Robert Scholz had a passion for music, learning to play the piano as a child and developing his voice — a light and clear tenor — as his instrument of choice. As a professor of music at St. Olaf ...

Anton Armstrong, Jean Parish and Bob “B.J.” Johnson at Carnegie Hall. “I donate to help sustain journalism that operates free from state control or commercial pressure, so the public can rely on truly ...

Last week 8,000 stolid Scandinavian-Americans converged in cars and busses on the little hilltop college town of Northfield, Minn. Only the first 4,000 jammed their way into the red brick gymnasium of ...

Gloria Kiester's unquenchable wanderlust propelled her across the globe, influencing her teachings to hundreds of students in Minnesota. Over more than three decades in music education, mostly at St.

After 28 years as conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong has developed a personal metric to gauge how a piece will resonate with listeners. “If my mom was still alive and in the audience, ...

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: It’s been a century of celebration. For the past one hundred years, St. Olaf College, a small Lutheran school in Minnesota, has put on a Christmas concert that has become ...

Take a trip to the St. Olaf Christmas Festival for beloved hymns, classical masterworks, and folk songs from around the world. This cherished annual tradition, featuring nearly 500 student musicians ...