Pater Noster performed by Northfield Trombone Choir

We assembled a trombone choir of twelve players for the Moravian Women's Conference held in Boe Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.

The trombones included one soprano, one alto, five tenors, four basses and one contra-bass. I can't recall who the arranger was for "Pater Noster" but it has a very "early music" feel to it.

It was about 90 degrees inside the chapel during the summer heat wave. Conductor was Dr. Paul Niemisto of St. Olaf.

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• Olaf
• College
• Boe
• Chapel
• Northfield
• Minnesota
• Pater
• Noster

[vaq33ens]

Dr. Niemisto played the soprano. For this piece, he had to direct since everyone was so spread out. He played soprano for the rest of the performance but I don't have any video from that.

[Drworm89]

Aw shucks! Well I bet it sounded amazing as all of these guys sound like they're pretty good. Personally I think the instrumentation is a bit odd numbered but it is still a complete choir. Any idea what brand of Soprano he used? What kind of Contrabass is that?

[vaq33ens]

The contrabass is a Mirafone (I'm the performer.) We had two sopranos available; a Mirafone and a Jupiter. According to Niemo, the Jupiter would not play in tune so he played the Jupiter.

I believe I have some video with that instrument which I can upload later today.

[Drworm89]

Great video and music! I really like the Moravian Trombone Choirs. I cannot see the Soprano Player. The Alto player is on our right side. I also just counted 11 players altogether but in the description it says there are 12.