Matthew Olson publishes new choral composition

Olson is director of choral activities and senior lecturer in music and voice at Carleton.

9 June 2026 Posted In:

Matthew Olson, director of choral activities and senior lecturer in music and voice, published a new choral composition — a setting of Madeleine L’Engle’s poem, The Risk of Birth — with Augsburg Fortress. He composed the work as a gift to his daughter Ani and niece Juniper, and it received its premiere last year by the National Lutheran Choir.

Learn more and listen to the piece.