Skills
Conductor
Artistic Director of Seattle Bach Choir. Guest conductor with Hilo Community Chorus and Early Music Hawaii. Director of Choral Activities at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kan.). Music Director of Bethany College Oratorio Society....Baritone
Ensemble member of The Rose Ensemble, the Minnesota Chorale, the South Dakota Chorale. Solo engagements including Bach's St. Matthew Passion and numerous cantatas, Handel's Messiah, and Vaughan Williams' Willow-wood and Fantasia on Christmas Carols...Editor & Arranger
Transcriptions/editions of works from Early Renaissance to Late Baroque. Choral arrangements of hymns and folk tunes. Some published commercially by Morning Star Music and Alliance....History
2019 - present
Artistic Director, Seattle Bach Choir
Conducted auditioned, community choir in repertoire focused on J. S. Bach and his predecessors from the Protestant Reformation onward.
2010 - 2012, 2017 - 2019
Full-Time Member, The Rose Ensemble
Performed as baritone in season concerts, including collaborations with VocalEssence and Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. Performed recurring tour programs Il Poverello, Slavic Wonders, American Roots, Land of Three Faiths, Songs of Temperance & Temptation. Recorded and wrote CD jacket notes for A Toast To Prohibition.
2012 - 2014
Director of Choral Activities, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Conducted Concert Choir, including performances of Persichetti's Celebrations, Britten's Saint Nicolas, and a joint performance with the MSUM Percussion Ensemble at North Dakota Music Educators Association conference. Conducted Men's Choir, including commission of work by Linda Kachelmeier for 125th anniversary of the university, and Festival Women's Choir.
2010 - present
Freelance Baritone
Continued engagements with The Rose Ensemble. Section leader in the Minnesota Chorale, member of the South Dakota Chorale. Regular soloist with Mt. Olive Lutheran Church's Bach Tage. Solo engagements with the Hilo (Hawaii) Community Chorus and the College of St. Benedict - St. John University Orchestra.
2010 - present
Freelance Music Engraver, Editor
Editions and arrangements published by Morning Star Music and Alliance. Editions, transcriptions, and arrangements performed by The Rose Ensemble, the BBC Singers, the Minnesota Orchestra, the National Lutheran Choir. Continuing work in the music of Johan Helmich Roman, Samuel Scheidt, and others.
2000 - 2010
Director of Choral Activities, Bethany College & Oratorio Society
Conducted College Choir and Chamber Choir, including tours of Sweden, Germany, and Russia. Selected repertoire emphasizing college's Swedish, Lutheran identity. Conducted Oratorio Society chorus and orchestra in annual performances of Handel's Messiah and Bach's St. Matthew Passion. The latter inspired article published in the Choral Journal.
1998 - 2017
Church Musician
Chancel Choir director at Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; Bethany Lutheran Church, Lindsborg, Kansas; First United Methodist Church, Longmont, Colorado.
1995 - 2017