![]() Vaughan WilliamsĪlleluia! Jesus is Risen - Richard Hillert Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way - Stephen Paulus The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Peter Lutkin How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place - Johannes Brahms When the Saints Go Marching In - John Rutter Karin Boye’s Evening Prayer - Egil HovlandĬhildren of the Heavenly Father - Rene Clausen How Lovely Is Your Dwelling-Place - Michael Bojesen It includes spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan, gentle settings of prayers from Scandinavia, the majestic "Psalm 90" by Charles Ives and other audience favorites. Sacred Space is a 15-song disc containing songs from the choir’s live concerts performed in 2006–2010. Please call the Calvin Campus Store at 1-80 for available recordings. Anton Armstrong (in memory of Darlene Meyering)Īnonymous (in memory of Darlene Meyering) The Mulder Family (in memory of Wilma Mulder)ĭr. The choir has toured Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and most recently as the anchor choir for an international festival in France and Switzerland.Įlaine DeStigter (in memory Of Mel DeStigter) The choir has also performed for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) and the American Guild of Organists (AGO). Nationally recognized for its choral artistry, the Calvin Alumni Choir has been invited multiple times to performances at conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) at national, division, and state levels. The choir also performed at the prestigious Templeton Prize ceremony honoring Calvin graduate and former professor Dr. ![]() In 2010 the choir received third place in the American Prize competition that recognizes the very best in the performing arts in the United States. The choir has performed with the Grand Rapids Symphony as the featured guest chorus in performances of the B Minor Mass and the Magnificat by Bach at the Grand Rapids Bach Festival. The choir has released several commercial recordings and commissioned new works, many of which have become staples in choral repertory sung around the world. In addition to its annual concerts, the Calvin Alumni Choir participates in worship services at area churches and other community functions. Spanning from the most recent graduating class to the 1970s, the singers are all alumni of Calvin University and represent a variety of professions. Members of the choir are admitted by audition. Guest directors have included eminent composers and conductors such as Sir David Willcocks, Semyon Bychkov, John Rutter, Moses Hogan, André Thomas, Joseph Flummerfelt, and Maria Guinand. Kenneth Bos from 1980-2022.The current accompanist is Dr. He led the choir through their first virtual performance in the spring of 2020, a collaboration with Dan Forrest of “How Great Thou Art.” He also led the ensemble through a year of rehearsals culminating in their first virtual concert in May 2021. Sean Ivory, the seventh conductor of the choir, picked up the baton in the spring of 2019. Pearl Shangkuan became the choir’s sixth conductor and led the choir for twenty years. Charles Smith, Director of Choral Activities at Michigan State University (emeritus), was the choir’s fifth conductor. Armstrong’s tenure, the choir performed for the ACDA National Convention in Salt Lake City (1985). Olaf Choir, became the choir’s fourth conductor. In 1981, Anton Armstrong, current conductor of the St. The Calvin Alumni Choir was founded in 1977 by Helen Hoekema Van Wyck, now the Director of Choral Activities at Trinity Christian College, and conducted by various choir members. If you would like to have the Calvin Alumni Choir lead a worship service in your church, please contact: Alumni Choir May 6, 2023: Alumni Choir Spring Concert, 7:30 PM, Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Grand Rapids, MI Worship Services March 5, 2023: Hymn Sing, 6:00 PM, LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed ChurchĪpril 23, 2023: Worship Service, 10:30 AM, Mayflower Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, MI ![]() January 15, 2023: Worship Service, 10:45 AM, Trinity Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids, MI November 12, 2022: Alumni Choir Fall Concert, 7:30 PM, First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, MI Will you join the song? Become a patron of the Calvin Alumni Choir. The Alumni Choir will achieve these purposes by sponsoring and participating in concerts, providing a ministry of music in church worship services, and by engaging in other performance opportunities. Through rehearsal and performance, the choir, in community, will cultivate and develop an awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the Christian faith, for choral music both sacred and secular, and for Calvin University. The Calvin Alumni Choir is established to organize and promote choral singing of the highest caliber. ![]()
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