Dear Friends of Cornerstone:
After 20 tours, 501 concerts, working with nearly 200 charities, employing hundreds of professional musicians and supporting the hosting faith communities of all sizes and budgets, we will not be continuing our Cornerstone ministry adventure. Many of you have been incredibly supportive since our very beginning. Thank you again for all your help over many years. Your thoughts, prayers, gifts, encouragement and
good wishes have been invaluable.
Bruce & Cindy Vantine
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Artistic & Choral Director
Bruce Vantine
Bruce is the founder and conductor of The Cornerstone Chorale & Brass, a nationally recruited, paid professional touring ensemble, performing fine choral music augmented with narration. Cornerstone has presented 463 performances in the United States and Canada, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall in New York.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) where he studied under Paul J. Christiansen; a master’s degree from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) where he worked with composers H. Owen Reed and Jere Hutcheson; and a doctorate in music from the University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana, where he studied with Harold Decker. His published pieces are performed nationwide.
Vantine also is the conductor and artistic director of the Bel Canto Chorus of St. Louis, and director of the adult choir at The Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Florissant, Missouri.
He served on the faculty of The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Department of Music from 1980 – 1993.
Currently resides in: St. Louis, MO
Number of Cornerstone tours: 19