Year: 2020

  • Senior Spotlight: Amber Lange

    Senior Spotlight: Amber Lange

    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Amber Lange is a dance and management major with an arts administration minor from Somerset, Wis. Following graduation Amber will be working as a dance instructor at Just for Kix-White Bear and Hudson Dance Academy.  Visiting Assistant Professor of…

  • Senior Spotlight: Hannah Mahr

    Senior Spotlight: Hannah Mahr

    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Hannah Mahr is a theatre honors major and dance, comparative literature, and English minor from Northfield, Minn. Following graduation Hannah plans to intern with a professional theatre company, take auditions, and devise original work. Associate Professor of Theatre Henry…

  • Senior Spotlight: Austyn Menk

    Senior Spotlight: Austyn Menk

    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Austyn Menk is a music (honors composition) major from Le Center, Minn. This fall he will be attending Northern Illinois University for a master’s degree in jazz studies. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ Chad Winterfeldt says that Austyn’s versatility as…

  • Senior Spotlight: Audrey Powell

    Senior Spotlight: Audrey Powell

    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Audrey Powell is a senior music education major from Rosemount, Minn.  She will be student teaching in the fall before pursuing a career as an elementary school band director. Adjunct Instructor of Horn Melissa Morey says Audrey’s ability to…

  • Gustavus Wind Orchestra releases new album, “Awakening”

    Gustavus Wind Orchestra releases new album, “Awakening”

    The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music proudly announces the release of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra’s newest album, “Awakening.”

  • Gustavus Extends Online Learning Through Spring Semester

    Gustavus Extends Online Learning Through Spring Semester

    SAINT PETER, Minn. (March 17, 2020) — Gustavus Adolphus College will continue its suspension of in-person classes through the remainder of the academic year due to COVID-19, President Rebecca M. Bergman announced today. The College is currently preparing for a transition to online course delivery, which will commence on Monday, March 30 and continue for…

  • Gustavus Dance Students Choreograph Alongside the Pros

    Gustavus Dance Students Choreograph Alongside the Pros

    This event has been cancelled. In this year’s spring dance concert, Partnering with Gravity: The Gustavus Dance Company in Concert, the work of senior choreographers Amber Lange ’20 and Jack Fischer ’20 will be showcased alongside their professors and professional choreographers. The performance opens March 19 and runs through March 22 in the Rob and…

  • Gustavus professors and alumni open exhibit at Rosalux Gallery

    Gustavus professors and alumni open exhibit at Rosalux Gallery

    Gustavus professors Priscilla Briggs and Betsy Ruth Byers will be featured in a joint exhibit at the Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis opening this weekend. Their work was created in collaboration with recent graduates Jenna Brouse ’08 and Emily Dzieweczynski ’19. In Reading Between the Lines, Briggs and Brouse mine the media for materials to address…

  • Gustavus Hosts Jazz Jamboree and Honor Choir

    Gustavus Hosts Jazz Jamboree and Honor Choir

    The Björling Music Festival offers opportunities throughout the year for high school musicians to experience music at the collegiate level at Gustavus Adolphus College. This weekend Gustavus hosts two of the festival’s keystone events, the third annual Jazz Jamboree (March 6) and the second annual Gustavus Honor Choir (March 8-9). Other festival events throughout the…

  • Gustavus Celebrates Opening of Rob and Judy Gardner Laboratory Theatre

    Gustavus Celebrates Opening of Rob and Judy Gardner Laboratory Theatre

    It was a who’s who of notable Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Theatre and Dance alumni Saturday evening as nearly 150 supporters and friends gathered to celebrate the dedication of the Rob and Judy Gardner Laboratory Theatre.