FromMary'ssweetsilence, Come,Wordmutelyspoken!
Pledgeofourreallife, Come,Breadyetunbroken!
SeedoftheGoldenWheat, Inusbesown.
FullnessoftrueLight, Throughusbeknown.
Secretheldtenderly, GuardedwithLove,
Cradledinpurity, ChildoftheDove,
COME!
Sr.M.Charlita,I.H.M.
Dr.TimothyJonTharaldsonistheDirectorofChoralActivitiesatBenedictineCollege,whereheconductsfourchoral ensembles,teachesprivatevoice,conducting,andliturgicalmusic.HeisalsotheArtisticDirectoroftheSt.Joseph CommunityChorus.Priortohiscurrentappointments,hetaughtatRockyMountainHighSchool,SmokyHillHigh School,andPonderosaHighSchoolinColorado.HehassungwithTeDeumofKansasCityandwasamemberofthe nationallyacclaimedKantoreiofDenverfortenseasons.
TimothyhasreceivedcommissionsfromtheMinnesotaSinfonia,WartburgCollege,St.CloudState University,LongmontChorale,Kantorei,andnumerousotherchoralorganizations.HiscompositionRestwasfeatured bythe2015ColoradoAll-StateMixedChoirandwasalsothecontestpieceperformedbysevendifferentchoirsaspart ofthe122ndQueenslandEisteddfodinBrisbane,Australia.
HiscompositionsarepublishedthroughMusicSpoke,HalLeonard,andSantaBarbaraMusicPublishing.Timothyisa memberoftheAmericanChoralDirector’sAssociation,AmericanComposersForum,ColoradoMusicEducators Association,andtheKansasMusicEducatorsAssociation.HeholdsdegreesfromSt.CloudStateUniversity,the UniversityofNorthernColorado,andtheUniversityofKansas.