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Internationally known composer brings
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By Kate Morgan
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PHOTOS BY AMY DUERRWAECHTER ’10
ometimes, you just need a little Students appreciated his unique outside perspective. For memperspectives and insight as they worked bers of Olivet’s Department of alongside him. Music — who each participate “Often times, in any establishment, in many of the nearly 50 musione can become numb to the knowledge cal performances on campus that surrounds them,” says Christopher each year –– welcoming interTolbert, a member of Testament. “So nationally known conductor and comit’s refreshing to have someone come poser René Clausen brought a renewed in who brings new knowledge or revamps energy to their work. what we already know.” Dr. Clausen led work Neal Woodruff, music shops for members professor, agrees. He adds, of Chrysalis Women’s “It’s valuable for us to look at Choir, Concert Singers, things from a variety of viewOrpheus Choir and Tespoints. This [gives] our choral tament Men’s Choir for students the opportunity to two days, culminating in rehearse and perform music a combined concert on from Dr. Clausen’s standSaturday, April 10. point.” “There is something In fact, the choirs perabout working with a formed some music from Dr. well-known composer Clausen’s viewpoint that had Dr. René Clausen and director that brings been composed by the conexcitement and motivation into singductor himself. ing,” says Andrea Richardson, a mem “It was valuable to hear the mesber of Chrysalis. sage behind the songs and why he Dr. Clausen is certainly well-known wrote them,” says Andrea. “I especially in the music world. He has served as enjoyed his frequent use of descriptive conductor of the Concordia Choir of metaphors.” Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) The event was funded through the since 1986. He is also the artistic diAnderson Endowment for Musical Masrector of the award-winning Concorter Classes at Olivet Nazarene University, dia Christmas Concerts, which are established by Gerald and Mary ’87 MAE frequently featured by PBS stations Anderson to encourage the promotion of throughout the nation. quality music programs at Olivet.
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