The Northwest International Festival of Music has once again arrived at Minot State. This will be the 22nd year that students from eighth to 12th grades have played in ensembles on campus.
Students come from all across North Dakota, as well as from nearby states and Canadian provinces.
International students also attend. Minot State Choir Director Kenneth Bowles is directing one of the three ensembles playing this weekend. The students will perform in three ensembles, an all-women's chorus, a mixed chorus and a concert band. Choruses are made with identical numbers of bases, tenors, altos and sopranos. Bowles says that they invite a guest director for one of the ensembles each year.