Archive for February, 2014
Baumgartners’ National Dances Recital Sunday
The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to welcome back Pianists Helen and Paul Baumgartner to the stage where they taught piano and performed as members of the Gustavus faculty for so many years. This faculty emeriti recital will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Sunday, March 2 beginning at […]
Bach Society Blends Bach and Jazz at Gustavus
Although Baroque and Jazz music are from completely different historical eras, their musical similarities are notable. 2014 marks the third year that the Bach Society of Minnesota and the Jazz trio Framework have collaborated to musically explore and celebrate these similarities. On Friday, February 28, the two ensembles will bring their special collaboration to Bjorling Recital Hall […]
Photographer and Peace Activist John Noltner on Campus Feb. 24-25
What does peace mean to you? That is the central question photographer and storyteller John Noltner has been asking people for his social commentary project, A Peace of My Mind. Noltner will visit Gustavus on Feb. 24-25 to share his multimedia exhibit and speak in Christ Chapel about the project. Founded in 2009, A Peace […]
’60s Musical HAIR At Gustavus’ Anderson Theatre
The Theatre and Dance Department at Gustavus Adolphus College is proud to present Hair, the American tribal love-rock musical with book and lyrics by James Rando and Gerome Ragni with music by Galt MacDermot. Directed by Amy Seham, Hair will be performed in the Anderson Theatre Feburary 21, 22, 28 and March 1 at 8:00 p.m. […]
New Hillstrom Exhibition Features Works by Minna Citron & Peggy Bacon
The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents two concurrent, complementary exhibitions: Minna Citron: The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction, and Peggy Bacon, Keeping the Realist Course, on view February 17 through April 17, 2014. An opening reception is set for Monday, February 17, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and includes a Gallery Talk at 7:30 p.m. […]