page_title: Martin Luther College
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: Martin Luther College / Student life / Activities / Music
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photo of the Martin Luther College Christmas Concert in 2019. The photo features four choirs, a wind symphony, and a congregation in the Chapel of the Christ at the MLC campus in New Ulm, MN.
context_page_description: Martin Luther College is a private liberal arts college in New Ulm, Minnesota, operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Martin Luther College was established in 1995, when Northwestern College of Watertown, Wisconsin, combined with Dr. Martin Luther College of New Ulm on DMLC's campus.
  MLC offers several undergraduate and graduate degree programs, all of which train students for service in the Wisconsin Synod. Men who graduate from the college's pre-seminary program may enroll at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Men and women who graduate from its education programs may be assigned by the Wisconsin Synod as teachers and staff ministers to synod churches, schools, and missions. In 2019, MLC enrolled 731 undergraduate students and 129 graduate students.
  Situated on a bluff above the Minnesota River, MLC's 88-acre campus is a neighbor to Hermann Heights Monument and is home to the 38,000-square-foot Chapel of the Christ. The college's Gothic Revival-inspired Old Main building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for having state-level significance in the themes of architecture, education, and religion.
context_section_description: Student involvement with the college's music department is extensive. MLC sponsors four choirs, including the touring College Choir, the Wind Symphony, and two handbell choirs.
  Organ study at the college prepares students to serve as organists in Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod churches. Enrollment in organ lessons averages about 100 students per year. Students can perform in studio recitals, campus chapel services, concerts, and local congregations. 17 pipe organs are available on campus, including a 57-rank Schantz organ in the Chapel of the Christ and a 42-rank Casavant organ in the Wittenberg Collegiate Center.
caption: Martin Luther College hosts an annual Christmas concert in the Chapel of the Christ
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