History of the Music Department
Since the college’s founding in 1861, music has been a vibrant and integral part of the Luther College experience. What began as a course subject taught to young ministers as they studied theology is now a foundational pillar of the college, with almost half of the student body participating.
Students pioneered the way for the study of music at Luther. Idun Quartette, the college’s first choir, was formed in 1869, inspiring the creation of a student-led three-piece orchestra and the Concert Band shortly after. Students were key leaders in the formation of these ensembles, as they organized concerts, led rehearsals, and secured instruments. When music was added as an elective in 1892, the study of music at Luther expanded beyond learning Lutheran hymns to exploring music history, harmony, and more.
Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Pratt Community College President Dr. Michael Calvert presented highlights of PCC’s 2019/2020 Economic Impact and Community Engagement Report to Pratt City Commissioners meeting in regular session at 5 p.m. Monday, February 1, at Pratt City Hall, which was also broadcast via Zoom.
Highlights of the PCC economic impact report presented by Calvert included: $23.4 million average deposits in local financial institutions; $6,327,308 annual payroll for 293 employees, full and part-time; $2,450,027 annual PCC purchases of goods/services in Pratt; $988,000 student purchases of goods/services in Pratt; $404,437 visitor purchases of goods/services in Pratt.
Calver also noted that community service projects conducted by PCC students and staff had a value of $73,463, based on current minimum wage of $7.25 hour.
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LAKE PLACID Lake Placid Police Department officials are looking for the community’s input as they and a consulting firm draft police reform legislation for the village in time for a state-mandated spring deadline. People may submit questions, comments and suggestions to Olio Consulting Group, of Ballston Spa, by emailing olioconsultingny@gmail.com. Also, a limited-seating “listening session” was held Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, at the Lake Placid Conference Center. “There’s not a lot of speaking from our point of view,” Lake Placid Police Chief Bill Moore said Friday, Feb. 5. “It’s more that we’re listening.”
Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Pratt City Commissioner Gary Schmidt will continue to serve as mayor of Pratt for 2021 with commissioner Don Peters taking office as vice-mayor, their appointments unanimously approved at the January 11 regular meeting at City Hall. Newly-elected commissioners Jeannette Siemens and Kyle Farmer were installed at the same meeting after taking the Oath of Office administered by City Clerk LuAnn Kramer.
Pratt City Manager Bruce Pinkall commended outgoing commissioners Doug Meyer and Jason Leslie for their service, presenting Meyer with a ‘Key to the City’ and Leslie with a desk plaque.
Meyer was not eligible to seek reelection because of Pratt city’s two-term limit provision and Leslie had announced prior to the election that he had opted not to seek a second term.