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	NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
		The St. Olaf Lutheran Choir burst onto the national scene in the spring of 1920 with a notable tour of the important music centers on the east coast, in particular Carnegie Hall in New York City.
		Olaf's principal contribution was to bring high caliber a cappella choral singing to the larger American scene on the concert stage, but it was itself the product of several generations of Scandinavian-American singing.
		The opportunity to direct the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir - the “Lutheran” was dropped in the 1950s - was too great a temptation for Olaf Christiansen to turn down; in 1941 he returned to St. Olaf to share the baton with his father, and in 1942 took over the choir on his own.
	www.naha.stolaf.edu /pubs/nas/volume32/vol32_12.htm (7801 words)

	St. Olaf: Christmas in Norway
		From world-wide venues, the St. Olaf Choir reached audiences including the Strasbourg International Music Festival in France in 1970 and 1972, its 75th anniversary tour to Asia in 1986, the Olympic Arts Festival in South Korea in 1988, Denmark and Norway in 1993, New Zealand and Australia in 1997, and Central Europe in 2001.
		Olaf alumnus Anton Armstrong was appointed conductor of the St. Olaf Choir in 1990.
		Established in 1992, the girls’ choir is relatively new to the Cathedral’s family of choirs, and the tradition of boys’ choirs and mixed chorus.
	www.tpt.org /stolaf/about_performers.html (956 words)

	St. Olaf Choir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Olaf Choir, a 75 voice mixed ensemble, is the touring a cappella choir of St.
		Melius Christiansen as the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, it began as an outgrowth of the local St.
		The St. Olaf Choir is a pioneer of a cappella singing in the United States, born out of Christiansen's appreciation of the style he studied while at Thomasschule in Leipzig, Germany, at whose church J.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Olaf_Choir (214 words)

	St Olaf Choir
		The St. Olaf Choir was formed in 1911 by Dr. F Melius Christiansen, a Norwegian immigrant.
		Included are the St. Olaf Choir, chapel Choir and the Viking Chorus, the Campus Choir, the Manitou Singers, the St. Olaf College Orchestra and the St. Olaf Handbell Ensemble.
		He led the St. Olaf Choir on a concert tour of Denmark and Norway in 1993 which included a performance at the Bergen International Festival, Norway, and in January 1997, he conducted the ensemble in a four week concert tour to New Zealand and Australia.
	www.singers.com /choral/stolaf.html (3267 words)

	The St. Olaf Choir
		In 2000, the choir's annual concert tour retraced the historic tour of 1920 which introduced the ensemble to a national audience.
		The choir also continues to be a vital artistic force with both an exciting calendar of events and a growing library of recordings.
		The purpose of the St. Olaf Choir is to provide music of the highest quality which lifts people's hearts and spirits, incorporating a diversity of cultural voices and sounds into the chorus of the Christian faith.
	www.stolaf.edu /depts/music/stolaf_choir/about.html (303 words)

	luthersweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From its inception in 1912, the St. Olaf Choir has been blessed with the highest quality of personal and musical leadership in both its conductors and its managers.
		Kenneth Jennings, a St. Olaf graduate and alumnus of the St. Olaf Choir, was named the Choir’s third director in 1968.
		Armstrong, who is nationally known as a conductor for all age groups, continues to expand the Choir’s repertoire and its touring horizons.
	www.lutherinst.org /stolafchoir.html (302 words)

	A Cappella News: St. Olaf conductor's cold start led to warm ties
		Olaf Choir, has grown accus tomed to the harsh winter weather in Northfield, Minn. But the first time he visited St. Olaf College 30 years ago, he experienced an icy blast of culture shock.
		Armstrong was aware that the St. Olaf Choir was renowned for the a cappella tradition established by F. Melius Christiansen, the Norwegian immigrant who founded the ensemble in 1912, and he was expecting to see Olaf Christiansen, the tall, silver-haired authority figure who had succeeded his father in 1943.
		Because he could not find such basics as fl hair products or Ebony magazine at St. Olaf when he was a student, Armstrong is pleased that the college now employs a dean of community life and diversity and attracts minorities to its international programs.
	www.acappellanews.com /archive/000638.html (767 words)

