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New Aspaas choral recording includes student composition

By Kenyon Thorp '11
October 27, 2009
Christopher Aspaas '95.

Christopher Aspaas '95, St. Olaf assistant professor of choral and vocal music and conductor of the Viking Chorus and Chapel Choir, will release a new recording with the choral ensemble Magnum Chorum as a kick-off to the group’s 19th season. 

Aspaas is music director of Magnum Chorum, a 44-voice mixed chorus founded by St. Olaf alumni and based in the Twin Cities.

The recording, Love Divine, is a compilation of Magnum Chorum’s live performance recordings from their 2008-09 season. It features contributions from various Minnesota composers as well as St. Olaf students and alumni, including the premiere performance of This is the Day by Stanford Scriven ’11.   

Love Divine will be released Nov. 1 at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Minneapolis, where Magnum Chorum will perform in celebration of All Saints’ Day.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.