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St. Olaf College Choral Festival Sunday, Nov. 4, will feature 1,500

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October 26, 2001

More than 1,500 vocalists from area high schools, churches and communities will take part in the 99th annual St. Olaf College Choral Festival Sunday, Nov. 4. The festival will conclude with a free, public concert.

The concert will be held in Skoglund Center Auditorium at 4 p.m. and will include the Festival Chorus, the St. Olaf Choir and the St. Olaf College Manitou Singers, as well as the Edina (Minn.) Chamber Chorale, the Red Wing (Minn.) High School Choir, and the White Bear Lake High School Choir of White Bear Lake, Minn.

The St. Olaf Choral Festival is an annual event that allows high school students and church choir members a chance to perform and learn with St. Olaf College?s internationally renowned music faculty members and choirs. The event draws students from around the country and allows the performers and the audience a chance to hear a wide selection of music from all places and eras.

The massed choir will perform "Light Everlasting" by Olaf C. Christiansen; "Keep Your Lamps" arranged by Andre J. Thomas; "Stay With Us" from Captive and Free by Egil Hovland; and "Mayim, Mayim" by Emanuel Amiran, arranged by Joshua Jacobson.

The St. Olaf Choir is conducted by music faculty member Anton Armstrong and the Manitou Singers are conducted by St. Olaf music faculty member Sigrid Johnson.

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