Dr. Christopher Aspaas This is Me

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1. 1. St. Olaf College | Department of Music

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   Published on: 7/15/2008   Last Visited: 7/15/2008

   Christopher AspaasAssistant Professor of Music — Voice and Choral ConductingConductor of Chapel Choir and Viking Chorusaspaas@stolaf.edu
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   Dr. Aspaas recently completed his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education at The Florida State University in Talahassee, Florida.He was the Interim Director of Choral Studies at Central Washington University.Prior to pursuing his doctorate, Dr. Aspaas was on the faculty of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.While there, he conducted the Concert Choir and Cantamus, taught private applied voice and choral conducting.Additionally, Dr. Aspaas served as Acting Director of Choral Activities in 2000-2001 and conducted the Glee Club and Chamber Choir, who performed the Durufle' Requiem and Bach's Mass in B Minor.
   
   Since 2001, Dr. Aspaas has sung with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus in Eugene, Oregon, under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.He has recently performed as a soloist with Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.

2. 2. www.choirfestivals.org

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   Published on: 10/21/2007   Last Visited: 10/21/2007

   Chris Aspaas
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   Christopher Aspaas, Assistant Professor of Choral/Vocal Music at St. Olaf College, received his M.M. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University in East Lansing and his B.M. in Voice Performance from St. Olaf.In 2004, he completed his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education at The Florida State University in Tallahassee with the defense of this dissertation, A History of the Oregon Bach Festival.Christopher has served on the faculties of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and has conducted collaborative performances of Gabriel Fauré's Pavane, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, the Duruflé Requiem, and J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor.
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   At St. Olaf, Aspaas conducts the Viking Chorus, an 85-voice ensemble of first-year student men, and the Chapel Choir, a 120-voice ensemble specializing in the performance of oratorio.In April, Aspaas conducted the Chapel Choir and the St. Olaf Orchestra in a performance of the Fauré Requiem, Rutter Gloria, and Mozart Te Deum.He also teaches choral literature, choral conducting, applied voice, and is active as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.In addition to his conducting and teaching, Dr. Aspaas is in demand as a tenor soloist, performing Bach cantatas with Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Evangelist roles in the John and Matthew Passions of Bach with the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and other solo roles with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.Christopher recently traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia to perform Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings.

3. 3. www.gnunion.com

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   Published on: 3/19/2008   Last Visited: 6/16/2008

   St. Olaf Viking Chorus director Dr. Christopher Aspaas follows by saying "The whole day was full of amazing opportunities for collaboration and fellowship!