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ABOUT THE
MINNESOTA CHORALE
Founded in 1972, the Minnesota Chorale is Principal Chorus of the
Minnesota Orchestra and ranks among the foremost professional choruses
in the United States. Led by Kathy Saltzman Romey since 1995, the
Chorale is best known for its work with the Twin Cities' two major
orchestras, but is equally dedicated to fostering and deepening community
through its award-winning Bridges
outreach initiatives, educational activities, and independent presentations
of choral works. A seasoned artistic partner, the Chorale continues
to explore new artistic directions and collaborative opportunities,
while earning the highest critical acclaim for its work
on the concert stage.
The Chorale's Bridges series, begun in 1994 to build musical and social bridges to diverse populations, has been acclaimed as a national model for choral outreach programs.
Under the organization's Full Voice education program, Chorale singers make regular visits to high schools with limited resources, and hundreds of students attend open rehearsals and concerts each year.
For adults, the Chorale's InChoir program illuminates music and text and sketches their historical and cultural settings, bringing singers and audiences closer together.
The Minneapolis Youth Chorus, established
in 2007 by the Chorale in partnership with the Minneapolis Public
Schools, provides students in grades 4 through 7 with opportunities
to develop their musical gifts in an environment dedicated to the
celebration of diversity and the pursuit of artistic excellence.
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Highlights of the Chorale's three decades of performances include
three consecutive seasons as chorus-in-residence at the Aspen Music
Festival, concerts with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional in Mexico
City, recordings of Haydn's The Creation and The Seasons
with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, recording the Grammy-nominated
Beethoven 9th Symphony with the Minnesota Orchestra, representing
the United States at the America Cantat III festival in Caracas, Venezuela,
and the premiere and recording of Adventures of the Black Dot,
a staged choral storybook for the young, with music by Twin Cities
composer Janika Vandervelde (now available on the Innova
label).
Kathy Saltzman Romey, the Chorale's fifth artistic director and the Minnesota Orchestra's choral advisor, has prepared choruses for performances under many of the world's outstanding conductors.
Formerly a student of Helmuth Rilling at the Frankfurt State Conservatory of Music, she is on the staff of the Oregon Bach Festival and prepared its chorus for the 1998 premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo.
More recently, she prepared the Westminster College Symphonic Choir for performances with the New York Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel, and served as chorus master for the 2005 Choral Workshop at Carnegie Hall.
A noted teacher, she is director of choral activities at the University of Minnesota, where she also heads the graduate conducting program and leads both the Concert Choir and Chamber Choir.
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ARTISTIC STAFF
Kathy Saltzman Romey, Artistic Director
Barbara
Brooks, Accompanist & Artistic Advisor
Patrice
Arasim, Youth Chorus Director, 612.455.2101
Walter
Tambor, Youth Chorus Assistant Director, 612.455.2101
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Bob
Peskin, Executive Director, 612.455.2298
Larry
Fuchsberg, Director of Grants and Communications, 612.455.2102
Lynne
Kitto & Linda Neuman, Volunteer Librarians
Barbara
Lundervold, Chorus Personnel Manager, 651.501.2727
Melissa
Morey, Director of Operations, 612.455.2100
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