GRINNELL SINGERS
John Rommereim, director

Past Concert Photos

Over the last decade, the Grinnell Singers have distinguished themselves as an ensemble that performs innovative and adventurous repertoire from a wide variety of choral traditions. Their concerts have included monumental works such as Tallis's Gaude Gloriosa, and his 40-part motet, Spem in alium, Martin's Mass for double Chorus, Berber's Agnus Dei, Handel's Dixit Dominus, Britten's War Requiem, and both Rachmaninov's Divine Liturgy and his All-Night Vigil. Kurt Snook, host of the Choral Traditional show on WOI radio has praised the "consummate mastery" of the Grinnell Singers' 2003 recording of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil. In the last five years, they have premiered twenty choral works. In 2006, they commissioned an extended unaccompanied work from the 2005 Pulitzer Award winner, Steven Stucky. The Grinnell Singers received a grant from the Meet the Composers foundation for this commission, in a consortium of professional choirs that included the Kansas City Chorale, the Phoenix Bach Choir, and the Seattle Pro Musica. The ensemble regularly performs works by its members, and a number of students in the ensemble have gone on to careers as composers. In 1994 and 2002, the Grinnell Singers were honored with invitations to regional ACDA conventions. The Singers completed a concert tour of Romania, Bulgaria, and Istanbul in March of 2006.

Grinnell Singers perform Anders Paulsson's arrangement of "Deep River" with Damani Phillips, jazz saxophone.

Grinnell Singers perform Vespers, op. 37, movement 6

Grinnell Singers perform Vespers, op. 37, movement 7

Performances 2009-2010
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