Year: 2014
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Gustavus Symphony to Present Nobel Concert Tuesday
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A decades-long tradition of including the arts as part of the renowned Nobel Conference continues as the Gustavus community celebrates 50 years of Nobel, October 7 & 8. The Nobel Conference Concert will be presented by the Gustavus Symphony with Ruth Lin, conductor and guest pianist Esther Wang at 8:00 p.m. on October 7 in…
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Guest Artist Opens Homecoming Weekend at Gustavus
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The Department of Music at Gustavus is pleased to bring guest saxophonist Kimberly Gedde to the Jussi Björling Recital Hall stage on Friday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. for a guest recital with pianist Sandra Joy Friesen. This performance, part of the department’s Colloquium Series, brings the two musicians to Gustavus for a day-long residency…
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Music Community to Inaugurate President Bergman
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By The Weekly Staff | September 28, 2014 | Dan Vruno The music department is putting on a show that shouldn’t be missed by anyone, currently compiling Alumni, previous and current faculty of Gustavus, and the current students at Gustavus to contribute. The Inaugural Concert set to celebrate the community and the Inauguration of President…
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Artist Series Brings Fringe Festival’s CIRCULATE to Gustavus
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One of 2014’s most popular Minnesota Fringe Festival performances, CIRCULATE, is coming to Gustavus as part of the Gustavus Artist Series on September 28. CIRCULATE, written and co-directed by Gusties Renee Guittar ’12, Sarah Jabar ’10 and Benjamin Kolis ’12, and listed as one of the top 10 highest attended shows of the 2014 Festival,…
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Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater to Perform at Gustavus
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The Minneapolis-based Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater will present “Echoes of Spain” at Gustavus Adolphus College at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 in Alumni Hall. The show is part of an eight-stop tour sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater was founded in 1982 by…
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Oshima-Ryan Presents Faculty Piano Recital Saturday
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Associate Professor of Music, Yumiko Oshima-Ryan, will present a faculty piano recital in Bjorling Recital Hall on Saturday, September 20. The performance will include two major works by Takashi Yoshimatsu and Franz Liszt. This recital will begin at 1:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. For this recital, Dr. Oshima-Ryan has selected…
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Guest Violist Spencer Martin Recital Friday
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Musicians Spencer Martin, viola and Du Huang, piano, will present a guest recital Friday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Bjorling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. The recital by Martin and Huang is sponsored by the Department of Music at Gustavus and will be open to the public. Tickets are not required.…
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Gustavus Artist Series Opens with Amada Sculptures in Schaefer Gallery
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The Gustavus Artist Series is pleased to open the 2014-15 season with an exhibition of works by Sculptor Mayumi Amada in Schaefer Gallery, September 15 – October 15. A reception for the artist will follow a public lecture on Friday, September 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall off of the Gallery in the…
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New Gustavus Cantor Winterfeldt Opens Season with Organ Recital
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Organist Chad Winterfeldt, a familiar face on the Gustavus campus, assumed his role as the newly-named Cantor of Christ Chapel with the opening convocation on Tuesday in Christ Chapel. To celebrate his new role on campus and to open the 2014-15 recital season, Winterfeldt will present a faculty recital on the Hillgreen-Lane Pipe Organ in…
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Gustavus Names Dave Stamps New Director of Jazz Ensembles
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The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the selection of jazz composer and director Dave Stamps to lead jazz studies at Gustavus following the retirement of Dr. Steve Wright, long-time director of the trumpet and jazz programs, at the end of last year. Stamps will direct the jazz studies program…