	Artist
		The St. Olaf Choir, with 75 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States.
		For more than three- quarters of a century, the choir has set a standard of choral excellence and remained at the forefront of choral artistry.
		Directed since 1990 by Anton Armstrong, the St. Olaf Choir continues to develop the tradition that originated with its founder, F. Melius Christiansen.
	www.minnesotaorchestra.org /music/artist_detail.cfm?id_artist=90377005 (66 words)

	The Augustana Choir - Dr. Arnold Running
		It was this ambition that led to his inheritance of the famed Augustana Choir when Carl Youngdahl, who founded the choir in 1921, retired in 1953 at the age of sixty-six, after serving Augustana and directing the Augustana Choir for thirty-two years.
		Everything the choir sang was memorized, and my father paid special attention to choosing the tenor who would sound the pitch for the choir at concerts.
		While the choir was vocalizing my dad would walk through the choir listening to individual voices and often times ask members to move to another seat.
	www.augie.edu /dept/music/choir/history/running.html (812 words)

	A Cappella News: St. Olaf choir 'shines and transforms'
		Olaf Choir, nor to the canniness and the committed expertise of director Anton Armstrong, who has been at the choir's helm for more than 15 years.
		The choir began its current winter tour of the Midwest Saturday evening with a generous, 2 1/2-hour concert at First Christian Church in Des Moines.
		In Henry Purcell's "Hear My Prayer" (a work heard here just a week ago performed by the Nordic Choir), the St. Olaf singers seemed to use their whole beings to underline the intense dissonances that express the emotion of the text.
	www.acappellanews.com /archive/001074.html (442 words)

	UMM Concert Choir - History
		The University of Minnesota Morris Concert Choir was founded by Ken Hodgson in the tradition of The Concordia Choir with Paul Christianson and also The St. Olaf Choir under the direction of Olaf C. Christanson.
		The UMM Concert Choir is proud to carry on the tradions taught us by the unmatched Minnesota choral tradition.
		The choir returned to the Scandinavian countries again in 1985 and to England, Scotland and Wales in the spring of 2004.
	www.mrs.umn.edu /~choir/about/history.html (266 words)

	Lutheran Choral Tradition - Wartburg Choir: Wartburg College - Waverly, Iowa, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHOIR TRADITION is deeply tied to the central role of choral performance in educational institutions of the Midwest, a region often described as the “choral belt.” F. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955), founder of the St. Olaf Choir, was seminal in shaping the aesthetic of the Lutheran choral sound in the early 20th century.
		By basing the sound of the choir on the sonority of the string quartet, he created a highly unified ensemble known for its tuning, technical abilities, and musical discipline.
		Paul Torkelson stresses the continuing importance of the tradition, explaining that the Wartburg Choir’s central goal is to sing the music historically and pedagogically as appropriately as possible while still honoring the legacy of the tradition.
	www.wartburg.edu /choir/tradition.html (197 words)

	St. Olaf Bookstore \| St. Olaf Choir
		Eleven spirituals from the St. Olaf Choir all arranged by the legendary William L. Dawson.
		The 1993 recording of the St. Olaf Christmas Festival was broadcast nationwide and overseas in a one-hour public television telecast.
		This festive send-off was sponsored by the St. Olaf College Board of Regents in celebration of the choir's invite to participate in the Seoul Olympic Arts Festival in Seoul, Korea prior to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.
	www.stolafbookstore.com /stolaf/music/choir.asp (1222 words)

	Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Directed since 1990 by Dr. Armstrong, the 75-member St. Olaf Choir is credited with beginning the a cappella choral tradition that originated with its first director, F. Melius Christiansen.
		That standard was refined and the repertoire widened under the direction of the son of F. Melius Christiansen, Olaf Christiansen, the distinguished choir director who led the group from 1941 to 1968.
		Kenneth Jennings, who was a former member of the St. Olaf Choir, led the ensemble from 1968 to 1990.
	www.marywood.edu /www2/prweb/press/archive/2000/feb/stolaf.html (466 words)

	St. Martin's Chamber Choir - Singer biographies
		She has sung with St. Martin’s Chamber Choir since 1996, as well as having performed with Ars Nova, St. John’s Cathedral, the Peak Arts Chorus, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
		Olaf Choir with Kenneth Jennings and performed as the senior soloist.
		Cynthia Henning received her BM in Vocal Performance from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, where she was a member of the University Chorale and Chamber Singers, was cast in principal roles in operas and musicals, and occasionally returns to sing with the Lamont Festival Chorus and the Alumni Choir.
	www.stmartinschamberchoir.org /bios.htm (1917 words)

	2/3/2004 - St. Olaf Choir And The Gold Standard - Happenings - Chattanoogan.com
		For while most choirs stand relatively placid or sway to pre-choreographed movements, these singers' bodies came alive in a visual polyphony that flowed, bobbed, and pulsated in a thrilling visual expression of the music.
		While the Bach was accompanied by a small chamber ensemble, the second segment of the program began with the choir singing Mendelssohn's a cappella motet "Justice, O God" in the rich, multi-part style which best characterizes their unique sound.
		In an age when choral music in both the school and church is falling upon hard times, St. Olaf and its choral tradition stands as a beacon of hope and a model of excellence for what can be accomplished when everything works just right.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_46298.asp (1035 words)

	NC-ACDA Conference
		Anton Armstrong has conducted the St. Olaf Choir in critically acclaimed solo concert performances at the 59 th National Conference of the Music Educators National Conference in April 2004, the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music in August 2002, and at the 1999 National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Chicago, Illinois.
		In February 2005, The St. Olaf Choir will share the stage with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in presenting the finale concert for the national conference of the American Choral Directors Association at the new Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, California.
		In June 2001 he guided the St. Olaf Choir on a three-week concert tour of Central Europe and will return to Norway with the St. Olaf Choir for a three-week performance tour in June 2005.
	www.ncacdaonline.org /conference3.html (746 words)

	Saint Olaf Christmas Festival from American Public Media
		Started in 1912 by F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf College Music Department, the festival features more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra.
		Participating choral ensembles include the St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong; the Viking Chorus and the Chapel Choir, both conducted by Christopher Aspaas; Cantorei, conducted by John Ferguson, and the Manitou Singers, conducted by Sigrid Johnson.
		The St. Olaf Orchestra is conducted by Steven Amundson.
	americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org /programs/st_olaf_xmas (296 words)

	eBay - st olaf choir, Records, Music items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The St. Olaf Lutheran Choir; Fifty Golden Years, LP
		The St. Olaf Lutheran Choir - Psalms Hymns LP Mercury
		Olaf Choir: Portrait of the Orient (School LP Vinyl
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=st+olaf+choir&newu=1&... (278 words)

	Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) - Media Relations Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He is a graduate of St. Olaf College, holds a master of music degree from the University of Illinois and a doctor of musical arts degree from Michigan State University.
		He is widely recognized for his work with youth and children’s choral music, as well as his role at St. Olaf.
		In honor of the 2003 and 2004 Memorial Days, St. Olaf College donated more than 4,000 copies of the two Great Hymns volumes to the U.S. military chaplaincy for worship services among troops around the world.
	www.wheaton.edu /news/releases/04_05_releases/01.14.0405_St.Olaf.html (323 words)

	The St. Olaf Choir News
		Olaf Choir conductor to guest teach at Baylor
		The conductor of the renowned St. Olaf Choir in Minnesota has been awarded $200,000 to teach two semesters at Baylor University.
		Tickets are now on sale for a Severance Hall concert by the world-renowned St. Olaf Choir, the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States.
	www.topix.net /who/the-st-olaf-choir (262 words)

