"Nordic Choir, founded in 1946, enjoys national and international acclaim as a premier collegiate choral ensemble in the United States...
"Nordic Choir is Luther’s flagship choir in a choral program that comprises three upper-class mixed touring choirs, two first-year choirs, and a women’s choir. More than 500 singers from these ensembles combine with Symphony Orchestra, Luther Ringers, and pipe organ for five Christmas at Luther performances each year...
"Nordic Choir has made numerous concert tours of Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, Russia, and Eastern Europe...
"Traditions within the Nordic Choir include holding hands during all performances, the sapphire blue velvet robes, and singing Pavel Chesnokov's O Lord God as the signature benedictory since 1948."
- from their home page
"The Nordic Choir is a 62-voice a cappella choir of select mixed voices from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
"In 1948, just two years after its founding by Sigvart Steen, a Luther College alumnus, a young Weston Noble began a 57-year tenure as music director and conductor. Together, Noble and The Nordic Choir cultivated the Lutheran collegiate choral traditions in the United States.
"Eventually five more choirs were added to the music program to accommodate the growing interest in choral music and voice at Luther."
- from the Nordic Choir Wikipedia page
Lineup:
Conductor - Allan Hightower
Home page:
http://www.luther.edu/music/nordic-choir/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LutherNordicChoir/
To download the podcast, right click and hit "Save as...":
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode39/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2039_.mp3
Labels: 2010s, 2015, Allan Hightower, Awake Awake For the Night is Flying, choral, Christmas, Christmas 2016, classical, Decorah, Ep 038, Holidays, Holidays 2016, Nordic Choir (band-ish?), Waterloo/Cedar Falls area
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