Event:

Arden Skoglund "Keepin' It Real" - a youth musical

Arden Skoglund's first large scale project, Keepin' It Real, a youth musical demonstrating the importance of avoiding hypocrisy as a Christian community, will be showcased at the Schmitt Expo.  A high school/college group from our Community Summer Music/drama camp will be performing music and several sketches from the musical, Keepin' It Real.  This will feature the title song by Skoglund plus his SAB arrangements of songs from Mark Schultz, Rich Mullins, Hillsong, and Jeremy Camp.  The writing team will share the story behind the musical and discuss its accessibility and adaptability to a wide range of choir or youth/young adult ensembles.

Biography:

Arden Skoglund has been composing and arranging solo piano works since childhood and vocal works since age 16.  He studied music at Valparaiso University and graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2009 with a degree in vocal music education where he studied composition under Dr. David Dickau.   He is currently Director of Worship at Evangelical Free Church of the Palouse. He is a former member and resident composer of From Age to Age, a professional choral ensemble in MN.  He teaches private piano, voice, composition, and trombone as well as tunes pianos. He has created the new youth musical, Keepin' It Real, a musical drama.  He also has a new work,Thoughts on the Moon, published with Walton Music.  More information and music can be found at www.ArdenSkoglundMusic.com.