The Minnesota State Mankato Concert Choir is one of five college choirs from Minnesota that will perform Nov. 14 at the 2009 Minnesota Collegiate Choral Festival in St. Paul.
The choir was selected to perform at the festival after a blind audition this summer. Its members will perform as a concert choir and will take part in a mass choir performance with other participating choirs. The Nov. 13-14 festival is at Bethel University.
The choir is directed by David Dickau (Music) conductor and faculty member since 1991. The mass choir will be directed by Craig Jessop, head of the music department at Utah State University and former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The mass choir will premiere a piece by composer Eric William Barnum, who earned a master's degree in choral conducting from Minnesota State Mankato.
Other choirs participating include the Northwestern College Concert Choir, Saint John's University Men's Chorus, University of Minnesota Duluth University Singers and University of St. Thomas Chamber Singers.
Tickets for the festival are $25 each, and a special ticket, which includes a CD of the concert, is available for $75. The additional fee goes to the F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund, which provides grants to choral directing students.
Those who want more ticket information may go online or call (651) 638-6333. Details about the festival are at http://www.acda-mn.org/mnccf/ or http://www.fmcendowment.org.
