Five choirs will perform individually and as a mass choir under the direction of Craig Jessop, head of the music department at Utah State University in Logan, UT, and former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. A special commissioned work by Eric William Barnum will be premiered by the combined choirs as the grand finale of this festival.

The festival will be held November 13-14, 2009 at Bethel University in St. Paul. Five choirs have been selected through a blind audition process to participate in this first-ever event:

•  Minnesota State University-Mankato Concert Choir
•  Northwestern College Concert Choir
•  St. John’s University Men’s Chorus
•  University Singers, University of Minnesota Duluth
•  University of St. Thomas Chamber Singers

The Star of the North Festival Concert Series is sponsored by the F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund Committee and the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota.