Fine Arts

Year: 2010

  • Tibbetts, Bouma, Hallilovic & Simpkins Student Recitals This Weekend

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    Al

    A quartet of student recitals featuring piano, voice and bass trombone are on the schedule for another busy weekend of senior recitals at Gustavus Adolphus College. Ashley Tibbetts, piano and mezzo soprano, Kirsten Bouma, mezzo soprano, and Azra Halilovic, piano and soprano fill Saturday’s calendar. Scott Simpkins, bass trombone, concludes the weekend with a recital…

  • Senior Exhibition Opens in Hillstrom Museum

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    Al

    The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents Atypical 9 to 5 Senior Exhibition 2010, on view from May 1 through May 30, 2010.

  • Gustavus Choir Conductor Philip Knautz, 1923–2010

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    Al

    Longtime Gustavus Adolphus College concert choir director and Professor Emeritus of Music Philip F. Knautz ’48—known to a generation of Gustavus student singers as “Mr. K”—died April 26 in Colby, Wis. He was 86.

  • If You Like Flutes and Woodwinds…..

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    Al

    Sunday, May 2, is a special day for the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College and for anyone who likes woodwinds, especially flutes. The department has four concerts scheduled throughout the day. All will be presented in Bjorling Recital Hall and all are free and open to the public.

  • Wind Orchestra Concert Saturday in Christ Chapel

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    Al

    As part of the College’s annual Honors Day celebration, Saturday, May 1, the Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras will present their final concert of the season in Christ Chapel. This spring winds concert begins at 7:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

  • Playing with the big boys – Gustavus jazz ensemble displays its chops

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    Al

    Nearly every year Associate Professor of Music Steve Wright takes his Gustavus Jazz Lab Band to the prestigious Eau Claire Jazz Festival hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, not only to perform for a knowledgeable and appreciate audience but also to compete against some of the stellar college and university jazz programs in the…

  • Gustavus Choir Home Concert Saturday

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    Al

    The Gustavus Choir, the premier choral ensemble at Gustavus Adolphus College as well as one of the nation’s premier Lutheran college choirs, returns this week from it annual concert tour to present its Home Concert in Christ Chapel, Saturday, May 1, at 3:00 p.m. This performance, conducted by Gregory Aune, is free and open to…

  • Saturday Features 2010 Senior Honors Recital

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    Al

    Five Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music seniors have been selected by audition to perform in the 2010 Seniors Honors Recital, Saturday, May 1 in Björling Recital Hall. The honors recital is a part of the annual Honors Day celebration and begins at 1:30 p.m. The recital is free and open to the public.

  • St. Ansgar’s & Chamber Singers Sing Friday

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    The St. Ansgar’s Mens Chorus and the Gustavus Chambers Singers, both under the direction of Rod Urtel, combine talents for a joint spring concert on Friday, April 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. This performance is free and open to the public.

  • Sweden’s Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola Choir to Sing at Gustavus

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    Al

    The Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola Choir of Jönköping, Sweden, will present a concert at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Christ Chapel on Monday, April 26, as part of its concert tour of the U.S. This performance is free of charge and begins at 4:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel.