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Spring and Summer, 2007

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
A Piano Spectacular--Music by Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Bach, and Schumann.  SBH Theater, SJU, 8:00 PM.

Friday, February 9, 2007
Pastiche-CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble.  A variety of instrumental and vocal music.  SBH Theater, SJU, 8:00 PM.

Friday, February 16, 2007
Pastiche-CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble.  A variety of instrumental and vocal music.   Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, 7:00 PM.

Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Thursday Musical Morning Artist Series.  Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road. Bloomington, Minnesota (35W and 98th Street Exit).  Enter at Logan and 98th Street.  Piano music of Schumann.  10:30 AM. 

Sunday, March 11, 2007
A Recital of German, Irish, and American Songs.  The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, 797 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. 4:00 PM. Patricia Kent, Soprano, and Robert Koopmann, OSB Pianist. Novice Dan Morgan, Uilleann Pipes, Peregrine Rinderknecht, OSB, flute. 

Thursday, March 22, 2007
A Recital of German, Irish, and American Songs.  Patricia Kent, Soprano, and Robert Koopmann, OSB, Pianist.  Also featuring Novice Dan Morgan, Uilleann Pipes, and Peregrine Rinderknecht, OSB, flute.

Thursday, March 29, 2007
The Thursday Musical Morning Artist Series.  Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road. Bloomington, Minnesota (35W and 98th Street Exit).  Enter at Logan and 98th Street. Songs of Kurt Weil.  Axel Theimer, baritone, Patricia Kent, soprano, Robert Koopmann, piano.   10:30 AM. 

Thursday-Sunday, April 19-22 2007
The Three Hermits, opera by Stephen Paulus and libretto by Michael Dennis Browne.  St. John's Abbey/University.  The Great Hall.  CSB/SJU Faculty, students, instrumentalists, and others.

Saturday, May 12, 2007
Concert with Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, OSB, flute.  Flute and piano, and piano solo.  Holy Wisdom Monastery, Madison Wisconsin.  6:00 PM.

Tuesday-Wednesday, June 26-27, 2007
Keynote addresses for The Liturgical Music Workshop, St. John's University.  SBH Theater.

Summer and Fall 2006

Tuesday, June 6, 2006
A presentation at The Minnesota Music Teachers' Association State Convention on the international study tours.  Thunderbird Conference Center, Bloomington, Minnesota.  9:00 AM.

Sunday, July 2, 2006
A concert of music for solo piano and music for tenor and piano.  With tenor Brian Kuhl.  The Stephen B. Humphrey Theater at St. John's University. 7:00 PM. 

 July 20 - August 4, 2006
A Study Tour of Ireland.  Sponsored by Minnesota Music Teachers Association.  A tour of musical and cultural Ireland, with lectures by Dr. Robert Koopmann, O.S.B., Professor.  For a brochure with itinerary, information, and price, phone Pat Kreuziger 952-944-2828.

Friday, September 30, 2006
The St. John's Sesquicentennial Concert.  With choirs and ensembles.  St. John's Abbey Church. 8:00 PM.

Saturday, October 28, 2006
Prairie Rhapsody, A Benefit Concert for the Environment.  St. Benedict's Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

Fall, Winter and Spring 2005-2006

Sunday, October 9, 2005

A Benefit Concert for the St. Paul Priory, at Our Lady of Grace Church, 5071 Eden Avenue, Edina, Minnesota. Piano music of Franck, Mozart, Ginastera, Koopmann and others.   3:00 PM.

Friday, October 21, 2005

Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, St. John's University, 8:00 PM. 

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Concerto Performance with the CSB/SJU Symphony Orchestra.  Benedicta Arts Center, Petters Auditorium. College of Saint Benedict.  Mozart Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. 3:00 PM

Sunday, October 30, 2005
 

"Music as a Pathway to God--A Concert with Reflections."  Oak Grove Lutheran Church, 7045 Lyndale Ave. S., Richfield, Minnesota.   11:00 AM.

Thursday, December 1, 2005
 

The Thursday Musical Morning Artist Series.  Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road. Bloomington, Minnesota (35W and 98th Street Exit).  Enter at Logan and 98th Street.  Piano music of Franck.  10:30 AM. 

Saturday-Sunday, December 24-25, 2005
 

Christmas Concert and Midnight Mass, Saint John's Abbey Schola and St. John's Boys' Choir, Collegeville, MN, 11:15 PM, organist. MPR broadcast. RealPlayer audio and video file.

Friday, January 27, 2006


Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble.  Benedicta Arts Center, Petters Auditorium. College of Saint Benedict.  7:30 PM.

Thursday, February 2, 2006

Faculty Piano Recital.  Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University.  Works of Franck, Debussy, Ginastera and others.   8 PM. 

