Fine Arts Preview: February 28 – March 6

This week features the Jazz Jamboree (including an outreach jam session), a recital by guest artist Dashon Burton, and the continuation of the Hillstrom Museum exhibit: Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE.

Jazz Jamboree Festival
March 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Bjorling Recital Hall

The Jazz Jamboree Festival brings high school students across Minnesota to Gustavus Adolphus College. The event features faculty clinics, workshops for teachers, rehearsals, and a concert in Bjorling Recital Hall.

Dashon Burton: Voice Recital
March 5th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Bjorling Recital Hall

The Gustavus Department of music is proud to present Dashon Burton in his recital. A multiple award winning singer, Mr. Burton won his second Grammy Award in March 2021 for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album after having received his Master of Music degree from Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music.

Jamboree Outreach- Jam Session
March 5th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Enchanted Muse, Mankato

Gustavus Jazz will be putting on a once in a lifetime opportunity for local jazz musicians to perform alongside professional jazz musicians. The jam session will feature musicians such as Masa Ishikawa (Jazz Pianist), Dave Stamps (director of Gustavus Jazz and trombonist), Steve Wright (trumpeter), Robert Shoemaker, and Eric Zimmerman. This group of Gustavus Faculty and professional musicians is so excited to share their passion for jazz with the community.

Hillstrom Museum- Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE
Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hillstrom Museum of Art

Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE features 45 drawings by imprisoned Turkish journalist and artist Fevzi Yazici (b. 1972).  The artist served as the design director of Istanbul’s Zaman newspaper until 2016 when the Turkish government closed down the paper and Yazici and colleagues were imprisoned as part of that crackdown on freedom of the press following a coup attempt against the government party.  Yazici was originally sentenced to life in prison on terrorism charges but in 2019 the Turkish Supreme Court reduced his sentence to 11 years and 3 months. Exhibit closes on April 24, 2022.