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    • Isaac Lovdahl is an award-winning composer, conductor, educator, and bass-baritone vocalist who serves as Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Bemidji State University. Prior to his appointment at BSU, Isaac served as a music educator and director of choirs at the University of North Dakota, Cretin-Derham Hall High School, and Sartell High School. He has also directed numerous church choirs and served as the Assistant Conductor for both the Fargo-Moorhead Choral Artists and Vox Nova Chorale.

      His music has been described as “a revelation” and “remarkable” (The American Prize), and is increasingly gaining traction throughout the choral music world. Isaac’s choral compositions and art songs have been performed internationally by educational, community-based, and professional ensembles and soloists among others; a distinct harmonic language, detailed attention to natural speech rhythms, and highly expressive text setting have solidified a niche for him in the realm of vocal music.

      Over the past 5 years, Isaac has received award recognition, commissions, and premieres from: Cantus, the Yale Glee Club, The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists, the Young New Yorkers' Chorus, the Cambridge Chamber Singers, the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, The American Prize, the Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, the Festival of New American Music, the North Dakota State University choirs, the Ithaca College Choral Composition Festival, Minneapolis SongSLAM, and the North Dakota Music Teachers Association in conjunction with the Music Teachers National Association.

      As a chorister, Isaac has performed with various professional and semi-professional ensembles, including: The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists, the Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorale, Oratory Bach Ensemble (Bach Roots Festival), Vox Nova Chorale, imPulse (MPLS), and Border CrosSing.

      Isaac holds a Bachelor of Music (BM) in Vocal Music Education from Concordia College - Moorhead (class of 2015) and a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Choral Conducting with a cognate in Music Theory from North Dakota State University (class of 2023) where we was selected as the first ever Challey School of Music Choral Conducting Fellow. His vocal and choral music mentors include René Clausen, Jo Ann Miller, Michael Culloton, Michael Weber, Charlette Moe, and Peter Halverson.

      His original music can be found online through Graphite Publishing, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, NewMusicShelf, VocalEssence Music Press, MusicSpoke, and his own website: isaaclovdahl.com.

  • CONDENSED BIOGRAPHY:

    • Isaac Lovdahl is an award-winning composer, conductor, educator, and bass-baritone vocalist who serves as the Director of Choral Activities at Bemidji State University. His music has been described as “a revelation” and “remarkable” (The American Prize), and is increasingly gaining traction throughout the choral music world. Over the past 5 years, Isaac has received award recognition, commissions, and premieres from: Cantus, the Yale Glee Club, The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists, the Young New Yorkers' Chorus, the Cambridge Chamber Singers, the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, The American Prize, the Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, the Festival of New American Music, the North Dakota State University choirs, the Ithaca College Choral Composition Festival, Minneapolis SongSLAM, and the North Dakota Music Teachers Association in conjunction with the Music Teachers National Association. To learn more, please visit isaaclovdahl.com.