Musicorum (Chamber Choir)

Founded: 1995 - Mankato, Minnesota, USA

Musicorum was founded in 1995. Dr. David Taylor founded the group and served as Musicorum's first music director, from 1995 to 1999. Musicorum became well known for its December performances of holiday choral music in Mankato's Good Counsel Chapel.

From 2000 to 2007, Dr. Gregory Aune (Director of The Gustavus Choir) served as Musicorum's second music director. Dr. David Dickau of Minnesota State University-Mankato was director from 2007 until 2009. The ensemble in 2009 was directed by Andrew Miller, an accomplished arranger and conductor. From 2010 to 2014, Musicorum was directed by Dr. Karen Boubel, Professor of Music at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Dr. Brandon Dean continued a strong legacy of musical and artistic leadership from 2014-2022. He is the Gustavus Choir director and teaches choral literature, music theory and music history at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter, Minnesota. Since September 2023, the Music and Artistic Director of the Mankato-based chamber choir Musicorum is Elisabeth Cherland.

Today the ensemble has about 30 singers. The group performs many outstanding choral works that bridge centuries of composition. Musicorum holds its winter concerts each December, with spring performances in April. Musicorum enters this season committed to the mission that animated its founding: to bring outstanding performances of high-quality music to Southern Minnesota audiences.

Music Directors

David Taylor (1995-1999)
Gregory Aune (2000-2007)
David Dickau (2007-2009)
Andrew Miller (2009)
Karen Boubel (2010-2014)
Brandon Dean (2014-2022)
Elisabeth Cherland (September 2022-Present)

Members of Musicorum (Roster 2026):

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Jessica Auel
Angie Braunwarth
Brandy Gullickson
Erin Kingland
Megan Kreinbring
Sarah Krolak
Grace Matson
Grace Miller
Cindy Shirk
Sopida Wunder

Sara Buechmann
Drew Burling
Alisa Eimen
Paige Lang
Elizabeth Paul
Julia Pelzel
Jeannie Phillips
Megan Poehler
Leah Renne

Glen Ferguson
Jeffrey Flory
Scott Hermanson
Scott Kingland
Melissa Meouchy
Rob Satterness
Brian Schrader
Brad Ufer
John Zehnder

Chuck Christenson
​Ole Karstad
Linden Kirscht
Billy Krager
Rick Kramlinger
Don McGinness
Alex McLean
Chris Paul
Ben Scheidel
Fred Slocum
Andrew Stumbo
Bart Weelborg

Sources:
Musicorum Website
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2026)

Elisabeth Cherland: Short Biography | Ensembles: Musicorum
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Links to other Sites

Musicorum (Official Website)