The Chesterton Choir
Above: The Chesterton Choir performs at the 2011 Benefit Gala.
All Chesterton Academy students participate in the Chesterton Choir, a concert-level choir under the direction of Dr. Robert Peterson, Music Director of the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale. Students perform a range of music in languages including English, German, and Latin.
Click on the links below to hear selections from the Chesterton Choir’s 2010 Christmas Concert.
Gaudete, from Piae Cantiones (Anonymous)
Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Festival Sanctus (John Leavitt)
Hallelujah, Amen (G.F. Handel)
The Gift of Love (American Folk Tune)
Order My Steps (Glenn Burleigh)
Away in a Manger (Traditional Carol)
Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Carol of the Bells (M. Leontovich)
The Angel Gabriel (Traditional Basque Carol)
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst)
What Child Is This (Old English Air)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Traditional French Carol)
Silent Night (Franz Gruber)
Additional recent choir concert selections include:
Cantate Domino, Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)
Celtic Alleluia, Irish Hymn Tune (text adapted from Psalm 9:1-2)
O Eyes of My Beloved, Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Blue Green Hills of Earth, Kim Oler (1982)
Ave Verum Corpus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
About Dr. Robert Peterson
Dr. Robert Peterson holds a Master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota with emphasis in choral music and music education. He is active with the Minnesota American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), having served as State President as well as Repertoire and Standards Chair for High School Choral and Solo Voice. In 1994, Peterson was selected as Minnesota Choral Director of the Year by ACDA. He was the Director of Choral Activities at Edina Senior High School in Minnesota for over 20 years and was Director of Choral activities at Macalester College from 1998 to 2008. He has also taught at the University of Minnesota, and American high schools in Munich, Brussels, and Tokyo. Dr. Peterson is currently Music Director of the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale at St. Agnes Church in St. Paul. This choral ensemble performs major Latin Masses every Sunday morning with soloists and members of the Minnesota Orchestra.
