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Music camp founder Utgaard gets North Dakota's top honor

DUNSEITH, N.D. - International Music Camp founder Merton Utgaard will receive North Dakota's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award. . ....

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Renowned music educator posthumously awarded North Dakota's highest citizen honor

Originally from Maddock, Merton Utgaard established the International Music Camp at the International Peace Garden in 1956 as a way to bring music education to his home state during the summer. The camp started with about 100 students in its first year, but it grew rapidly as students from around the world flocked to the North Dakota-Manitoba border. ....

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Music camp founder Utgaard gets North Dakota's top honor

International Music Camp founder Merton Utgaard will receive North Dakota’s highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award. Gov. Doug Burgum made the announcement Friday. Utgaard died in 1998 at age 84. He is the 47th recipient of the award. The Maddock native founded the music camp in 1956 at the International Peace Garden that sits astride the North Dakota and Canadian border, north of Dunseith. He served as director for 28 years. At the time of his death, more than 90,000 students from more than 60 countries had attended the summer camp. ....

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