<ong>Carleton Chinese Music Ensemble to Present Public Performance
The Carleton College Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Gao Hong, will present a free public performance in the College’s Concert Hall on Sunday, Feb. 27 beginning at 3 p.m.
Carleton Choir to Perform With Northfield’s I Cantanti Ensemble
The Carleton College Choir will join Northfield’s community chorus, I Cantanti, in a performance of music from the Renaissance to the present, on Saturday, Feb. 26 beginning at 8 p.m. The two groups will perform individually as well as a combined choral ensemble in the College’s Concert Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
I Cantanti is a mixed amateur community ensemble from the Northfield area, comprising of 36 members that perform all genres of choral music. The group is directed by Wayne Kivell, a graduate of Luther College and the musicology program at the University of Minnesota, where he specialized in Renaissance and Early Music. A longtime educator at Northfield High School, Kivell is a recipient of the F. Melius Christiansen Award for lifetime conducting experience and distinguished service to choral music in Minnesota by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota.