The big news this year is its Honors Choirs 25th anniversary, and you’ve been inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. How do you feel about these milestones?

Rick Kvam: I’m grateful to have worked with so many kind and generous people. It takes a huge collective effort to make a non-profit arts organization like this one work -- board members, volunteers, donors and patrons, administrative staff, a team of conductors and of course the amazing kids.

Set against the colorful backdrop of an American heartland tradition, STATE FAIR travels with the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of the farm for three days of adventure at the annual Iowa State Fair.