F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN ENDOWMENT FUND ANNUAL REPORT

2006
The Concordia Choir conductor René Clausen
Greg Aune conducting The Gustavus Choir
ACDA of Minnesota
1003 Maple Street
Northfield, MN 55057
The 135th F. Melius Christiansen Anniversary Festival Choir
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F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN
ENDOWMENT FUND ANNUAL REPORT
(revised 6/07)
For January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
The St. Olaf Choir
THE MISSION
The F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund was established in 1996 by the
American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN) to guarantee
a vibrant future for exemplary choral music in the state of Minnesota. Its mission
is to provide active Minnesota choral conductors with professional development
opportunities and to encourage talented young musicians to pursue choral
conducting as a career.
The Gustavus Choir
THE IMPACT
The F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund offers grants in four categories for Minnesota conductors studying at the
undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as conductors actively leading choirs in schools, communities, and houses of worship.
ACDA-MN Summer Dialogue Grants
Grants to attend this four-day conference are available to conductors with up to two years of experience and conductors of any
experience level who have never attended Summer Dialogue. Recipients of Summer Dialogue grants in 2006 are:
Chad Felton
Amy Jacobson
Dwight Jilek
Rebekah Kleinsasser
Joseph Osowski
Cathy Penning
Renee Ryden
ACDA Convention Grants
THE INSPIRATION
The Endowment Fund’s namesake, F. Melius Christiansen, was a Norwegian immigrant who
is considered to be the father of a cappella choral singing in America. Christiansen founded
The St. Olaf Choir in Northfield, Minnesota, and shaped it into arguably the best-known
college choir in the world. For nearly thirty years he used an ethic of hard work to achieve
perfect intonation, seamless blend and crisp diction. The F. Melius Christiansen Endowment
Fund recognizes and sustains the legacy of Christiansen’s inspirational contributions to the
choral art.
Grants to attend ACDA division or national conventions are awarded annually to undergraduate junior or senior vocal music
education majors or graduate students in choral conducting who are student members of ACDA-MN. Recipients of grants to
attend the North Central ACDA Division Convention in Omaha, Nebraska in 2006 are:
Elisabeth Asleson
On November 19, 2006 an extraordinary choral music event celebrating the 135th birthday
of F. Melius Christiansen was held at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. For the first time in
their distinguished histories, the choirs of Augsburg College, Concordia College –
Moorhead, Concordia University – St. Paul, Gustavus Adolphus College, and St. Olaf
College, performed in two sold-out festival concerts. The combined grand finale performance
of F. Melius Christiansen’s beloved arrangement of “Beautiful Savior” was conducted by
Dr. Kenneth Jennings, professor emeritus and former conductor of The St. Olaf Choir.
Heather Mitchell
Graduate Study Grants
Grants to study choral conducting part-time or full-time in reputable graduate schools across the country are available to
conductors who have completed a minimum of two years of choral conducting in Minnesota and who are current members of
ACDA-MN. Recipients of graduate study grants in 2006 are:
Steven Mick
THE F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN 135TH
ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS
Nicholas Mroczek
Cindy Pierce
Sarah O’Banion
Stephanie Trump
World Symposium on Choral Music Grants
The International Federation for Choral Music sponsors a World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) every three years,
with the next symposium to be held in Denmark in 2008. A grant to attend the symposium is offered to a current member of
ACDA-MN with a minimum of five years of active membership. The WSCM grant was not awarded in 2006.
YOUR GIFT
GIFTS TO THE F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN ENDOWMENT FUND
Your gift to the F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund directly supports choral excellence in Minnesota now and in the future.
ACDA-MN is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all gifts are tax-deductible. We greatly appreciate your generosity and
support. Thank you!
WENGER FOUNDATION MATCHING GIFT
All contributions received through December 31, 2007 will be matched by a Wenger Foundation $100,000 matching gift to the
F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund. This one-of-a-kind gift brings the Endowment Fund within reach of its goal of $500,000.
Your gift is more important now than ever before. For more information or to make a contribution please visit our website at
www.fmcendowment.org or mail your contribution to Wayne Kivell, ACDA-MN Executive Secretary, 1003 Maple Street,
Northfield, MN 55057.
