Nancy Grundahl - Sing with the Earth

Sing with the Earth

May, 2012

Join Singers in Accord in expressing gratitude for the Earth, its beauty and its sustenance in their spring concert, "Sing with the Earth." The chorale will present Earth-themed songs and poems featuring five Minnesota composers, under the passionate direction of collaborating director, Nancy Grundahl.

Nationally renowned Emmy Award-winning composer Steve Heitzeg will present pre-concert talks 30 minutes prior to each performance about his Earth-focused composing and his advocacy for the "peaceful coexistence of all species through music."

"We invite you to join us in not only singing with the Earth, but also listening TO the Earth as we contemplate the future," says Grundahl. "Choral pieces of contrasting colors, textures, rhythms and meters express the intricacy, fragility and beauty of the Earth and its creatures. The powerful works of many fine poets have inspired the creation of this music and remind us of our relationship with the Earth."

The concert will encompass all styles--classical, ethnic, jazz and contemporary, including selections from Paul Winter's "Missa Gaia" or Earth Mass, celebrating the whole Earth as a sacred space.

Both concerts are FREE - all ages are welcome!

Nancy Grundahl

Nancy Grundahl

Nancy Grundahl is a conductor, composer and soloist and holds vocal performance degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota. In addition to her position with the Riverside Singers of Augsburg College, she is the conductor of the Angelica Cantanti Concert Choir, a youth choir based in Bloomington, Minn. and is the Director of Music at Mayflower U.C.C. in Minneapolis. More than sixty of her arrangements and compositions for choirs have been published by Kjos, Hal Leonard, Augsburg Fortress, Alliance, and Santa Barbara music publishers. She conducts honor choirs throughout the upper Midwest and is active as an adjudicator, clinician, soloist, and guest conductor.