Anton Armstrong

Who is Anton Armstrong?

Dr. Anton Armstrong is the conductor of the St. Olaf Choir as well as the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minnesota in the USA. Armstrong became the fourth director of the St. Olaf Choir in 1990, continuing the tradition begun by the choir's founder F. Melius Christiansen in 1911, sustained and developed by his son, Olaf C. Christiansen, and strengthened and enhanced by Kenneth Jennings. Armstrong also teaches conducting in the Sacred Music department at Luther Seminary. He also conducts some pieces in "Northfield Youth Choirs".