Fine Arts

Year: 2012

  • “Origin Story” Live Action Comic Book Comes to Anderson Theatre

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present Dan LeFranc’s Origin Story in Anderson Theatre this May. Directed by Professor Cory Hinkle, this “comic book for the stage” will be presented May 3, 4, and 5 at 8:00 p.m. and May 6 at 2:00 p.m.

  • Saturday Festivities Include Gustavus Senior Honors Recital

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    As part of the 2012 Student Honors Celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College, the Department of Music will present its Senior Honors Recital at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5. The recital in Jussi Björling Recital Hall is free and open to the pubic and will include the work of six student musicians on piano, trombone,…

  • G Sharp in Concert Friday

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    If music clubs, like club sports, existed, the six-member men’s a cappela ensemble G Sharp would be at the top of the list. An idea of a few members of the Gustavus Choir in 2011, G Sharp has become a fixture on campus. A popular fixture. On Friday, May 4, G Sharp brings its classic,…

  • Vasa & Philharmonic Share Concert Sunday

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    The Department of Music will feature the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vasa Wind Orchestra on Sunday, May 6, as part of the Honors Weekend festivities. The ensembles are conducted by Justin Knoepfel and Karrin Meffert-Nelson and will feature bassoonist Ann Pesavento. This performance, scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall, is…

  • Holmes Address Cancelled

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    Due to illness, this lecture has been cancelled.

  • 150 Students and Alumni to Perform Koplowitz’s Our Place, In Place

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    Under the direction of internationally known and veteran director and choreographer Stephan Koplowitz, more than 150 Gustavus Adolphus College students and alumni will perform Our Place, In Place, a series of four site and theme-specific performances created in honor of the College’s Sesquicentennial, Wednesday, May 2 and Saturday, May 5.

  • Khemiri is Out of Scandinavia Week Artist-in-Residence

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    The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Scandinavian Studies will welcome Swedish author and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri to campus the week of April 30 as the College’s Out of Scandinavia Artist-in-Residence. In addition to serving as a keynote speaker at this year’s MAYDAY! Peace Conference, Khemiri will visit classes in the departments of Scandinavian Studies…

  • Choir of Christ Chapel Sings Home Concert

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    The Choir of Christ Chapel and first-year Conductor Brandon Dean return to Christ Chapel following weekend concerts in the Metro area to present its home concert in Christ Chapel on May 5. Chaplain Rachel Larson and Christ Chapel Organist Chad Fothergill will assist the Choir for the Home Concert. While the concert features the Choir…

  • Theatre/Dance & Scandinavian Studies Present Reading of Khemiri’s Montecore: The Silence of the Tiger

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    In conjunction with the MAYDAY! Peace Conference, the Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Theatre & Dance and the Department of Scandinavian Studies will co-sponsor a reading of sections of Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s Montecore: The Silence of the Tiger on Tuesday, May 1, directed by Henry MacCarthy. The novel, originally written in Swedish, was translated into…

  • Regional Tour Set for Choir of Christ Chapel

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    The Choir of Christ Chapel and first-year Conductor Brandon Dean will be presenting concerts in Richfield, West St. Paul and Welch, Minnesota, April 27 – 29, on its annual spring concert tour before returning to present its home concert in Christ Chapel on May 5. Chaplain Rachel Larson and Christ Chapel Organist Chad Fothergill will…