2025 SPRING
Sustaining Ourselves, Our Work, and Our Communities
Welcome to the Spring 2025 issue of the Star of the North, where we continue...
St. Michael – Albertville High School Vocal Music
By Joe Osowski The St. Michael-Albertville High School Choral Program is all about bringing students...
Inside ACDA-MN
By Jamie Andrews ACDA-MN Election Results Welcome to these three new board members who will...
Scholarship Sketches
Student Conductor Workshop participants Front (L-R) Emma Sivestri (St. Olaf College), Sophie Kessel (College of...
Singing & Sustainability
Singing & Sustainability:An Ecological Perspective By Mark Petty In a 2000 wildland management plan–just as...
Sir James MacMillan
Sir James MacMillan Brings Sacred Music to Minnesota in Two-Week Festival. By Richard Carrick Minnesota...
ACE Award Central District
Central District ACE Award Winner St. Cloud State University Music Department By Kenney Niska Photo:...
ACE Award Northeast District
Northeast District ACE Award Winner Myrna Kay Peterson By Adam Giebner Photo: Myrna Kay Peterson...
ACE Award Southwest District
Southwest District ACE Award Winner Tammy Makram By Kerry Johnson Photo: Tammy Makram (recipient), Kerry...
How’d we get to “What’s the big IDEA?”
Amy Johnson How’d we get to “What’s the big IDEA?” And where do we go...