Year: 2011

Well-known St. Peter pianist, teacher and accompanist, Beth Winterfeldt, will present a faculty piano recital in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. For this performance, Ms. Winterfeldt has invited Mankato-area pianist David Viscoli and Gustavus violist Justin Knoepfel to assist. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and…

Cantus, named the “premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States” by Fanfare Magazine, will include a performance and residency at Gustavus Adolphus College February 27 at 7:00 p.m. as part of a tour of Greater Minnesota funded through Classical MPR’s Artists-In-Residence program. The tour includes concerts in Ely, St. Peter, Grand Rapids and Crookston,…

Updated: Noon Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011: Due to the inclement weather, this event has been canceled for today, Sunday, Feb. 20. It will be rescheduled for another time to be announced later. The Department of Music will NOT present a faculty flute recital, Dedicated to French School, by Adjunct Professor of Music Barbara Leibundguth, Sunday,…

The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music welcomes guest vocalist Kurt R. Hansen and guest pianist Karina Kontorovitch to join with Assistant Professor of Music and pianist Ruth Lin on Saturday, February 19 and present the music of Franz Schubert in a Schubertiade in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The evening performance will begin at 7:30…

Justin Knoepfel, instructor of violin and viola and conductor of the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra, will present a violin/viola faculty recital Saturday, February 19, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. For this performance, Justin will be accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt. The performance is free and open to the…

The United States Air Force Brass in Blue on concert tour in the Midwest will present a free concert on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus Sunday, February 13, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. This concert is free and open to the public but tickets are required. Advance tickets are available at the…

Following their successful winter concert tours, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Gustavus Choir return to the campus to present their annual Home Concerts on Saturday, February 12. The Wind Orchestra and Conductor Douglas Nimmo open the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. followed by the Gustavus Choir and Conductor Gregory Aune at 7:30 p.m. Both Home Concerts…

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Douglas Nimmo, departs on an 8-day Midwest concert tour which includes concerts in Brainerd and Duluth, Minnesota, before traveling to Wisconsin for performances in Wausau, Appleton, Hartford and Middleton. The wind orchestra’s final performance is scheduled in Owatonna, Minnesota, on February 5. The entire schedule can be…

The Gustavus Choir, the premier choral ensemble at Gustavus Adolphus College as well as one of the nation’s premier Lutheran college choirs, is traveling on a 14-day tour of Italy that will include performances in five different cities. Now in its 79th year, the Gustavus Choir is one of six choirs in an active and…