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The American tenor, choral conductor and voice teacher, Nicholas (Nick) Chalmers, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, History from St. Olaf College (2003-2007), where he was section leader of the Saint Olaf Choir under the direction of Anton Armstrong; and his Mastr of Music degree Choral Conducting from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (August 2015-May 2017), where he conducted several campus ensembles and held a Teacher’s Assistant position in the music theory department.
Heralded by the Washington Post as “dulcet and exciting,” Nicholas Chalmers has sung with The Bach Society of Minnesota, The Rose Ensemble (May 2010-August 2015), the Minnesota Bach Ensemble, Glorious Revolution Baroque, Transept, The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists, and the Minnesota Chorale. Recent solo engagements include the Oratorio Society, the Schubert Club, the Church Music Association of America, the St. Mark’s Cathedral Concert Series, Minnesota Center Chorale, Border CrosSing, and Lyra Baroque.
Nicholas Chalmers was Section Leader/Cantor/Kid's Choir Dude at St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul, Minnesota (August 2008-September 2013); and Associate Director of Music at Holy Family Church in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota (August 2013-August 2017). Currently he is the Director of Choirs at Chesterton Academy in Hopkins (since August 2013); and Director of Music at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis (since August 2017). He is also Artistic Director of the Mirandola Ensemble (established: 2011), which presents programs of rarely performed early music from the Medieval and Renaissance eras strategically juxtaposed with the compositions of 20th and 21st century composers.
Sought after as an educator and clinician, during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years Nicholas Chalmers piloted a high-school choral residency program in collaboration with Minnesota Public Radio. He is Voice Teacher at St. Francis High St. Francis High School (September 2010-May 2014). He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
