Concordia's Chamber Choir to embark on spring 2025 tour

by Hope Nelson

Seward, NE (01/22/2025) — On February 20, the University Chamber Choir from Concordia University, Nebraska will embark on a weekend tour to Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas. The choir is directed by Professor of Music Dr. Kurt von Kampen, conductor of the acclaimed University A Cappella Choir. Professor of Music and pianist Dr. Elizabeth Grimpowill also perform with the choir.

The University Chamber Choir was formed in the fall of 1998 and has gained a reputation for excellence in the singing of chamber vocal music. 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.

The select choir, chosen from the 72-voice University A Cappella 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. On this tour, the choir will be singing the works of G.F. Handel, Henry Purcell, Rene Clausen, William Hawley, Ola Gjeilo, John Rutter and more.

Tour Itinerary

Thursday, February 20

Trinity Lutheran Church, Jefferson City, Mo.

Concert 7 p.m.

Friday, February 21

Calvary Lutheran High School, Jefferson City, Mo.

Assembly 10 a.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Mo.

Concert 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 22

Trinity Lutheran Church, Edwardsville, Ill.

Concert 1 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church, St. Charles, Mo.

Concert 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 23

Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Charles, Mo.

Worship 8 & 10:45 a.m.

Redeemer Lutheran Church, Olathe, Kan.

Concert 7 p.m.

Members of the Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Kurt von Kampen and accompanied by Dr. Elizabeth Grimpo, include:

Naomi Faile, sophomore, Rome, Ga., Soprano

Joel Smith, junior, Earlham, Iowa, Bass

Evan Moloney, sophomore, Fort Wayne, Ind., Bass

Morgan Rohde, sophomore, Fort Wayne, Ind., Alto

Micah Zeckzer, freshman, New Haven, Ind., Tenor

Grant Rohde, junior, Reed City, Mich., Bass

Logan Walgate, senior, St. Charles, Mo., Tenor

David Eatherton, freshman, St. Louis, Mo., Tenor

Lydia Edmonds, freshman, Gretna, Neb., Alto

Ellie Lehr, junior, Omaha, Neb., Alto

Kirsten Horne, senior, Seward, Neb., Soprano

Joshua Jurchen, junior, Seward, Neb., Bass

Melissa Oblinger, freshman, Tomball, Tex., Alto

Michaela Gibbs, freshman, Virginia Beach, Va., Soprano

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 1,700 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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