Kenneth Jennings
Former conductor of The St. Olaf Choir & Professor Emeritus
Conductors final bow at the
135th F. Melius Christiansen
Anniversary Concert on
November 19, 2006
From left to right:
René Clausen
Kenneth Jennings
Anton Armstrong
Peter Hendrickson
David Mennicke
Greg Aune
2006 FINANCIAL STATEMENT
THE F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE
Roger H. Tenney, Chair
Steven O. Boehlke
Paul Brandvik
David Docter
Richard Edstrom
For January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006
FMC ENDOWMENT FUND BALANCES
2005 FMC Endowment Fund Balance (as of December 31, 2005) = $278,425
2006 FMC Endowment Fund Balance (as of December 31, 2006) = $422,245
Geneva S. Eschweiler
Murrae N. Freng
Lauretta Graetz
Curtis Hansen
Charles Hellie
Wayne Kivell
Diana J. Leland
Howard C. Lerohl
Carl Lipke
Larry McCaghy
Robert Mix
Mike Wolsted
THE ADVISORY BOARD
INCOME
Anton E. Armstrong
Philip Brunelle
Contributed
Individuals Anniversary Concert Sponsorships (Corporate, Foundation & Individual)
Corporations/Foundations Total Contributed
The Concordia University Christus Chorus conductor
David Mennicke
$ 31,737
$ 25,100
Libby Larsen
Stephen Paulus
Jeffrey Van
Dale Warland
ENDOWMENT FUND CONTACT
$ 675
$ 57,512
Wayne Kivell
ACDA-MN Executive Secretary
1003 Maple Street
Northfield, MN 55057
kivell@earthlink.net
Anniversary Concerts
Ticket Sales
CD/DVD Sales Program Advertising Investment Income Total Earned
$143,154
$ 5,238
$ 8,400
$ 8,852
$165,644
ACDA-MN tries very hard to ensure that our honor roll is accurate and complete.
Despite our best efforts, we occasionally make mistakes. Please contact ACDA-MN
Executive Secretary Wayne Kivell at kivell@earthlink.net to make corrections or additions.
TOTAL INCOME $223,156
Earned
The Augsburg Choir conductor Peter Hendrickson
EXPENSE
135th Anniversary Concerts
Endowment Fund Committee
Endowment Fund Grants Summer Dialogue Grants $1,997
ACDA Division Convention Grants $1,411
Graduate Study Grants $6,500
Total Grants $99,066
$ 2,234
TOTAL EXPENSE
$111,208
$ 9,908
The Gustavus Choir
René Clausen conducting The Concordia Choir
Anton Armstrong conducting The St. Olaf Choir and Chamber Ensemble
THE F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN ENDOWMENT FUND HONOR ROLL
This honor roll acknowledges contributions received from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
Benefactor
Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999
Augsburg College
Augsburg Fortress
Philip & Carolyn Brunelle
Charles and Norma Buxton
Family Foundation
Concordia College - Moorhead
Concordia University - St. Paul
Federated Insurance
Gateway Music Festivals & Tours, Inc.
Gustavus Adolphus College
The Hatlen Foundation
Roe & Beverly Thompson Hatlen
Leslie & Patricia Howard
The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Owatonna Reunion Choir Members
1960-1970 in honor of their director, Roger Tenney
St. Olaf College
Mike & Donna Wolsted
Patron
Gifts of $500 - $999
Accolades International
Tours for the Arts
Allied Concert Services
Bruce W. & Paula M. Becker
Richard & Zoma Edstrom
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
William & Phyllis Lyders
David R. & Sandra L. Frauenshuh
Groth Music Company
Dr. A. T. & June Grundahl
Kenneth & Carolyn Jennings
MakeMusic, Inc.
Minnesota Community Foundation
Music Celebrations International, L.L.C.
Music Connection
David & Karen Olson
J. W. Pepper & Son, Inc.
Neal & Deanna Thompson Peterson
Schmitt Music Company
Sunshine Travel Company
Valley Buick Pontiac GMC
Bernie & Janet Wagnild
Sustainer
Gifts of $100 - $499
Cathleen K. Ahern
Charlotte Althoff
Kari Anderson
Neil J. Anderson
Roz Andreucci
Anton E. Armstrong
Archie Atkinson
John Bale
Leola Bergmann
Steven & Margaret Boehlke
Charles & Karen Brophy
Mary Brown
Burnsville Toyota
Janice Carlson
Phyllis M. Carlson
David & Susan Cherwien
Cole’s Salon
Michael Culloton
Sharon (McMullen) Deming
David & Rita Docter
Katherine G. Doepke
Michael A. Doyle &
Pamela M. Jolicoeur
Gregg & Anne Draeger
Donald & Myra Dreyer
James L. & Anne Eidsvold
Deborah Embretson
Jason Etten
John E. Folin
Priscilla Franken
Jon & Elizabeth Fredlund
Murrae & Helen Freng
Stephen Fuller
Jere & Lauretta Graetz
Kevin & Jan Gregerson
Doug Griffin
Paul Groth
Karen Grundahl
Sharon Haag
Mary Helen Halaas
Curtis & Muriel Hansen
Peter A. Hendrickson
Herff Jones, Inc./Collegiate Apparel
George & Marilyn Hoghaug
Sarah Howard
Donald & Jane Iverson
Rene Jenness
JNBA Financial Advisors, Inc.
