The Minnetonka Chamber Choir is an internationally recognized performing and touring ensemble for young women in grades nine through twelve. It offers an advanced repertoire for experienced vocalists.
The Chamber Choir rehearses on Thursday nights from 7 to 9 pm and Saturdays from 9 to 11 am at the Minnetonka Arts Center on 7, 18285 Hwy 7, Minnetonka (on the east side of Minnetonka High School), a suburb outside of Minneapolis.
The Chamber Choir performs at least seven times in concert and at selected church services throughout the concert season. Each year, the Chamber Choir attends a music festival after the school year. In July 2009 the choir traveled to Newfoundland, Canada to participate in the Festival 500 Choir Festival. In 2010 they will be participating in PICFEST in Portland, Oregon.
To learn more about our Youth Choirs, click here to enjoy our 12-minute video presentation featuring Roger Hoel and Leanne Kampfe, the music directors of the Chamber and Concert Choirs, past and present choir managers, parents and members.
The Chamber Choir rehearses on Thursday nights from 7 to 9 pm and Saturdays from 9 to 11 am at the Minnetonka Arts Center on 7, 18285 Hwy 7, Minnetonka (on the east side of Minnetonka High School), a suburb outside of Minneapolis.
The Chamber Choir performs at least seven times in concert and at selected church services throughout the concert season. Each year, the Chamber Choir attends a music festival after the school year. In July 2009 the choir traveled to Newfoundland, Canada to participate in the Festival 500 Choir Festival. In 2010 they will be participating in PICFEST in Portland, Oregon.
To learn more about our Youth Choirs, click here to enjoy our 12-minute video presentation featuring Roger Hoel and Leanne Kampfe, the music directors of the Chamber and Concert Choirs, past and present choir managers, parents and members.
Click here to download and listen to a sampler track from our 2007 CD "For the Dawn Has Come" including excerpts from Hotaru Koi, The Snow & De Profundis.
Specific Objectives
These objectives are designed for choir members who have excelled in musical skills and demonstrated leadership.
- To develop independence in working on and in learning repertoire
- To increase and develop physical and mental stamina within rehearsal and concert situations
- To continue development of vocal technique for consistency of placement and focus
- To sing with confidence in mixed quartets, develop line in singing and perform cappella music
- To be constantly alert to the properties of the score provided by the composer or editor, earning sensitivity to the intangible considerations of text and musical line
- To be competent and consistent in all performance demands
- To be encouraging and supportive to fellow choir members
- To hear and continually evaluate one's own voice for blend and accuracy with neighbor, section and group
- To sing with consistency of breath and relaxation of the jaw for resonance and brilliance in tone production
- To strive for beauty and consistency of vocal quality
- To sing vowels with roundness and pure pronunciation, consonants with clear articulation and delivery
- To continue to learn a variety of foreign languages in vocal music
- To continue to study more advanced concepts in music theory
- To be competent and consistent with responsible integrity
- To memorize 90 minutes of music
Music Theory Objectives - To build on the music theory objectives of the Concert Choir
Goals of the Chamber Choir Tour Experience
- Rehearse and perform with people of similar age and music conductors from different parts of the world
- Gain an intimate insight into the lives, cultures, religions, faiths, values, mores, politics and understandings of different parts of the world
- Learn to absorb, understand and live by the life patterns of different lands, religions and cultures of the world
- Rehearse and perform indigenous music particular to various parts of the world, composed by natives of those diverse locations, thus gaining insight into the cultures of those areas
- Learn to be dramatically flexible and controlled
To learn more about joining the Chamber Choir, please contact Mary Malotky at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling 952-401-5954. Auditions can be arranged at a mutually agreeable time during in August or September.
Roger Satrang Hoel is the conductor of the Chamber Choir. He founded the Music Association of Minnetonka in 1974 and remains the Music Director and Conductor for four of its ensembles. It was under his direction that the Chamber Choir took Fifth Place at the 1999 Eisteddfod competition, the "World Choral Olympic Competition".
He has studied choral conducting with Dr. Olaf C. Christiansen and Dr. Kenneth Jennings of the St. Olaf Choir, and with Dr. Paul Ensrude and Dr. Gerhard Track of the Vienna Boys Choir as well as with Robert Shaw.
Roger is also the music director of the Apollo Male Chorus, one of the oldest continuously performing male choruses in the United States.
Patty McPherson is the Chamber Choir Accompanist and is an active soloist and chamber musician in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Her solo performances have included appearances with the Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Music Festival Young Artist Orchestra, the Raleigh Symphony, and the University of North Carolina Symphony. She has appeared at the Oregon Piano Festival and was regional winner and national finalist in the Music Teacher's National Association Young Artist Competition. McPherson holds an M.M. Degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a B.M. From Boston University, where she was a student of Bela Nagy. She also was a faculty member of the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she supervised the festival's accompanying program.
Currently on the faculty of the University of St. Thomas Conservatory of Music, as well as maintaining a private studio at home, Ms McPherson collaborates with several Twin Cities choirs, including the Minnetonka Chamber Choir, the Minnetonka Symphony Chorus, the Apollo Choir and Partners in Praise.
Chamber Choir CDs available:
- Minnetonka Chamber Choir (1998)
- Journey of the Heart (1999)
- Bless This Choir (2000)
- Christmas (Chamber Choirs from 1990-1999) ( released in 2000)
- Sola Gratia (2001)
- The Journey Continues (2002)
- A Voice to Call Home (2003)
- Friendships Fading Yet Eternal (2004)
- Sing Me to Heaven (2005)
- They Sing of the Dream (2006)
- For the Dawn Has Come (2007) Click here to download and listen to a sampler track.
- How Could You Not Believe (2008)
- They Have Heard the Sounds of Heaven (2009)
All CDs are available for $10.00 (US)
plus shipping & handling fee.
Our CDs are available at our concerts,
or you can send a check or money order to:
Minnetonka Chamber Choir CD
Music Association of Minnetonka
18285 Highway 7
Minnetonka, MN 55345-4114
Please specify which CD you would like.
