“Minnesota’s Singing Boys”, The Land of Lakes Choirboys of Minnesota will present a concert at First United Methodist Church located at 900 S. Shoreline Blvd. in
Corpus Christi, Texas
on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at A free will offering will be taken.
The Nordic Choir is perhaps the youngest touring choir in the , with most of its members being between eight and eleven years of age. The 34-member boychoir will present a concert of both sacred and secular music for all to enjoy.The group is traveling from Minnesota south through Ames, Iowa; Liberty, Missouri; Bella Vista, Arkansas, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Plano, Texas; McKinney, Texas; Georgetown, Texas; Corpus Christi, Texas; College Station, Texas; Houston, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee; Franklin, Tennessee; Monticello, Iowa and then back to Minnesota.
The choir is at home near
Elk River, Minnesota
, where it owns its own choir “school” on seven acres, and two of its own tour buses. The boys rehearse twice each week for four and one half hours. Each boy also studies voice privately with his choir director. They learn a wide variety of music (all from memory), which they present on their annual tours.
Aaron J. Carpenter is the conductor of the
Land
of
Lakes Choirboys Nordic Choir
. Along with Mr. Carpenter, a staff of three other adults travels with the choir. They include Ms. Lisa Griffin, Mr. PJ Fanberg and Mr. Craig Anderson. Music by Strauss, Noble-White, Hogan, Lauridsen, Bach, Purcell and others will be presented including spirituals and music from around the world.The
Land
of
Lakes Choirboys
of
Minnesota
has presented concerts in all of the contiguous ,
Hawaii
, and most of . Tours have taken the choirs to most of Europe, including the Scandinavian countries and Great Britain, as well as and .
For more information contact the Music Office of
First
United
Methodist
Church
at
361-884-0391
or visit the church’s website www.ccfumc.comor the website of the choir: lolcb.org.
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