Anton E. Armstrong
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Anton E. Armstrong is the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College and conductor of the St. Olaf Choir. Armstrong is a graduate of St. Olaf and earned a master of music degree at the University of Illinois and a doctor of musical arts degree from Michigan State University. He holds membership in the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, and the International Federation for Choral Music, among other professional societies. He edits a multicultural choral series for Earthsongs Publications and coedits the revised St. Olaf Choral Series for Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
Together with the St. Olaf Orchestra, the St. Olaf Choir was heard live on the November 17, 2001, national broadcast of Garrison Keillor?'s A Prairie Home Companion radio program. The choir has recorded 11 CDs during Armstrong's tenure?\including 10 with St. Olaf Records and the ensemble?'s first international recording, released in January 2003 with Linn Records of London, England. He is a member of the board of trustees of the American Boychoir School and is past president of the national board of directors of the Choristers Guild. Armstrong came to his position at St. Olaf College after a decade in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he served on the faculty of Calvin College and conducted the Campus Choir, the Calvin College Alumni Choir, and the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus.