Program

The Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra next year will celebrate twenty-
five years of bringing orchestral music to the Cannon Valley area. The
Welcome orchestra is composed of talented musicians from all walks of life in
Northfield and the surrounding area and performs several concerts each
Norwegian National Anthem: year in various locations. Paul Niemisto is the founder and conductor of
Ja vi elsker dette landet the CVRO, which is part of the Northfield Arts Guild. The CVRO
welcomes your involvement as an audience member, financial supporter,
All sing or musician. Interested performers should contact the Northfield Arts
Guild at 645-8877 for membership information.
Peer Gynt, Suite Edvard Grieg
Bruderovet Kim Holland is Administrative Director of the Norwegian-American
Solveigs sang Historical Association

Mary Klockeman is from Dundas and has studied traditional Norwegian

Tribute to Lloyd Hustvedt music in Norway.
Kim Holland
Amy Boxrud is a St. Olaf graduate who majored in Norwegian. She first
Alle fugler små de er studied the language and began learning the music as a youth attending
Concordia Language Village
Sulli, lulli, ungen min
Mary Klockeman and Amy Boxrud Kristin Valle (Gvarv, Telemark), Maria Brønstad (Snåsa, Nord-
Trøndelag) and Anlaug Grave (Gvarv, Telemark) are students at St. Olaf
Haslebuskane College.
Kulokker
Margaret Hayford O'Leary is professor of Norwegian and chair of the
Mary Klockeman Norwegian department at St. Olaf College

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Norwegian Dances
III. Allegra alla marcia
Reflections on Syttende mai
Kristin Valle
Kan du glemme gamle Norge
All sing, led by Margaret Hayford O'Leary
Edvard Grieg Ruth Sylte has been soprano soloist with the CVRO twice previously.
For the past three years she has been an invited performer at Norsk
Edvard Grieg Høstfest, North America's largest Scandinavian festival. She also has
appeared numerous times in Northfield Arts Guild theater productions
Nordic Jam has been meeting weekly since September 2002 to learn
and play traditional folk music from the Nordic countries, particularly
Norway, Sweden and Finland. They meet at 7:30 every Monday night at
The Contented Cow in Northfield, MN. Musicians and listeners of all
ages, instruments and abilities are always welcome!

En svane Edvard Grieg

Norrønfolket Edvard Grieg
Ruth Sylte, soloist
 Personnel Nordmanns-Forbundet, Northfield chapter

Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Sons of Norway, Nordmarka Lodge

Paul Niemisto, Conductor The Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra

Violin
Gail Nelson, Northfield
Laura Geissler, Northfield
Robert Hanson, Northfield
Jeremy Huseth, Burnsville
Lisa Olson, Webster
Sara Rinehart, Northfield
Hanna Reitz, Northfield
Katelyn Reid, Northfield
Casey Davis-Van Atta,
Northfield
David Weinhandl,
Northfield
Viola
Meg Hargreaves,
Northfield
John Metz, Northfield
Cello
Jane Rinehart, Northfield
Jan Gehler, Northfield
Patricia Wegner. Northfield
Mary Aoe Scott, Northfield
Bass
Karl Lear, Northfield
Trumpet
Kurt Stimeling, Northfield
The Northfield Arts Guild
Douglas Durand, Northfield Gary Meidt, Northfield
Flute Trombone
present
Cathy Penning, Northfield Carl Behr, Northfield
Susan Janicke, Northfield Todd Harvey, Northfield
Bill Van Loh, Northfield
Oboe
Heather Scott, Northfield
Brenda Rodgers, Prior Lake
Tuba
Mike Legvold, Northfield
Syttende Mai
Clarinet Harp
Kathy Szydlo, Northfield
Karen Frawley, Eagan
Courtney Hanson, St. Olaf A Norwegian Cultural
Percussion Celebration
Bassoon Eric Kiesz, Owatonna
William Child, Northfield Sonja Ziemann, Northfield
Jennifer Chlan, Webster
Horn
Tom Schnauber, Northfield
Kristen Anderson, St. Olaf
Joan Behr, Northfield
Barb Wornson, Northfield

