David Cherwien is currently serving as Director of Music at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2002, he was appointed Music Director for the National Lutheran Choir, also based in the Twin Cities.
He has also held full time parish music positions in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Chicago, Seattle, and Berlin. He has served as Organist/Cantor of Christ Chapel and Visiting Instructor of Music at Gustavus College, St. Peter, MN. And a Teaching Associate in Service Playing and improvisation at Elmhurst College. He completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance, and the Master of Arts degree in Theory and composition, both from the University of Minnesota. His undergraduate work was in organ performance and music education at Augsburg College, Mpls., where he was honored as distinguished alumni in the fall of 2000. Following his undergraduate work he studied for two years at the Berlin Church Music School in Berlin, Germany. There he studied improvisation with Renate Zimmermann, organ Literature with Karl Hochreither, and composition with the late Ernst Pepping. He has also studied organ with Christian Baude in Aix-en-Provence, France, and with Paul Manz, Heinrich Fleisher and Earl Barr in this country, and is a Fellow with Melodious Accord, studying composition with Alice Parker.He is composer of liturgical music for choir and organ, and author of the book Let the People Sing.
David is a founding member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians and is also active in the American Guild of Organists, and Chorister's Guild.
Eight for Eighty-Eight, Volume 2: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Piano and Opt. Instrument
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Thursday, April 6, 2000
Introducing the second volume of stylized hymn accompaniments by noted composer and improviser, David Cherwien. Spark up your congregational singing with a... read more
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
From the master of organ interpretations comes this fresh and innovative collection for solo piano. Appropriate as hymn preludes and bound to inspire assembly... read more
Gotta Toccata: Three Toccatas for Organ
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Friday, October 8, 1999
Cherwien has written three energetic toccatas, on three distinctly different hymntunes, in a re-creation of the great French Romantic tradition. Cherwien is a... read more
Up through Endless Ranks of Angels
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Friday, October 1, 1999
A thrilling setting of the tune Ascended Triumph by Henry Gerike, useful for Ascension as well as the entire Easter season. The use of the optional trumpet... read more
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Saturday, July 24, 1999
Cherwien's three-part setting of this lively Welsh folk tune, The Ash Grove, includes an adagio, a trio and a brisk toccata. In addition, the composer... read more
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Thursday, June 24, 1999
A joyous, lilting rendition of this much loved song; very accessible for children's choirs or treble ensembles.
Blessing Be and Glory to the Living One
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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
An evocation of the resurrection appearances of Jesus Christ framed in the language of Revelations 7:12 using the textual imagery of a Susan Cherwien, set to... read more
Eight for Eighty-Eight, Volume 1: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Piano with Opt. Instrument
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Wednesday, April 29, 1998
A useful collection of congregational song accompaniments for piano and optional solo instrument. Eight for Eighty-Eight is designed for someone who leads... read more
Organ Music for the Seasons: Volume I
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Friday, April 24, 1998
A versatile collection of music by nine different composers for a variety of seasons of the year.
O God Beyond All Praising: Hymn Settings for Organ
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Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Settings of Thaxted, Shades Mountain, Barbara Allen, Linstead, Hungry Feast, Fredericktown, Toda la Tierra, and Norwich are found in this fresh, new volume.... read more
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