Northland Pines to host Great Northern All-Conference Music Festival

The Northland Pines High School Music Department will host the 16th annual Great Northern All-Conference Choir and Band Festival and Concert on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Northland Pines auditorium.

Advanced music students from the eight Great Northern Conference high schools will participate, including Antigo, Lakeland Union, Medford, Merrill, Mosinee, Northland Pines, Rhinelander and Tomahawk.

Students will be conducted by collegiate directors throughout the day. Dr. Erin Colwitz will conduct the choir, while Dr. Steven Riley will conduct the band. Both guest conductors are professors at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. Choir students will be accompanied by Norma Yaeger. The choir performance will also feature local violinist Cindy Nelson.

Students will rehearse high-level music for the evening concert. Nominated choir students from Northland Pines High School and SOAR High School are sopranos Kayleigh Rulec and Sierra Starling; altos Adalynn Kufahl and Bernadette Laudando; tenors Griffin Beyer, Christian Mani and Tyler Price; and basses Ben Jastrow and Nathan Miller.

Nominated band students are Juan Moorhead (trumpet), Edison Flores (trombone), Kelsey Huber (trombone), Ethan Miller (trombone), Joseph Laudando (euphonium), Natalie Schoolman (flute), Jarrett Grassl (clarinet), Hunter Sergent (tenor saxophone), Hudson Warner (tenor saxophone) and Kayden Trollan (baritone saxophone).

The GNC All-Conference ensembles will perform a concert at 5 p.m. in the Northland Pines Middle and High School auditorium, 1800 Pleasure Island Road, Eagle River. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help offset the cost of the festival.

The event rotates among the eight GNC high schools each year. Northland Pines last hosted in 2018.