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St. Olaf College Band Day to be celebrated Nov. 10

CLE
November 8, 2001

NORTHFIELD, Minn. ? St. Olaf College Band Day will feature a joint concert with the St. Olaf Band, the Norseman Band and the Festival Band on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. in Skoglund Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

The works to be performed by the St. Olaf Band, under the direction of St. Olaf music faculty member Tim Mahr, include Chester has many faces..., a collection, Symphony No. 5, Moderate by David Maslanka, and Divertimento, Op. 42 by Vincent Persichetti. The Norseman Band, conducted by St. Olaf music faculty member Paul Niemisto, will perform Amber Waves from American Ballads by Morton Gould, Yankee Doodling by Philip Parker and Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band by Jukka Linkola, featuring a solo by St. Olaf music faculty member Scott Kallestad. The Festival Band, which is comprised of approximately 100 Minnesota high school students and guest conducted by Dr. James Ripley, will perform Folk Dances by Dmitri Shostakovich, Four Irish Myths by Henry Cowell, Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 by Sir Edward Elgar, Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey and Invictus by Karl King.

Ripley is the director of instrumental activities at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., where he currently conducts the Wind Orchestra. He is also the principal guest conductor of the Sakuyo Gauken University Wind Ensemble in Kurashiki, Japan. Prior to his 2001 appointment at Carthage College, Ripley served as assistant professor of conducting and ensembles at The Eastman School of Music. A published arranger and editor of wind ensemble music, Ripley has also served on the faculties of Northern Arizona University and Luther College, and taught in the public schools of Iowa and Minnesota.

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-786-3315 or leigh@stolaf.edu.