Kaomi Lee looks at St. Olaf College Orchestra’s new conductor and diversity on campus. Kaomi Lee looks at St. Olaf College Orchestra’s new conductor and diversity on campus.

The St. Olaf Orchestra has its own version of Secret Santas. The musicians call them Secret Orchies. Older ensemble members give gifts anonymously to new members during the group's 10-concert fall ...

St. Olaf was founded by Norwegian immigrants in 1874. Norway’s queen and prime minister have both visited the school in the ...

The Crown Prince of Norway is visiting St. Olaf College today (Wed) in Northfield. The St. Olaf community is lining the ...

Steven Amundson faces turnover in the symphony orchestra he conducts almost as high as a fast-food establishment. "That's both a good thing and a challenge," said Amundson, who directs the 92-member ...

MASON CITY — The acclaimed St. Olaf Orchestra will take the North Iowa Community Auditorium stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, as a part of the 2007-2008 NIACC Performing Arts Series. The ...

The nationally and internationally recognized 92-member St. Olaf Orchestra, led by conductor Steven Amundson, will perform at the North Iowa Community Auditorium at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, as part ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. Since its founding by F. Melius Christiansen, who started the school’s music ...

For the first time in more than a century, St. Olaf College will not perform its Christmas Festival in Northfield during the holiday season. The college says it decided to move the event from the ...

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 ...