When Music Sounds | Katharine Petkovski

Winner of the 2023 Edwin Fissinger Emerging Composer Choral Prize. The NDSU Concert Choir has a distinguished tradition of performing eminent choral literature at the highest level of artistry. Under Jo Ann Miller's direction, the choir has performed at state, regional and national music conferences--including seven North Central American Choral Directors Association conferences and the association's national conference in San Antonio, Texas. The choir performs regularly with the Fargo Moorhead Symphony and tours overseas every three years. Most recently, the choir visited Eastern and Central Europe in 2009, toured Croatia and Italy in 2012, Iceland and Scotland in 2015, Germany and Austria in 2018, and England and Wales in 2022. The choir received the first place gold medal at the International Choral Competition in Zadar, Croatia, during the 2012 tour. The choir has performed such masterworks as Vaughan William's Sea Symphony, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Verdi's Requiem, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, the War Requiem of Benjamin Britten, and Belshazzar's Feast by William Walton.