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Reuter Will Be Inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
On April 19, 2024, Friedrich “Fritz” Otto Reuter will be inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. He is the first (D)MLC college professor to receive this honor.
Reuter was 44 years old when he became a professor at DMLC in April 1908. He came to DMLC highly qualified in keyboard, choral conducting, music history, stringed instruments, music theory, composition, and pedagogy. He began singing classes, started mixed and male choirs, taught a 32-hour-per-week course load, and gave keyboard and violin lessons.
When he could, he composed his own music. His choral piece “Weihnachtsgeschichte,” or “The Christmas Story,” written for mixed choir, organ, and narrator, was performed almost every year at the DMLC Christmas Concert from the late 1920s to the late 1950s, several times between the 50s and 90s, and again at the final Christmas concert of Dr. Martin Luther College in December 1994.
Tickets to the induction banquet are $55 and may be bought at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame is open 10 AM-2 PM Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays.
Wind Symphony Concert April 20
The repertoire of the wind band has an eclectic history. Being the youngest of all the large performing ensembles, much of the wind band’s early repertoire was transcribed from existing music libraries—typically the orchestra. Many of the core original works of the wind band date back one hundred years or more. Contemporary compositions, on the other hand, are influenced by any number of genres, not the least of which is jazz. Please join the Martin Luther College Wind Symphony for “Something Old, Something New…” on Saturday, April 20, at 7:30 pm in the MLC Auditorium. Music on the program takes inspiration from this familiar saying, reflecting the varied influences that have shaped the development of the wind band.
It’s Time to Register for Summer Semester Courses
Summer registration is now open. We have 86 courses scheduled for you this summer. Fifty-three online courses in the areas of early childhood, educational technology, instruction, leadership, ministry certification, and special education. There are three synchronous online courses in Hebrew and ministry certification. We have also scheduled 30 face-to-face courses in eight states – California, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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