Archive for November, 2014

Gustavus to Live Stream Christmas in Christ Chapel for First Time

For the first time in the 42-year history of the event, Christmas in Christ Chapel, the annual holiday tradition at Gustavus Adolphus College, will be live streamed to the public on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 6. Heroic Productions, which annually provides audio, video, and lighting solutions for both Christmas in Christ Chapel and the […]

Gustavus Choir Invited to Sing at Nordic-American Breakfast

Director Gregory Aune and the Gustavus Choir have been invited to sing at the 30th Annual Nordic-American Thanksgiving Breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel (7800 Normandale Blvd.) in Bloomington, Minn. on Tuesday, November 25, beginning at 6:30 a.m. Tickets are available online at www.sonsofnorway.com or by calling 612-821-4640. Sponsored annually by the Sons of Norway, the Nordic-American […]

Percussion Ensemble Sunday at Gustavus

Under the direction of Paul Hill, the Gustavus Percussion Ensemble will present its fall concert in Björling Recital Hall on Sunday, November 23 at 7:00 p.m. The percussion ensemble’s concert is free and open to the public. The performance will open with Baile! Baile! by Gerald Heslip, the Teresa Leach arrangement of Dmitri Shotakovich’s Fantastic […]

Woodwind Chamber Ensembles on Stage Sunday

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the annual combined concert by the woodwind chamber ensembles on Sunday, November 23 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday’s concert will include 7 ensembles ranging from the flute choir to saxophone quartets and quintets to a chamber wind ensemble of 10 students. The performance is […]

Gustavus Jazz Bands & New Director Dave Stamps on Stage Sunday

The Adolphus Jazz Ensemble and the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, both under the direction of first-year jazz studies director Dave Stamps, will present their fall (maybe “Early Winter”) concert on the Björling Recital Hall stage on Sunday, November 23 at 1:30 p.m. Admission to this joint concert by the two jazz ensembles is free and […]

Philharmonic to Present Fall Concert Saturday

The Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Justin Knoepfel will present their fall concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, November 22 at 1:30 p.m. This concert is the final performance by the orchestra for this semester and is free and open to the public. For this concert, Justin Knoepfel has selected works by George […]

Busy Weekend as Theatre/Dance Hosts Theatre Gallery

The Department of Theatre/Dance’s big fall weekend is ahead as it hosts its annual Theatre Gallery in the Schaefer Fine Arts Center. As with each of the Theatre Galleries, this weekend includes a variety of performances and showcase opportunities for student creation, direction and performance. The Gallery includes a series of four shows in the […]

Shelby Roles Senior Piano Recital Sunday

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the senior piano recital of Lakeville South High School graduate Shelby Roles. Roles, a senior biology major and religion minor at Gustavus from Prior Lake, will present her senior recital on the Jussi Björling Recital Hall Stage on Sunday, November 16 at 7:30 […]

Annual Brassworks! Concert Sunday

The 2014 Brassworks! Concert at Gustavus Adolphus College will include two of the most often heard brass ensembles from the Department of Music: the Gustavus Brass Choir and the Christ Chapel Brass Quintet. The ensembles, lead by Conductors Heidi Johanna Miller and James Patrick Miller, will present this joint concert on Sunday, November 16 at […]

Wind Orchestras Fall Concert Saturday

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, with Conductor James Patrick Miller, and the Vasa Wind Orchestra, conducted by Karrin Meffert-Nelson, will present a joint concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus on Saturday, November 15 at 1:30 p.m. This concert will feature both ensembles in solo performance and is free and open to the […]