Fine Arts

Month: November 2010

  • Lecture by Acclaimed Green Architect Sarah Nettleton Tuesday

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    With funding from the Department of Art/Art History and the Johnson Endowment for the Arts, acclaimed “green” architect Sarah Nettleton will present a lecture in Wallenberg Auditorium, Tuesday, November 16 at 4:30 p.m. on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. As part of this day-long residency, one of Nettleton’s creations, The Spear House on the Ottawa…

  • Rob Gardner Returns In A Walk In The Woods

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    Long-time Anderson Theatre director Rob Gardner returns to Gustavus in an Iowa Theatre Artists Company production of A Walk In The Woods on Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. This one-night-only performance includes Gardner as Soviet negotiator Andrev Botvinnik alongside movie and television actor Patrick Thomas O’Brien as the American…

  • Fall Percussion Concert Sunday at Gustavus

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    Under the direction of Professor Robert Adney, the Percussion Ensemble from the Department of Music at Gustavus will present its fall concert on Sunday, November 14. This performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. Sunday’s performance opens with Jaime Texidor’s Amparito Roco and the Argentiean…

  • Gustavus Symphony in Concert Sunday

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    The Gustavus Department of Music is pleased to present the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and its new Conductor Ruth Lin in a concert of All-American music on Sunday, November 14 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. This concert of works by American composers George Whitefield Chadwick, Aaron Copland and Alan Hovhaness is free and open…

  • Nicole Wamma Junior Piano and Bass Recital Saturday

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    Mankato native Nicole Wamma will present her junior recital Saturday, November 13 at 3:30 p.m. on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. This recital includes performance on two instruments, piano and double bass, and will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. She is accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt. The recital is…

  • Alumnus Starring in Guthrie Production of The 39 Steps

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    Robert O. Berdahl, a 1990 alumnus of Gustavus Adolphus College is currently starring in the Guthrie Theatre production of The 39 Steps. Combining a spy thriller with farcical comedy and ingenious theatrical invention, The 39 Steps is an engaging, fast-paced whodunit that celebrates the magic of theater. Closely following the storyline of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935…

  • Home Free in Concert at Gustavus Saturday

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    The award-winning a cappella sensation, Home Free, comes to Gustavus’ Jussi Björling Recital Hall for an Artist Series performance Saturday, November 6. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Conceived in Mankato, the ensemble features Mankato natives and Gustavus alumni, Chris and Adam Rupp along with Mankatoan Matt Atwood. Tickets…

  • XXI Gustavus Honor Band Festival Concert Monday

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    Under the direction of Douglas Nimmo, the twenty-first Gustavus Honor Band Festival will be hosted on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus, November 7 & 8. The two-day concert band festival includes rehearsals, clinics, master classes and demonstrations with Gustavus faculty. The festival concludes with the 2010 Gustavus Honor Band and the Gustavus Wind Orchestra performing…