Northfield High School Ready for Missota Music and Visual Arts Festival

Last week celebrated .

On Friday, and seven area high schools will do one better by spending the entire day taking in the artistic talents of their respective students with the 24th annual Missota Music and Visual Arts Festival.

NHS Principal Joel Leer said about 1,000 students will be at the high school for the all-day event. Northfield art students not participating in the event have the day off from school.

“It’s basically a full-day workshop—almost an artist retreat, if you will,” he said.

Art students will work with clinicians throughout the course of the day. The cafeteria will transform into an art exhibit for the public to come and sample the artistic talents from the Missota Conference. The keynote speaker for visual arts students is Michael Birawer, a Minneapolis painter known for his caricature landscapes.

On the music side, students also have a busy day. Leer said they’ll function as individual ensembles, work with clinicians, perform for other schools and prepare for a 7 p.m. concert.

The concert will have four groups. There will be a select band and choir, which will include a few students from each school, and a mass band and mass choir, which will involve the rest of the students.

IF YOU GO
WHAT: 24th annual Missota Music and Visual Arts Festival
WHERE: Northfield High School
WHEN: Visual arts keynote starts at 7:50 a.m.; band/choir rehearsals start at 8:15; gallery is open all day; concert at 7 p.m.
WHO: Open to the public

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