THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT/SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
CHAMBER CHOIR
Axel Theimer, Director
IN CONCERT
at
St. Richard's Catholic Church
7540 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, Minnesota
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Admission: the concert is free but donations are suggested
and welcome to help defray travel costs.
For information contact Betsy Sullivan
bsullivan@strichards.com (612) 869-2426
This concert is part of the choir's 2011 - 2012 Concert Season and is the culminating stop
on the choir's spring tour. Under the direction of Dr. Axel Theimer, a native of Austria and
a former member of the Vienna Boy's Choir, who has been on the music faculty at Saint
John's University and the College of Saint Benedict since 1969, the 46 member choir will
perform in select cities in Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado.
The program features a wide variety of sacred and secular music, ranging from polyphony of
the Renaissance to masterworks of the 20th century. This year's performance will include
compositions by William Byrd, Eric Whitacre, Edwin Fissinger, Moses Hogan. Eric
Barnum and Abbie Betinis.
