Program Recognition
•NASM-accredited (National Association of Schools of Music)
•Home of the internationally renowned St. Olaf Choir, directed by Anton Armstrong
•Annual Christmas Festival nationally broadcast on PBS
Training
•Study on the college's notable pipe organs with the church-music and organ faculty
•Organ majors may add a collaborative keyboard performance emphasis
•Required junior half recital and senior full recital
•Every semester enrollment in an official ensemble required
•The published repertoire spans a Bach prelude and fugue, a Romantic or contemporary composition, and a hymn introduction with two stanzas
•Keyboard breadth is reinforced by preparing a two-part Bach invention at the piano alongside principal-study literature
Professional Development
•Two orchestras (St. Olaf Orchestra, Philharmonia), two concert bands, jazz ensembles, and chamber music groups
•Principal instrument lessons included via lesson scholarship
•Continuance review during the third semester includes a juried recital, academic review, and possible interview