Charles Johnson
James & Kathleen Johnson
Kjersten Johnson
Mark S. Johnson
Maynard H. Johnson
Paul & Mary Johnson
Sylvia Kirchmann
Wayne & Alyce Kivell
Ed & Carol Kuehnel
Ken & Fran Lahti
Jeanne Landkamer
Paula Swain Lawrence
Diana J. Leland
Howard & Diane Lerohl
Lisa Lozito
Gunilla Luboff
Russell Mathis
Mary Ann Matson
Larry & Faith McCaghy
Russ & Jan Michaletz
Willis H. Miller
Maurice Moe, Jr.
Paul & Shirley Montan
Joyce Myers
Ray & Janet Nelson
George Norbeck
Dr. & Mrs. Albert J. Ogren
Robert & Sigrid Christiansen Ostrem
James & Cynthia Paulson
Thomas Paulson
Dione Peterson
Martha Peterson
Sally Peterson
Bruce & Candace Phelps
James & Jennifer Philbrick
Mark & Janet Pladson
Popplers Music
Frederick Potthoff
Paul & Abigail Pribbenow
Kay Hartzell Ramsey
Thomas Rossin
Rev. Jay & Dr. Karen Rusthoven
Ronald Rydell
Sacred Voice Music Publishing
Randy Schafer
SeaNote Cruises/Jon Kietzer
Michael Sellheim
Joseph Shuster
Ron & Karin Spear
Gerald Stahl
Curtis & Margaret Stolee
Gordon & Barbara A. Taft
Dorothea Tenney
Roger H. Tenney
Roger Towler
Eric & Linda Trygstad
Dale & Terrolle Turnham
David & Janice Tweet
Daniel & Teresa Tweeton
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Wayzata Office
Dale & Ruth Warland
Jeanne L. Warner
Solveig Westby
Gary & Karen Wilkerson
Bruce Willis
Dr. & Mrs. Philip Wold
Elsa Wycisk
Rebecca Wyffels
Billie Ylvisaker
Susan Zemlin
Contributor
Gifts up to $99
AABACA.com
Steve & Janine Aaker
Donald Acuit & John Henley
Ameriprise Financial
Claire Anderson
Debbie Anderson
Karen Anderson
Kathy Anderson
Robert Anderson
Shari Lynne Anderson
Jim & Kathleen Andrews
Anonymous
Greg & Julie Aune
Richard & Elaine Aune
Katie Bade
Dr. Curtis Bakken
Jim Baltzell
Steve Barnes
Paul & Melinda Batz
Daniel & Sally Belgum-Blad
George Berglund
Bryan Blessing
William & Carolyn Bliss
Beatrice Boe
David & Borghild Bonthuis
Paul Brandvik
Robert & Mary Brown
Holly Bruning
Daniel Buivid & Jeanie Condon
Cheryl Burton
Kerri Burns
Donna Butler
Patricia Cahalan Connors
Holly Carleton
Dean & Nancy Carlson
Joe & Pat Carlson
Heather Carr
Carol Carver
Marilyn Cathcart
Thelma J. Christenson
William L. Christian
Erik P. Christiansen
Winifred Christiansen & Anne Marie (Basch) Trautschold
Marian Christopherson
Alger & Kathleen Ciabattoni
David Clarke
René Clausen
Robert Clayburgh
Marilyn Cooper
Charles & Gloria Corbin
Bob & Gloria Coulter
James Cox
Virginia Cronin
Matthew Culloton
Don Danielson
John & Terri Delebo
Hal Deye
Lane & Barbara Doerring
Robert & Teresa Douglass
Greg & Kari Douma
Henry L. Doyle
Steven & Jennifer Edwins
Erik Ekstrom
Gerald & Judy Engelsgjerd
Mark & Brenda Engelsgjerd
Bud & Helen Engen
David Engen
Lee & Laurel Engquist
Chris Enstad
Amanda Engstrom
Bob & Judy Erdman
Don & Bev Erickson
Richard & Sylvia Erickson
Gene F. & Lorraine Ernst
Geneva Eschweiler
Jennifer Evenson
Arne & Ellen Everson
Curtis P. Everson
Howard Fehr
James & Mary Fenlason
Dale Fisk
Eloise Foley
