Pride, Promise, and Progress Timothy Mahr

Pride, Promise and Progress was commissioned by St. Olaf College to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the City of Northfield, Minnesota, 1855-2005. The composition was premiered under the composer's baton on November 10, 2005 by the Northfield High School Concert Band, Mary Williams, conductor. The work leans forward with purposeful drive in its attempt to capture the strength of character found within the citizenship, past and present, of this city of "Cows, Colleges and Contentment."