Author: Al

The pending winter storm has delayed the departure of the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band on its spring concert tour, February 24 – 27. The band’s first concert at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church on Friday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. has been cancelled. The band’s director and manager will be in contact with weather authorities and…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present a Faculty Flute Recital by Professor Barbara Leibundguth on Monday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. Ms. Leibundguth will be accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt and contrabassoonist Norbert Nielubowski. Admission to the performance is…

Concert organist James Hicks will present a recital of organ music from Scandinavia on Saturday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. Tickets are not required for this recital. Mr. Hicks has recently embarked upon a project titled Nordic Journey, through which he seeks to perform, commission,…

The Department of Music at Gustavus is pleased to present a faculty recital on Sunday, February 12 at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Hall. This recital will feature members of the Department of Music faculty Karrin Meffert-Nelson, clarinet; Szu Ling Wi, piano; and guest artists Rebecca Arons, cello and Susan Billmeyer, piano. This performance is open…

The Gustavus Choir, one of the nation’s finest Lutheran college choirs, will present its 2017 Home Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 11 in Christ Chapel. Under the direction of Dr. Gregory J. Aune, the choir recently completed a 10-day concert tour with performances in Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Minnesota. The Choir’s Home…

One of the nation’s foremost collegiate concert bands, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., now in its third year under the direction of conductor and artistic director, James Patrick Miller, will present its 2017 Home Concert at Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.…

KSMQ, public television for southern Minnesota and northern Iowa, will be airing a feature about Norwegian composer and pianist Theodora Cormontan as part of the station’s locally produced program “Off 90” series on arts and history of the region. The feature follows the research on Cormontan’s life and work by Gustavus music voice Professor Michael…

After preparing the case for a month, the team of accounting students received the highest scores from Deloitte partners at the final presentations. Original story posted on November 22, 2016, by Sophie Leininger Gustavus Symphony Orchestra bassist Emily Roose was a member of the team of four Gustavus Adolphus College accounting students who won a…