Comprised of 100 select women's voices from the first-year class, the Manitou Singers is one of the most popular music organizations on the St. Olaf College campus. With a repertoire that ranges from sacred to secular to popular ballads, the Manitou Singers have broad appeal both on and off campus. Sigrid Johnson, conductor, is an artist-in-residence on the music faculty at St. Olaf College, where she conducts the Manitou Singers and teaches voice class. She is also the associate conductor of VocalEssence, a Minneapolis choral ensemble that presents both rarely heard and newly commissioned works for chorus and orchestra. Johnson, who specializes in women's literature, maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician at workshops, choral festivals, and all-state music festivals around the world.