Month: October 2021

  • Arts Administration at Gustavus

    On Oct. 19, 2021, the Fine Arts Department called all potential and current Arts Administration minors to meet and network. The event was hosted by professors and program directors Colleen Stockmann and Dave Stamps and Fine Arts Department Director Miguel Sousa. The Jazz club also gave a special performance while all the attendees mingled and…

  • Fine Arts Week Preview: October 27-31

    Fine Arts Week Preview: October 27-31

    As Gustavus students come back from Fall Break, the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra returns from their Fall Break Tour in a home concert at Christ Chapel. Plus, don’t miss Gustavus Violin faculty Natalia Moiseeva in her recital, or the last few weeks of the Hillstrom Museum of Art’s Art for All, closing November 7. Gustavus Symphony…

  • VocalEssence Christmas Concert Featuring Gustavus Alumni Wins Upper Midwest Emmy

    VocalEssence Christmas Concert Featuring Gustavus Alumni Wins Upper Midwest Emmy

    At the 22nd annual Upper Midwest Regional Emmys, Minneapolis-based VocalEssence’s Christmas concert, Welcome Christmas, received the Emmy for Entertainment, Long Form Content. Five Gustavus alumni performed in the concert, and VocalEssence Artistic Director/Founder Philip Brunelle was awarded an honorary Gustavus doctorate in music in 1993. This Emmy is the first in VocalEssence’s 53 years as…

  • The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra Embarks on Minnesota Tour

    The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Ruth Lin, launches its 2021 Minnesota tour on October 23. The ensemble will perform in schools and churches throughout the state. “The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra is looking forward to our first fall break break”, says Dr. Lin. The symphony orchestra will be performing works of Verdi and Dvorak…

  • Upcoming Dance Installation at JFK Center Features Work by Gustavus Alumni

    Upcoming Dance Installation at JFK Center Features Work by Gustavus Alumni

    Britta Joy Peterson ’08 is directing and choreographing already there, an immersive dance installation at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, supported by the Local Dance Commissioning Project. Featuring scenic design by alumna Sara Brown ’01, this piece allows the audience to explore a series of rooms featuring sensory performances using music,…

  • 2021 Homecoming Alumni Choir Service of Remembrance Performance

    The Great Gustie Gathering of 2021 was a day full of joy, nostalgia, cheer, and reminiscence. With former, current, and potential students gathering to celebrate the Gustavus community, it was the homecoming everyone so desperately needed. To begin the commemorative day, Christ Chapel held a service to remember former Gustavus students and employees that passed…

  • Fine Arts Week Preview

    This week includes colloquium performances by piano faculty Yumiko Oshimaa-Ryan, organ faculty Chad Winterfeldt, and on-going art exhibition at the Hillstrom Museum of Art and the Schaefer Art Gallery. Colloquium Concert: Music from Japan 6:00 p.m . Wednesday, October 13 Streamed Virtually Professor Yumiko Oshima-Ryan presents a lecture-recital on pieces from “Our Planet Earth”  by…

  • Fine Arts Preview: Family Weekend

    Fine Arts Preview: Family Weekend

    Gustavus Fine Arts welcomes families to the hill for Family Weekend 2021! Families will have the chance to hear most of Gustavus Adolphus College’s large music ensembles in three concerts throughout Sunday. Plus, don’t miss the art exhibits currently showing in the Hillstrom Museum of Art or the Schaefer Art Gallery. Family Weekend Showcase: Strings…

  • Fine Arts Preview: Nobel Conference 57

    The theme of big data and its implications will be explored during the conference in an art exhibition, a concert, and a dance piece. Our music ensembles will play musical intermissions during the conference. Music Prelude Tuesday, October 5 @ 9.a.m Performed by the Gustavus Wind Orchestra Music Prelude Tuesday, October 5 @ 12:20 p.m.…