Carleton College is a co-educational residential liberal arts college of 1800 culturally diverse students. Since 1983 the College has been ranked nationally in the top ten small liberal arts colleges. The campus is located on 950 acres adjacent to "downtown" Northfield, and includes a 400-acre arboretum, two small lakes, and 50 buildings. The Music Department consists of nine full-time and twenty-four part-time faculty, and occupies two buildings: The Music Hall, built in 1914, and the Music and Drama Center, completed in 1972.
Northfield is a quaint town with a population of 14,000 located in the Cannon River Valley in Southeastern Minnesota, about 40 miles south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The town is officially (and affectionately) known as the "Home of Cows, Colleges and Contentment," as it is a center for dairy and other agriculture industries, and the home of both Carleton and St. Olaf colleges. A small-town atmosphere is most apparent in Northfield as one walks or drives down Division Street, the main street of the downtown area. The downtown area features some notable architecture, including the Northfield Historical Society Museum on Division Street, the site of the famous bank raid by the Jesse James Gang in 1876. Every year in September, the bank raid is re-enacted during the "Defeat of Jesse James Days" festival.
While Northfield is not a considered a culinary haven, there are a number of good restaurants in town within easy walking distance from the conference and hotel sites. The town features a variety of cuisines, all in a somewhat casual atmosphere: Chinese, Mexican, Greek, traditional American, as well as some good delis, ribs, and college student hangouts such as The Rueb-n-Stein (The "Rueb"), The Tavern, and The Ole (pronounced "Oh-lee") Store.
Conference Information
Conference registration will begin on Friday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. in the
lobby of the
Music and Drama Center on the Carleton College campus. The opening session
will
convene at 2:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall in the Music and Drama Center.
Sessions will
begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday in the Rehearsal Room in the lower level of
the Music and
Drama Center. At 1:30 p.m., Professor Peter Schickele, composer and
musicologist who
is credited for "discovering" the works of P.D.Q. Bach, will deliver the
keynote address: "The Path of Musical Progress, and Other Roads to Hell"
.
The Business Meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. At 6:00 p.m.,
a buffet dinner
will be served in the Great Hall of Sayles-Hill Student Center on the
Carleton campus. At
8:00 p.m., a concert by the Renaissance group, Calliope will be presented
featuring a new
work by Schickele entitled "Bestiary." Sunday's sessions will begin at
9:00 a.m. in the
Concert Hall. The conference concludes at 12:00 noon on Sunday, 18 May.
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/mtmw97_gen.html Revised: 6.May.1997