C. Harry Forse
Ann Frank
E.V. & Marcia Fuglestad
Douglas & Mary Kay Geston
Don & Nancy Gilberg
Diane Gilbertson
Sue Gilsdorf
Brita Gilyard
Karen Gladen
June Gornitzka
Martha Graber
Alice M. Groth
Stephen & Nancy Grundahl
Iris Guiffre
Charles & Marlys Gunderson
Jane E. Gunderson
Lorraine Guttormson
John Habermann
Rev. David & Lorna Halaas
Thomas Hale
Frederick & Lucille Hallanger
Craig & Kate Halverson
Daniel Hampton
Delores Vogen Hanson &
Nancy Gronna Peterson
Elaine Hanson
James Hanson
Eric Haugan
Marilyn Haugen
Allan D. Hawkins
Allison E. Hawley
Calvin & Patricia Hedegaard
Harold & Eva Heiberg
James Hejduk
Roy & Amy Heilman
Dr. John J. & Ann L. Heimark
David Hein
C. David Helgen
Richard Helgeson
Anne E. Heller
Charles & Anita Hellie
Mark Hemmingway
David & Kristine Henderson
Bruce & Jane Hesse
Gene M. Heupel
Zebulon Highben
Beatta Hillman
Daphne L. Hoff
John Hoffacker
O. Hognander
Shirley Holmes
Lydia Holsten
Gary Honken
Blanche Hosteland
Duane C. & Ann (Andersen) Hoven
Mary Lee Huber
David & Carol Hubert
John S. Huff
Murriel Y. Intveld
Joen C. Mattila Jacobsen
Ardis Jacobson
Marcella Jensen
Rev. Ronald & Kathy Jensen
Joel & Karen Johnson
Leslie & Rebecca Johnson
Marcus Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Sally Johnson
Sandra Johnson
Timothy & Susan Johnson
Julie Kanthak
Cheryl Karlgaard
Hugh & Lenore Kaste
Jerry Kjorlien
Frederic Knaak
Nathan Knoll
John Knutson
Jennifer Korpi
Colleen Koskey & Nicole Koskey
M. Pauline Krieger
Dorothea LaMere
Margaret Larson
Nathan Leaf
Tom & Jeanne LeFevere
Daniel & Kerri LeJeune
Althea Leland
James & Nanette Leland
Jerome & Chris Leland
Terry & Joan Leland
Thomas P. Lenihan &
Sharon Parker-Lenihan
Lois Lindbloom
Marvin & Marcia Lindseth
Carl H. & Jean C. Lipke
Adeline Paulsrud Lippoldt
Barbara Loken
Don Lomen
Kari Lorence
Alfred & Laura Luehmann
Ryan Luhrs
John H. Lunde
Dr. Paul & Kathy Lysne
Elizabeth MacDonald
Michael & Jamie Manning
Jeremy Manternach
Gayle E. Matson
Anita Mattson
Karmi Anna Mattson
Shirley Maxwell
Bryan McGinnis
Richard & Nancy McGraw
Harry McKay-Jones
Mary M. Merganthal
David Mikelson
Paul & Barbara Mikelson
Steven Molin
Judith Mondloch
Susan Morics
Robert Munson &
Sändra Thompson Munson
Curt D. Nelson
Don & Gretchen Nelson
Ronald & Betty Lou Nelson
Barbara J. Nemer
Paul Nesheim
Dr. Dan & Rev. Sarah Nietz
David & Carol Nordli
Mark & Margaret Norine
Hugh Norsted
David & Cora Nycklemoe
Rev. Glenn & Ann Nycklemoe
Margaret Hayford O¹Leary
Brian & Bonnie Ohm
Richard & Sharon Olson
Craig & Nancy Opel
Jane Oxton
Edward & Kimberly Pearce
Jon Pederson
William R. Pederson
Timothy & Sandra Peter
Kenneth Petersen
Arne Peterson
Jim Peterson
Joanne Peterson
Pat Peterson
Phoebe Peterson
Tom & Naomi Peterson
Brad Petry
Alan & Michelle Philibeck
Kay Philson
Alan E. Raitor
Rudolph Ramseth
Gary & Ruth Reetz
Mildred Roberts
Richard & Martha Roberts
Karen Robinson
Paul & Donna Roe
Peter Roe
John & Karen Roeber
Rachel Roland
Eric Rudd
Eugene & Eileen Rudd
Robert & Lori Rusert
Dorothy Satrom
Timothy & Heidi Sawyer
Elizabeth Schmidt
Carol Schneider
Don Schreiber &
Linda Nelson-Schreiber
Janet Larson Schultheis
Andrea & Larry Schussler
Beverly Scripter
Bruce & Barbara Seastrand
Sylvia Seaton & Laura Seaton (Gaare)
Michael Sellheim
David Singer & Terri Behrends-Singer
Richard Skogg
Clarance M. Smith &
Denise M. Kettelberger
Larry Smith
Michael & Carol Smith
Keri Sollitt
Susan Sorenson
Mary Sletten Stansbury
David Stark
David Stenseth
Jane E. Stevenson
Ruth M. Stewart
Rachel Stoddard
Michel J. Stolee
Noel & Lois Stratmoen
James B. Streufert
Elisabeth Stusek
Carol Swenson
Karen Tehle
Mary K. Thompson
Mervin & Jacqueline Thompson
Jerry Thorsfeldt
Marlys Thorsgaard
Gaylen & Wanyce Thostenson
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Rolf Tollefson
Robert Torkelson
Robert & Linda Toso
Rev. Steve Trandem
Cynthia Treb
Allen & Jane Treite
Gary & Laree Trollinger
Scott & Kathy Tunseth
Rev. Eldon J. & Shirley F. Underdahl
United Video, Inc.
Christopher Upton Holm &
Andrea D. Erickson
Mary Ann Urban
Robert S. Voigt
Thomas Wadsworth
Bonnie Anderson Walter
Pamela Weber
Guy Wellman
Chris & Jill Westermeyer
Paul Westermeyer
H. Michael Whalen
Mary Whitlock
Glen & Mary Lou Wiebe
James & Susan Williams
Renae Williams
John & Adelle Wills
Ann Marie Wilson
Elizabeth Wilson
Rev. Steven & Rev. Eileen Woyen
Jeff Wressell
John C. Ylvisaker
Julianne Zuehlke
Special Tributes
Since 1996 gifts have been
given in honor of the
following people:
Esther Armstrong
Greg Aune
R.H. Aune
Nancy Batz & Arline Hunter
Carlin Berg
Donald Berglund
Howard W. Best
Alice Bezdeny
L. Steven & Lorinda Boehlke
Ruth Jamison Bossart
Allison Buivid
David Cherwien
Ellen Kjos Christiansen
F. Melius Christiansen
Paul J. Christiansen
James F. Coates
Jessie J. De Hoogh
Henry A. Doepke
Lee & Dorothy Dydvig
Richard Edstrom
Lyman & Julie Eidsvold
A.B. “Bud” Engen
Joanne Fagan
Sheldon Fardig
Lyle Fenne
Bernie Harlan Freng
Murrae Freng
George Furney
Brittany Gilje
Randi Griner
Karen, John, Susan &
Kathleen Grundahl
Anna M. Gundersen
Edel Tetlie Harrington
Morris D. Hayes
Rachel Hayford
Ella Hjertaas
Clifford Holien
Jim Hotchkiss
Elaine Hovet
Henry Jacobi
L. Jacobsen
Lloyd Jensen
Howard Knutson
Roger Kolsrud
Alice Larsen
Jackie Larson
Carrie Leaney
Diana J. Leland
Orvis Leland
Howard Lerohl
Vera Lee Luvaas
Oscar Lyders
Claire McCoy
Lester Mickelson
Jane Ramseyer Miller
Charles H. & Roth B. Mott
Yosh Murakami
Marion Nelson
Verna Olsen
Arden Olson
Harry & Bonnie Opel
Elsie Osmundson
Gertrude Boe Overby
Don Peterson
Robert & Patricia Peterson
Glenn Peterson
Marcia Lynn Pyle
Lowell Qualley
Mildred Roberts
Donald Rodvold
Paul O. Romstad
Leland B. Sateren
Lenore Schmidt
Seastrand Children
Timothy D. Sieving
Maxine Holsey Sletten & J.J. Sletten
Gordon Taft
Roger Tenney
Arlen Thorsgaard
Martin & Agnes Trygstad
Courtney Walker
Dale Warland
Wenger Family
Paul A. Williams