Conductor
Christopher Aspaas '95, Assistant Professor of Choral/Vocal Music at St. Olaf College, received his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education at The Florida State University in Tallahassee, his M.M. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University in East Lansing, his B.M. in Voice Performance from St. Olaf. Christopher has served on the faculties of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and conducted collaborative performances of Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, the Duruflé Requiem, and J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor.
At St. Olaf, Aspaas conducts the Viking Chorus, a 70-voice ensemble of first-year student men, and the Chapel Choir, a 120-voice ensemble specializing in the performance of oratorio. In April, the Chapel Choir performed the Fauré Requiem, Rutter Gloria, and Mozart Te Deum. In addition to conducting, he teaches choral literature, choral conducting, applied voice, and is active as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
Aspaas is also in demand as a tenor soloist, performing Bach cantatas with Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Evangelist roles in the John and Matthew Passions of Bach with the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, Ind., and other solo roles with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Last May, Aspaas performed Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings in Russia with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic.
Christopher Aspaas '95, Assistant Professor of Choral/Vocal Music at St. Olaf College, received his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education at The Florida State University in Tallahassee, his M.M. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University in East Lansing, his B.M. in Voice Performance from St. Olaf. Christopher has served on the faculties of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and conducted collaborative performances of Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, the Duruflé Requiem, and J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor.
At St. Olaf, Aspaas conducts the Viking Chorus, a 70-voice ensemble of first-year student men, and the Chapel Choir, a 120-voice ensemble specializing in the performance of oratorio. In April, the Chapel Choir performed the Fauré Requiem, Rutter Gloria, and Mozart Te Deum. In addition to conducting, he teaches choral literature, choral conducting, applied voice, and is active as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
Aspaas is also in demand as a tenor soloist, performing Bach cantatas with Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Evangelist roles in the John and Matthew Passions of Bach with the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, Ind., and other solo roles with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Last May, Aspaas performed Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings in Russia with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic.