• February 22-March 9,2006
  A visit to Hanga Abbey, Tanzania, East Africa, visiting Benedictine Volunteer Corp member Paul Conroy and setting up the program for the future.

                Friday, April 21, 2006

• Sunday, April 30, 2006
  An Organ Spectacular.  A concert celebrating 100 years of Mary of the Angels Chapel at St. Rose Convent, Motherhouse of The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.  912 Market Street, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  2:00 PM.
• Monday, May 1, 2006
  An concert of music for soprano and music for solo piano.   With soprano Patricia Kent.  St. Olaf Church, downtown Minneapolis, 11:00 AM.

Winter and Spring 2005

September 16, 2004

Piano Concert, 7:30pm in the Benedicta Arts Center, Petters Auditorium.  College of Saint Benedict. 

January 25, 2005

Concert with soprano, Patricia Kent, at the SBH Auditorium at Saint John's University, 8:00pm.  Works by Debussy, Richard Strauss and American works. 

January 28, 2005

Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, Staples High School, 7:30pm

February 17, 2005


Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, 7:00 p.m. Piano trio by Clara Schumann, Bizet "Carmen Suite."

February 25, 2005


Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, St. John's University, 8:00 p.m. Piano trio by Clara Schumann, Bizet "Carmen Suite."

March 16, 2005


Special Eucharistic Celebration, and music for piano. Brother Edmund Rice Chapel of Palma High School, 919 Iverson St., corner of Acacia & Iverson, Salinas, California, 7:00 p.m.

April 24, 2005


Dedication of New Piano and Organ.  Shepherd of the Hills Parish, Eden, Wisconsin, 2:00 p.m.

May 1, 2005

A Concert of Piano Music.  Sacred Heart Church, 840 6th Street East, St. Paul, Minnesota. 4:00 p.m.

Winter and Spring 2004

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Schubert's Song Cycle:  Die Winterreisse.  With baritone Axe Theimer.  Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 8 p.m.

Sunday, February 1, 2004

Music of Chopin, Ravel, Brahms and Hildegard of Bingen.  First Unitarian Universalist Church, Rochester, Minnesota, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Friday, February 20, 2004

Pastiche:  CSB/SJU Music Faculty Ensemble.  Trio by Mendelssohn, music by Ravel.  Petters Auditorium, Benedicta Arts Center, The College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 11, through Thursday, May 20, 2004

"New York Music and the Arts."   A New York City class and tour for university students.

Monday, June 7, 2004

College Showcase Concert, Minnesota Music Teachers Association State Convention.  Music by Ravel.  Holiday Inn-St. Paul North.  7:30 PM

Tuesday, June 8, 2004

Lecture/Recital:  Music as a Pathway to the Spiritual. Minnesota Music Teachers Association State Convention.  Holiday Inn-St. Paul North. 1:30 PM. 

Summer and Autumn 2003

Sunday, June 29, 2003

Eileen Farrell, Mezzo Soprano, Robert Koopmann, O.S.B., Piano. Church of St. Edward, Waterloo, Iowa. 7 p.m. Works of Brahms, Granados, Rachmaninoff, Pergolesi and others.

Thursday, July 17, 2003

"Afternoon Overture," St. Benedict Center Chapel, Madison, Wisconsin, Noon. Works by Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B./ Koopmann, O.S.B.; Jerome Coller, O.S.B.; and others.

Saturday, July 19, 2003

Piano Concert, St. Benedict Center Chapel, Madison, Wisconsin. 7:30 p.m. Works by Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B./Koopmann, O.S.B.; Jerome Coller, O.S.B.; Rachmaninoff; Debussy and others.

Thursday, October 2, 2003

"Piano Music Old and New," faculty piano recital, Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, St. John's University, 8 p.m. Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Emma Lou Diemer and others. Free Admission.

Friday, October 17, 2003

Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble. Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 8 p.m. Works of Kurt Weil and others.

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Winter - Spring 2003

Sunday, January 26, 2003

Music as a Pathway to God: A Concert with Commentary, St. Bridget Church, River Falls, Wisconsin, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 9, 2003

A Concert of Piano Music, Oak Grove Lutheran Church, 7045 Lyndale Ave. S., Richfield, Minnesota, 3 p.m.

Friday, February 21, 2003

Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 9, 2003

Dedication Concert for a New Concert Grand, the new St. Joseph the Worker Church, 7180 Hemlock Lane, Maple Grove, Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door.

Saturday, May 18, 2002

Music for Piano and Voice, with Carolyn Finley, mezzo soprano, and Edward Turley, pianist. Schmitt Music Recital Hall, St. Cloud Division Place Fashion Center, 2950 Division Street, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Reception 6:30 p.m.; concert 7:15 p.m. Tel. 320-253-9671 for more information.

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Summer and Autumn 2002

Friday, July 12, 2002

Robert Koopmann Piano Recital. Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 7:45 p.m. Works by Schumann, Debussy, Mozart, plus two American Piano Rags.

Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Faculty Piano Recital, Benedicta Art Center Auditorium, The College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Works by Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Ravel, Prokofiev and others.

Friday, October 11, 2002

Pastiche, CSB/SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, BAC Auditorium, CSB, 7:30 p.m. Works for piano, clarinet, soprano, trumpet and harpsichord.

Saturday, November 16, 2002

A Concert of Piano Music. Viterbo University, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Fine Arts Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Works by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Debussy and Mozart. Piano rags by Joseph Lamb and Zez Confrey.

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Winter and Spring 2002

Tuesday-Wednesday, December 24-25, 2002

Christmas Concert and Midnight Mass, Saint John's Abbey Schola and St. John's Boys' Choir, Collegeville, MN, 11:15 PM, organist. MPR broadcast. RealPlayer audio and video file.

Sunday, January 13, 2002

A Concert of Piano Music. The St. Thomas More Music Series, St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota, Florida, 4 p.m. Works by Bach, Schumann, Brahms, Michael Blake, Stefans Grové and Debussy.

Saturday, February 23, 2002

A Concert of Piano Music, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, Texas. 7 p.m. Works of Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Debussy and South African composers. A Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict alumni/alumnae event, also open to the public.

Sunday, February 24, 2002

A Concert of Piano Music, All Saints Catholic Community, 215 E. 10th St., Houston, Texas. 4 p.m. Works of Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Debussy and South African composers. A Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict alumni/alumnae event, also open to the public.

Tuesday, February 26, 2002

Choral and Piano Concert, with The College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Axel Theimer. Cathedral Sanctuario de Guadelupe, 3725 Blackburn Street, Dallas, Texas. 8 p.m. Various choral and piano works. A Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict alumni/alumnae event, also open to the public.

Wednesday, February 27, 2002

A Concert of Piano Music. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, Texas. 7:30 p.m. Works of Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Debussy and South African composers. A Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict alumni/alumnae event, also open to the public.

Sunday, April 14, 2002

Music in the Mountains: Spring Fest of Classics, Nevada City, California.

Friday, May 9, 2002

Dedication Concert for a New Concert Grand, the new St. Joseph the Worker Church, 7180 Hemlock Lane, Maple Grove, Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door.

Winter, Spring, Summer 2000

Sunday, January 16, 2000

A Concert of Piano Music. Works by Ginastera, Chopin, Diemer, Brahms, Koopmann and Barber. St. Francis Xavier Church, Benson, Minnesota. 4:00 PM

Sunday, January 23, 2000

Hymn Fest. Saint John's Abbey Church, Collegeville, Minnesota. 3:30 p.m. Organist with The St. John's Boys' Choir and other choirs.

February 2000 - June 2000

Program Director for St. John's Universty and The College of St. Benedict International Studies Program at the University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Concerts in South Africa:

Wednesday, April 5, 2000

Lecture/demonstration: Piano Music of the Americas. Works by Ginastera, Diemer and Barber. 12:45 PM. The Recital Hall. The Music Department. The University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Tuesday, April 11, 2000

A Concert of Piano Music. Works by Ginastera, Chopin, Diemer, Brahms and Barber. 7:30 PM. The Auditorium. The University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Sabbatical

September 2000 through January 2001: On sabbatical in Madison, Wisconsin.

November 9, 2000

"Afternoon Overture". A concert of piano works by Ginastera, Bach, Schumann, Brahms and Michael Blake. St. Benedict Center Chapel. Madison, Wisconsin.

March 29, 2001

Piano Concert, St. Benedict Center Chapel, Madison, Wisconsin. 8:00 PM. Works by Bach, Schumann, Brahms, Michael Blake and Debussy.

July 3, 2001

Piano Concert with pianist Sean Duggan OSB. "A Concert of Piano Music," Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 7:45 p.m. Solo works by Brahms and Robert Schumann; South African piano music; and four hand music by Dvorak.

Academic Excursion 2001
July 18, 2001 - August 6, 2001

From Chopin to Shostakovitch: A Musical Study Tour to Warsaw, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and St. Petersburg, Russia, with Dr. Robert Koopmann OSB as the tour's itinerant Professor.

Sponsored by the Minnesota Music Teachers Association. For more information, e-mail Pat Kreuziger at: <Vicat@netscape.net> or phone her at 612-944-2828.

Autumn 2001

Thursday, September 13, 2001

Faculty Piano Recital, Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 8:00 PM. Works by Bach, Schumann, Brahms, Michael Blake, Stefans Grové and Debussy.

Thursday, September 27, 2001

A Concert of Piano Music, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota, 7:30 PM. Works by Bach, Schumann, Brahms, Michael Blake, Stefans Grové and Debussy.

