The Wisconsin Arts Board and the Platteville Community Fund awarded grant funds to support the Platteville Choral Program 6–12 Commission and Composer Residency Project. Young Wisconsin Composer Heidi Joosten will write a piece for sixth- through 12th-grade choir students based on the local mystery known as the Nodolf Incident. Joosten will be the Composer-In-Residence for two days in September and give school presentations the day of the premiere, Monday, Oct. 26.
Coming to Platteville this fall