St. Olaf Choir to tour Midwest and East Coast
The St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong ’78, will embark on its 2025 national tour of the Midwest and East Coast starting in mid-January.
The ensemble’s 75 singers will perform in 14 cities from Saturday, January 18, through Tuesday, February 11. They will present concerts in some of the nation’s finest churches and concert halls in a nine-state tour of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
The tour also includes a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, February 8. The concert will be followed by a post-concert social with President Susan Rundell Singer that is open to all alumni, parents, and friends of the college. Register here!
The St. Olaf Choir is internationally renowned for its unique combination of advanced choral singing and the presentation of challenging choral programming, with a vast repertoire that on this tour includes sacred and secular choral standards, traditional hymns, new compositions, spirituals, and more. The program will include pieces by living and traditional composers and arrangers, including Johann Bach, Kenneth Jennings ’50, Moses G. Hogan Jr, René Clausen ’74, B.E. Boykin, Sabelo Mthembu, Michael Barrett, St. Olaf Choir founder F. Melius Christiansen, and more.
“Hearing the St. Olaf Choir in concert is more than just a musical experience,” Armstrong says. “Our singers, performing at the highest artistic level, convey a message of hope. Our music provides a bridge to what can unite us at a time when the world is so divided. We often hear from concertgoers who tell us they are not only struck by the sound and uniformity of the St. Olaf Choir, but also by the earnestness of what comes through the voices of our young singers. Our singers touch the hearts and souls of listeners, and our audiences leave transformed.”
“Our singers, performing at the highest artistic level, convey a message of hope. Our music provides a bridge to what can unite us at a time when the world is so divided.”
— St. Olaf Choir Conductor Anton Armstrong ’78
Armstrong is in his 35th year leading the St. Olaf Choir. He is the fourth and longest-tenured conductor to lead the ensemble during its 112-year history. In addition to his role as a professor of music at St. Olaf College, Armstrong is in demand in the international choral scene as a guest conductor and lecturer. Like his three predecessors, Armstrong carries forward the international reputation of the St. Olaf Choir, an ensemble that is rooted in St. Olaf College’s tradition of faith and commitment to a global perspective.
Tickets for the 2025 St. Olaf Choir tour dates are on sale now online or by phone at 800-363-5487.
A full list of concert dates and venues can be found below:
January 18, 2025 • 2 p.m.
Bethel Lutheran Church
Rochester, Minnesota
January 21, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
St. Michael-Albertville High School
St. Michael, Minnesota
January 30, 2025 • 8 p.m.
Luther Memorial Church
Madison, Wisconsin
January 31, 2025 • 7 p.m.
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago, Illinois
February 1, 2025 • 4 p.m.
Fountain Street Church
Grand Rapids, Michigan
February 2, 2025 • 4 p.m.
Zion Lutheran Church
Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 3, 2025 • 7 p.m.
Third Presbyterian Church
Rochester, New York
February 4, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, Massachusetts
February 5, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
February 6, 2025 • 7 p.m.
Battell Chapel at Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
February 8, 2025 • 2 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage,
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York
February 9, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 10, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Severance Music Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Armerding Concert Hall at Wheaton College
Wheaton, Illinois