Thursday, October 4, 2001

Solo Performance with The Thursday Musical, Temple Israel, 24th and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 10:30 AM. Brahms Fantasies, Opus 116.

Sunday, October 21, 2001

Music--A Pathway to God: A Piano Concert with Commentary. Church of St. Edward, 1423 Kimball Ave., Waterloo, Iowa, 3:00 PM. Works of Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Debussy and South African composers.

Friday, October 26, 2001

Pastiche, CSB and SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble. Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University, 8:00 PM. Works for piano, clarinet, soprano, trumpet and harpsichord.

Monday-Tuesday, December 24-25, 2001

Christmas Concert and Midnight Mass, Saint John's Abbey Schola and St. John's Boys' Choir, Collegeville, MN, 11:15 PM, organist. MPR broadcast.

1998-1999

Monday, Sept. 21, 1998
Faculty Piano Recital. Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University. 8:00 PM. Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Barber.

Monday, October 12, 1998
Harmony for Mayo - Music for Solo Piano. Mayo Clinic Campus, Phillips Hall, The Siebens Building, Rochester, Minnesota. 12:00 Noon. Music of Chopin and Barber.

Thursday, October 22, 1998
Emotional Connections, Thursday Musical Recital Series, Temple Israel Recital Hall, 24th and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis. 10:30 AM. Barber, Sonata for Piano, plus music for violin and clarinet.

Friday, October 23, 1998
Pastiche, CSB and SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble. Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University. 8:00 PM. Works for piano, clarinet, soprano, trumpet and harpsichord.

Monday, November 16, 1998
Music by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. With soprano Patricia Kent and The College of Saint Benedict Campus Singers. Benedicta Arts Center, The College of Saint Benedict. 7:30 PM. Songs, choral works and piano works by the Mendelssohns.

Sunday, November 22, 1998
Saint Cecilia's Day Concert and Tea, with The St. John's Boy's Choir. The Great Hall, Saint John's University. 3:00 PM.

Friday , December 24-25, 1998
Midnight Mass. Abbey and University Church, Collegeville, Minnesota. 11:15 PM sharp. Preliminary Concert. Organ; vocal and instrumental music. Live MPR broadcast. Saint John's Abbey Schola and The St. John's Boys Choir.

Sunday, January 24, 1999
Hymn Fest. Saint John's Abbey Church, Collegeville, Minnesota. 3:30 p.m. Organist with The St. John's Boys' Choir and other choirs.

Sunday, February 7, 1999
Piano Concert - A Fundraiser for St. Benedict's Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Works by Chopin, Barber, and Debussy.

Friday, March 26, 1999
Music in the Mountains: Spring Fest of Classics, Nevada City, California, 7:30 PM. Piano music by Beethoven, Chopin, Barber.

Sunday, May 2, 1999
All in the Family - A Celebration of the music of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, 797 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. 4:00 PM. Patricia Kent, Soprano, and Robert Koopmann, Pianist.

July 15 - August 4, 1999
Music Study Tour of The Netherlands and Belgium. Sponsored by the Minnesota Music Teachers Association. The music, art, culture, religions, countryside, cuisines and entertainment of Belgium and Holland. For a brochure, complete with daily itinerary, price, Study Session dates and places, and information on taking the study tour for credit, please call Pat Kreuziger at 61 2-944-2828.

Monday, Sept. 27, 1999

Cool Rhythms and Sweet Melodies

Piano music by Ginastera, Chopin, Diemer, Brahms, Barber. The Benedicta Arts Center, The College of St. Benedict, 8:00 PM.

Friday, October 15, 1999

Pastiche, CSB and SJU Faculty Chamber Ensemble. Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John's University. 8:00 PM. Works for piano, clarinet, soprano, trumpet and other instruments.

Tuesday, October 19, 1999

Music for Clarinet and Piano, Bruce Thornton, clarinet. The Benedicta Arts Center, The College of St. Benedict, 7:30 PM.

Sunday, November 22, 1999

Saint Cecilia's Day Concert and Tea, with St. John's Boys' Choir. The Great Hall, Saint John's University. 3:00 PM.

Saturday, December 24-25, 1999

Christmas Midnight Mass.

Saint John's Abbey and University Church, Collegeville, Minnesota. 11:15 PM sharp. Preliminary Concert. Organ; vocal and instrumental music. Live MPR broadcast. Saint John's Abbey Schola and St. John's Boys' Choir. Conducted by Dr. Axel Theimer and Br. Paul Richards OSB.

CD recordings are available in the CSB or SJU Bookstores, or by e-mailing: Bookstore@csbsju.edu.

For concert bookings and information, contact:

Robert Koopmann Concerts
Music Department
Saint John's University
Collegeville, MN 56321

Phone: (320) 363-3370
Fax: (320) 363-2504
E-mail: <RKoopmann@csbsju.edu>

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