	St. Olaf Records - The St. Olaf Choir
		Armstrong graduated from St. Olaf in 1978 with a Bachelor of Music degree.
		Armstrong is a frequent guest conductor, lecturer, and clinician throughout North America and in Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and the Caribbean.
		On this two-CD set of digitally remastered recordings, one hears the legendary sounds of the St. Olaf Choir under the direction of F. Melius Christansen with famed soloist Gertrude Boe Overby.
	www.stolafrecords.com /music/prodList.asp?idCategory=4 (325 words)

	St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
		Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential liberal arts just south of the Twin Cities in Northfield, Minn. The
		St. Olaf’s student body of nearly 3000 enrolls students from nearly every state and more than
		Olaf’s world-renowned music ensembles include the St. Olaf Choir, Band and Orchestra, and each year more than 800 students participate in the St. Olaf Christmas Festival, a worship service of hymns, carols, and choral and orchestral works celebrating the birth of Christ.
	www.elca.org /colleges/institutions/stolaf.html (214 words)

	The St. Olaf Choir Streaming MP3 Samples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Olaf College, this broadcast isn't anything officially sanctioned by the College.
		The St. Olaf Choir, with 70 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States.
		Olaf Choir recordings, http://www.stolafrecords.com/choir.cfm to purchase recordings online.
	www.snookles.com /stochoir (243 words)

	Calvin Alumni Choir - History
		During Dr. Armstrong’s tenure, the choir performed for the National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Salt Lake City (1985) and conducted tours to Chicago, Southern California, Denver and Utah.
		Subsequently, the choir was invited to sing at the Central Division Convention of the American Choral Directors’ Association in Chicago, March, 2002.
		The choir, along with Dr. John Witvliet, presented three interest sessions on music and worship at the American Choral Directors Association’s national convention in New York City on February 14, 2003, as part of a New York/New Jersey weekend 25th anniversary tour.
	www.calvin.edu /alumni/groups/choir/history.htm (348 words)

	St. Olaf College Christmas Festival: Recordings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The music you hear are performed by the massed choir, individual choirs, and the St.
		Chapel Choir, a choir of approximately 120 upperclass students.
		The St. Olaf Choir, a world-renowned choir of roughly 75 upperclass students, under the direction of Dr. Anton Armstrong.
	www.snookles.com /stolaf-christmas (216 words)

	St. Olaf Bookstore \| Norway Tour 2005
		Selections from the 2005 Norway tour with the St. Olaf Choir, the St. Olaf Band, and the St. Olaf Orchestra
		In 2005, the renowned St. Olaf Choir recorded A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway with the Nidarosdomens Jentekor and esteemed soloist Randi Stene in Trondheim, Norway.
		The recording honors Norway's 100 years of independence and celebrates the historic and cutural connections between St. Olaf College and the country of Norway.
	www.collegebookstore.org /stolaf/music/norwaytour.asp (100 words)

	Weekend: Hot tickets: St. Olaf College choir to perform
		Hot tickets: St. Olaf College choir to perform
		The choir of St. Olaf College, the quintessential Lutheran liberal arts school, in Northfield, Minn., has a long history of excellence.
		Founded in 1912, the choir has performed on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, and sales of its 1999 recording, Great Hymns of Faith, have reached 240,000.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/02/05/news_pf/Weekend/Hot_tickets__St_Olaf_.shtml (389 words)

	St. Olaf Bookstore \| Student Groups
		This recording was compiled at three locations, Cleveland, Fort Wayne, and St. Olaf's Boe Memorial Chapel, during the Sing For Joy festival tour in the Fall of 2005.
		The festival was lead by the St. Olaf Cantorei, conducted by John Ferguson.
		Manitou Singers - The Manitou Singers of St. Olaf College, Vol.
	www.stolafbookstore.com /stolaf/music/otherstudents.asp (696 words)

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