Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Gustavus Wind Orchestra & New Conductor Present Winter Tour

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    The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, the nation’s oldest collegiate music ensemble west of the Mississippi, will begin its 137th season with its 2015 Winter Concert Tour in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In addition to celebrating its 137th season of making music, the ensemble will introduce new artistic director and conductor James Patrick Miller to the greater Gustavus…

  • Hillstrom Museum Exhibition Enters Final Week of Patrick Blaine Works

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    The Hillstrom Museum of Art eshibition, Fluid Chromatics: Epoxy Paintings by Patrick Blaine, enters its final week in the Hillstrom and will on display through January 30, 2015, with FOCUS IN/ON: Everett Shinn’s Magician with Shears. Fluid Chromatics: Epoxy Paintings by Patrick Blaine features fifty paintings by St. Paul, Minnesota artist Patrick Blaine, created in…

  • Gustavus Choir Embarks on 2015 International Tour to Britain & France

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    With a touring tradition that dates back to its founding in 1933, the Gustavus Choir has built a legacy of integrating fine choral singing, music education and music appreciation into its programs and concert appearances on, and off, the campus. With this continuing history of excellence, built on its experience of international concert touring that…

  • Minneapolis Gallery Featuring Works by Betsy Byers

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    The Kolman & Pryor Gallery (Studio 395, Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis) is pleased to host, Indeterminate Present, a new exhibit of abstract paintings and works on paper by gallery artist, Betsy Ruth Byers, January 10 through February 21, 2015, with a free public reception on Saturday, January 17, from 7:00 –…

  • Annual Michael Johnson Concert at Gustavus Friday

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    For more than forty-five years, Michael Johnson, singer, song-writer, storyteller, and guitarist, has delighted audiences at Gustavus Adolphus College. The College is delighted to have him back again this year as Michael continues the tradition of performing in Björling Recital Hall on Friday, December 12, at 8:00 p.m. with favorites from his 50-year career and…

  • Gustavus Choir Invited to Sing at Nordic-American Breakfast

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    Director Gregory Aune and the Gustavus Choir have been invited to sing at the 30th Annual Nordic-American Thanksgiving Breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel (7800 Normandale Blvd.) in Bloomington, Minn. on Tuesday, November 25, beginning at 6:30 a.m. Tickets are available online at www.sonsofnorway.com or by calling 612-821-4640. Sponsored annually by the Sons of Norway, the Nordic-American…

  • Percussion Ensemble Sunday at Gustavus

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    Under the direction of Paul Hill, the Gustavus Percussion Ensemble will present its fall concert in Björling Recital Hall on Sunday, November 23 at 7:00 p.m. The percussion ensemble’s concert is free and open to the public. The performance will open with Baile! Baile! by Gerald Heslip, the Teresa Leach arrangement of Dmitri Shotakovich’s Fantastic…

  • Woodwind Chamber Ensembles on Stage Sunday

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    The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the annual combined concert by the woodwind chamber ensembles on Sunday, November 23 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday’s concert will include 7 ensembles ranging from the flute choir to saxophone quartets and quintets to a chamber wind ensemble of 10 students. The performance is…

  • Gustavus Jazz Bands & New Director Dave Stamps on Stage Sunday

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    The Adolphus Jazz Ensemble and the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, both under the direction of first-year jazz studies director Dave Stamps, will present their fall (maybe “Early Winter”) concert on the Björling Recital Hall stage on Sunday, November 23 at 1:30 p.m. Admission to this joint concert by the two jazz ensembles is free and…

  • Philharmonic to Present Fall Concert Saturday

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    The Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Justin Knoepfel will present their fall concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, November 22 at 1:30 p.m. This concert is the final performance by the orchestra for this semester and is free and open to the public. For this concert, Justin Knoepfel has selected works by George…