Phil Peterson

Phil Peterson moved to Northfield in 2008 after retiring from the Insurance industry. Phil immediately immersed himself in community activity. He completed training to be a Northfield Historical Society tour guide, a member of the “posse” with expertise talking about the James Gang Bank Robbery. Phil’s love for music and tenor voice has him singing in the Bethel Lutheran Church Choir, I Cantanti (community choir) and volunteering as a hospice musician playing guitar and singing for hospice patients. Phil also plays the euphonium in the Fifty North Band and the Northfield Community Band. Thanks Phil, for what you give to Northfield and for being a board member of the Vintage Band Festival!

Paul Beck

If you were a brass-playing middle schooler in Northfield Schools from 1989-2013 you most likely had private lessons from teacher and trombonist, Paul Beck. “Mr. Beck” had a stellar career as a public-school teacher in Northfield and continues to participate as a trombonist is local bands and ensembles, did a stint as conductor of the Northfield Community Band, and sings in the St. John’s Lutheran Church Choir. As a graduate of St Olaf College, his connection to Northfield goes back many years (his mom was an Ole too). Paul taught instrumental music in two other rural Minnesota towns before landing in Northfield. Thank you for your volunteer service to the Vintage Band Festival!