Concordia's Chamber Choir to Embark on Spring 2024 Tour

Seward, NE (01/26/2024) — Concordia University, Nebraska's Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Kurt von Kampen, will travel throughout Nebraska for its annual performance tour February 15-19.

The 14-voice choir has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. including concert tours to New York, Maryland, Delaware, California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, and throughout the Midwest. Members are chosen from the 72-voice A Cappella choir.

The Chamber Choir sings a diverse repertoire of sacred and secular choral music from many historical periods. Significant chamber works performed by the choir include Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, Randall Thompson's The Peaceable Kingdom, and Gabriel Faure's Requiem.

This year's concert will include compositions by William Bradbury, Elaine Hagenberg, John McCurry, Dan Forrest, Philip Stopford, John Rutter, Morten Lauridsen, Jean Berger, Bob Chilcott, Benjamin Culli, David von Kampen, Rene Clausen, Mack Wilberg, and others.

Tour Itinerary

Thursday, February 15

Tassel Performing Arts Center, Holdredge, Neb.

Choral Clinic 2 p.m.

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Holdredge, Neb.

Concert 7 p.m.

Friday, February 16

Cambridge High School

Choral Clinic 10 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lexington, Neb.

Concert 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 17

Zion Lutheran Church, Imperial, Neb.

Concert 2 p.m.

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ogallala, Neb.

Concert 7 p.m.

Sunday, February 18

Peace Lutheran Church, McCook, Neb.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Faith Lutheran Church, Hastings, Neb.

Concert 3 p.m.

Christ Lutheran Church, Juniata, Neb.

Concert 7 p.m.

Monday, February 19

Adams Central High School, Hastings, Neb.

Choral Clinic 9 a.m.

Members of the Chamber Choir include:

Samuel Dunbar, junior, Lambertville, N.J.

B.Mus. Music Education, LTD

Naomi Faile, freshman, Rome, Ga.

B.Mus. Church Music

Kirsten Horne, junior, Seward, Neb.

B.A. Music (Vocal Performance)

Joshua Jurchen, sophomore, Seward, Neb.

B.Mus. Music Education

Jessica Landrey, senior, Seward, Neb.

B.A. Psychology, Behavioral Science

Ellie Lehr, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.

B.S. Education (Elementary)

Evan Moloney, freshman, Fort Wayne, Ind.

B.S. Education (Secondary) Theology, LTD

Grant Rohde, sophomore, Reed City, Mich.

B.S. Education (Secondary) Mathematics, LTD

Morgan Rohde, freshman, Fort Wayne, Ind.

B.S. Education (Elementary), Music, LTD

Joel Smith, sophomore, Earlham, Iowa

B.A. Criminal Justice

Rachel Smith, senior, Earlham, Iowa

B.S. Psychology, Behavioral Science

Alannah Stahl, senior, Saginaw, Mich.

B.A. Behavioral Science, Psychology

Logan Walgate, junior, St. Charles, Mo.

B.Mus. Music Education, LTD

Caleb Zeckzer, senior, New Haven, Ind.

B.A. Music, Pre-Seminary

About Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod located in Seward, Nebraska, which currently serves more than 2,500 students. Concordia offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information, visit cune.edu.

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