


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.
Organ Plus Anthology, Volume 2: Advent and Christmas
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Augsburg Organ Library: Marriage
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Augsburg Organ Library: Healing and Funeral
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Organ Plus Anthology: Settings for Organ and Instrument, Volume 1
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Many congregations have come to love this hymn with text by Susan Palo Cherwien and tune by Robert Buckley Farlee. Now David Cherwien... read more
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Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 CST 2009
Psalm verses scored for unison chant. Assembly sings refrain with optional SATB. Chant can be sung by a cantor with accompaniment.
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Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 CDT 2008
Lectionary Date: September 14, 2008 Complementary Voicing: SATB Choir with optional handbells Through-composed verses scored for SATB choir. Assembly sings... read more
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Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 CDT 2008
Lectionary Date: All Saints Festival Voicing: SATB Psalm verses scored for four-part chant. Assembly sings refrain with SATB part for choir. Chant can be... read more