{"id":56,"date":"2013-09-01T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T14:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2013-09-01T09:34:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T14:34:01","slug":"about-the-st-olaf-philharmonia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/about-the-st-olaf-philharmonia\/","title":{"rendered":"About the St. Olaf Philharmonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>Prior to 1975, the orchestra program at St. Olaf College consisted of just the St. Olaf College Orchestra. A second orchestra was started in 1975 to accommodate the college&#8217;s growing numbers of younger string players. Thus the St. Olaf Chamber Orchestra began as a 12-member string ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>The late Professor Emerita Beatrix Lien founded the group and led it during its first two years. Associate Professor Dr. Andrea Een served as conductor from 1977-1994. During this period the size of the string ensemble grew, and eventually winds and percussion were added to the ensemble. In 1996, when it became a full-sized symphony orchestra, the name was changed from The St. Olaf Chamber Orchestra to The St. Olaf Philharmonia. From 1994-2006 the 87-member Philharmonia was conducted by Dr. Jo Ann Polley. Dr. J. Robert Hanson conducted the 2006-2007 season followd by Steven Amundson conducting the 2007-2009 seasons. At present, The 90 member St. Olaf Philharmonia is conducted by Dr. Martin Hodel.<\/p>\n<p>The Philharmonia performs music from all periods, including repertoire for string orchestra, chamber orchestra and symphony orchestra. Rehearsing twice weekly, membership consists of first-year through senior students. Virtually every academic major offered on campus is pursued by one or more students in this musical organization. The concert season consists of a fall concert, a chapel service, and a spring concert, sometimes with a weekend tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to 1975, the orchestra program at St. Olaf College consisted of just the St. Olaf College Orchestra. A second orchestra was started in 1975 to accommodate the college&#8217;s growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philharmonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}