Click here to watch a video of our concert performed in Hopkins, Minnesota on November 16, 2024.
Winter Newsletter
Chrismon Chorale’s Fall Concert Series exceeded expectations, with enthusiastic capacity audiences on Saturday (11/16/24) and Sunday (11/17/24) afternoons.
Rehearsals will begin on 2/18/25 for Spring concerts at Presbyterian Church of the Way in Shoreview (5/3/25) and Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington (5/4/25), both at 4:00 pm. The Spring concerts will feature an entirely new sacred choral work, “Five Psalms,” created by New York composer, Michael John Trotta.
Members of Chrismon Chorale, accompanied by a contingent of those who have sung under Larry Bach’s direction from North Central University, St Andrew Lutheran Church, and other choral organizations, will also join them to premier this work in New York’s Carnegie Hall on Memorial Day weekend, with Bach chosen by Trotta to conduct.
Summer Newsletter
Following a successful 2023-24 choral season, Chrismon Chorale now enthusiastically anticipates its 2024-25 Fall and Spring concerts. Rehearsal and concert dates are already established, and all venues are now confirmed for both semesters. Here are the concert dates and locations that you can record on your calendar:
FALL 2024
- Saturday, November 16, 4:00 pm, Cross of Glory Church, Hopkins, MN
- Sunday, November 17, 4:00 pm, Salem Covenant Church, New Brighton, MN
SPRING 2025
- Saturday, May 4, 4:00 pm, Presbyterian Church of the Way, Shoreview, MN
- Sunday, May 5, 4:00 pm, Cedar Valley Church, Bloomington, MN
Auditions for those who would like to join Chrismon Chorale for the first time, but who have never sung with Larry, and those who have not sung with the Chorale in the past three years, will occur on Tuesday evening, August 27, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Music Room at Cedar Valley Church (our rehearsal room). Those who plan to audition need to contact Chorale Board President, John Halvorsen — (ejejpj@comcast.net, or 651-341-8101 by phone or text) so that he can place them on the audition schedule.
The Chorale also has several important personnel needs. If you are interested in any finding out more information about the positions listed below, please email or call/text John Halvorsen at the contacts noted above.
- A Social Media Director to manage Facebook, YouTube, and other social media sites.
- Additional Board Members. Board membership is not restricted to Performing Members but also includes those who have a passion for sacred choral music and who possess a variety of leadership, financial, and administrative skills that could benefit the organization.
- Chorale Singers. More tenors and basses are always welcome.
Chrismon Chorale Spring Concert will be live-streamed
The 2024 Spring Concert for Chrismon Chorale, scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 7:30 pm from the Presbyterian Church of the Way (PCOTW) in Shoreview, MN, will be livestreamed.
Those who wish to connect with the livestream can do so by:
1) Going to YouTube using their web browser, then,
2) Entering PCOTW in the Search box, and then,
3) Clicking the video for “Chrismon Chorale Concert, April 27, 2024.”
Our Fall Concert Program is available
View our Fall Concert Program here.
Summer Newsletter
Spring Concert Announcement
Fall Newsletter
We are Chrismon Chorale Now
Following a two-year COVID-induced suspension of choral activity, Twin Cities Master’sChorale is eagerly, optimistically, and enthusiastically resuming rehearsals and concerts for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Concert Season, re-vitalized and re-imagined — even with a new name. TCMC is now Chrismon Chorale.
Rehearsals began September 6 in a new location — Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington.
Fall concerts will occur on November at St Paul-Reformation Lutheran (7:30 pm, Friday,11/11), Bloomington Covenant (7:30 pm, Saturday,11/12), and Presbyterian Church of the Way (4:30 pm, Sunday, 11/13).
About the new name: The Chorale began as Contati Evangelica, and was renamed Twin Cities Master’s Chorale when it was officially incorporated as a nonprofit organization. As the Board of Directors began to re-imagine the Chorale, they determined that, with its “fresh start,” the timing was again right to give it a new name.
The term “chrismon” is a contraction of the Latin phrase “Christi monogramma” — “monogram of Christ”. Since early Christianity, “chrismon” has referred to any symbol or figure that represents the name of Christ. A common chrismon is the chi (X)-rho (P) — in Greek, the first two letters in Christ (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, Khristos). This new name represents the Chorale’s mission to embody Christ through its music, from ancient to contemporary, and the truth contained in its message.