Fine Arts

Year: 2013

  • 43rd Season of Gustavus Artist Series Announced

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    Al

    When Baritone Robert Merrill’s performed at the dedication of the new Gustavus recital hall in 1971, the hall named after his friend and colleague Tenor Jussi Björling, a tradition of bringing world-class artists and performers to the Gustavus Adolphus College campus took root. Since Merrill’s performance in the fall of 1971, nearly 200 actors, dance…

  • Parker Quartet, Esther Wang & Justin Knoepfel Featured at Bridge Chamber Music Festival

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    Al

    For thirteen year, artistic director and founder David Carter has brought the Bridge Chamber Music Festival to Northfield and with it a series of concerts which include internationally acclaimed artists and some of the region’s finest talent. This summer, season 14, which opens August 20 with the Parker String Quartet, will not disappoint. Gustavus pianist…

  • Fringe Festival Names Clocked One of Sixteen Audience Picks

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    Al

    Each year at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, productions with the highest attendance at each venue are selected as “Audience Picks” and an additional performance is added to its schedule. CLOCKED, one of this year’s Fringe Festival events produced by Ben Kolis (Theatre Honors ’12), Renee Guittar (Dance Honors ’12) and Sarah Jabar (Dance ’10), earned…

  • Shane Jensen ’10 Returns to Minnesota for Newest Film The Way The Crow Flies

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    Al

    For some graduates, a move off of the campus following graduation includes a move back home for a time of soul-searching, reflection and discovery, a time to consider a path for the next step in their journey. While this move may not fit into their original master plan, it does provide some time to determine…

  • St. Croix Theatre Festival Features Kim Braun ’11 & Ethan Bjelland ’12

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    Al

    The annual St. Croix Theatre Festival in St. Croix Falls, Wisc., has opened for another season and, again this year, includes some familiar names from the Gustavus Department of Theatre & Dance and the Department of Music. The festival, based in a 1917 vaudeville playhouse overlooking the St. Croix River, has a full schedule planned…

  • Gusties to Light Up the Stage at Fringe Festival in August

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    Matt Thomas ’00

    A number of current and former Gustavus students will be performing, directing, and producing at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival, which will take place August 1-11 at various locations in Minneapolis. Circe: A Musical Odyssey is written and directed by alumna Maggie Sotos ’09, who returns to the Fringe Festival after her debut show, Troy!…

  • Works by Betsy Byers & Cameron Jarvis ’15 in DEPARTURES Exhibition at St. Peter Art Center

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    Al

    DEPARTURES: New Works by Cameron A. Jarvis and Betsy Ruth Byers, will open at the Art Center of St. Peter on August 2. The exhibition of paintings by the two Gustavus artists will be on display at the Art Center through September 8. A reception and artist talk is scheduled at the art center from…

  • Marching to Their Own Rhythm

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    Al

    The Hastings High School Marching Band really can’t get a break — at least in terms of an off-season in the summer. The band, directed by Emily Chandler and Thomas Wentzler, moves each year from the spring season of marching in parades to the fall season and preparation for competitions and marching at football games.…

  • 5-6-7-8, The Gustavus Show Choir Camp 2013 Is Off, and Dancing

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    Al

    The sound of music on the Gustavus campus is a common occurrence from Christ Chapel to Björling Recital Hall. It has been central to the College’s history since the doors opened at St. Ansgar’s Academy. From early music to Bach to the Beatles, sacred to secular, from the music department’s first concert tour in 1887,…

  • Guthrie Theater & Gustavus Theatre Partner in Summer Theatre Audition Camp

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    Al

    High school actors from around the state have gathered on the Gustavus campus for a one-week, intensive theatre audition boot camp sponsored jointly by the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis and the Gustavus Department of Theatre & Dance. This unique and intensive summer theater project is the result of a partnership between the Guthrie and Gustavus…