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to St. John's Lutheran Church for providing its facility and
to the Northfield Arts Guild for its support. Torild Homstad and Lew
Linde, Co-Presidents of Nordmanns-Forbundet, and Margaret Hayford
O'Leary, Commissioner, participated in program planning. Karl Hella,
President; Joanne Dahlin, Cultural Director, and Norma Gilbertson,
Social Director, all of Sons of Norway, coordinated desserts and coffee.
Joan Behr and William Child, CVRO Board members, were responsible
for publicity and program printing, respectively. This concert is made St. Johns Lutheran Church, Northfield
possible in part by grants provided by the National Endowment for the Sunday, May 16, 2004 at 2:30 p.m.
Arts, the McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board,
through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. The CVRO
also is grateful for the support of Community National Bank.
 Syttende Mai Traditional Norwegian Music
Nordic Jam
The 17th of May is Norway's "National Day" that celebrates the signing of
the Constitution of 1814. It is a day of celebration of freedom, Norwegian Gangar, from Lyric Suite Edvard Grieg
independence, and the rule of law. The national flag flies everywhere!
People dress in their best clothes, especially if they have the traditional
"bunad" typical of the area of the country they originally come from. The Last Spring Edvard Grieg
Everyone is wearing a bit of ribbon in red, white and blue—the colors of
the flag. Parades, especially children's parades, are held in towns and Huldigungsmarsj from Edvard Grieg
cities everywhere in Norway. King Harald and Queen Sonja greet the Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite
people formally from the balcony of the palace in Oslo as they watch the
grand parade up Karl Johans gate. Norway's Constitution Day is also
celebrated with concerts, picnics and family gatherings throughout the Norwegian Music
whole land. Many Norwegian-American communities across the United Kristin Valle, Maria Brønstad, and Anlaug Grave
States also celebrate this day with parades, music, ethnic foods, and
other festivities, as we do in Northfield each year. Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått
All sing, led by Mary Klockeman and Amy Boxrud
About the Sponsors and the Soloists
Valdres marsj Johannes Hanssen
Nordmanns-Forbundet (The Norse Federation) was founded in 1907 as
an international organization that promotes solidarity between Norway Barnetoget (traditional children’s parade)
and Norwegians abroad. It furthers the cause of Norwegian culture and Nordic Jam
Norwegian interests worldwide. The Northfield, Minnesota, chapter of
Nordmanns-Forbundet was founded around 1930. The chapter
traditionally meets four to six times each year to hear distinguished
Dessert and coffee served by
speakers or performing artists. Members also receive a quarterly Sons of Norway Nordmarka Lodge
magazine, The Norseman. For information on how to become a
member, contact either Margaret Hayford O'Leary, the Northfield Chapter Free will offering
Commissioner, or Torild Homstad, co-president of the Northfield chapter,
both at St. Olaf College.

The Sons of Norway is a large and active social and insurance fraternity Norwegian National Anthem
of men and women of Norwegian descent, or anyone else who wishes to
participate. It has lodges throughout the United States, Canada and JA, VI ELSKER DETTE LANDET Rikard Nordraak
Norway. The Sons of Norway magazine, The Viking, is a monthly glossy
magazine that reports on the many social, educational and insurance- Ja, vi elsker dette landet som det stiger frem,
related activities of the organization. It has excellent connections and Furet, værbitt over vannet, med de tusen hjem,
benefits for young and old alike who are interested in learning more Elsker, elsker det, og tenker på vår far og mor
about, and preserving, their heritage. Northfield's lodge, Nordmarka Og den saganatt som senker drømme på vår jord,
#585, meets the second Saturday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter's og den saganatt som senker, senker drømme på vår jord!
Lutheran Church. For information on how to become a member please
contact President Karl Hella. You can also find the Sons of Norway on
the internet at http://www.sofn.com.