Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Busy Weekend as Theatre/Dance Hosts Theatre Gallery

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    The Department of Theatre/Dance’s big fall weekend is ahead as it hosts its annual Theatre Gallery in the Schaefer Fine Arts Center. As with each of the Theatre Galleries, this weekend includes a variety of performances and showcase opportunities for student creation, direction and performance. The Gallery includes a series of four shows in the…

  • Shelby Roles Senior Piano Recital Sunday

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    The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the senior piano recital of Lakeville South High School graduate Shelby Roles. Roles, a senior biology major and religion minor at Gustavus from Prior Lake, will present her senior recital on the Jussi Björling Recital Hall Stage on Sunday, November 16 at 7:30…

  • Annual Brassworks! Concert Sunday

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    The 2014 Brassworks! Concert at Gustavus Adolphus College will include two of the most often heard brass ensembles from the Department of Music: the Gustavus Brass Choir and the Christ Chapel Brass Quintet. The ensembles, lead by Conductors Heidi Johanna Miller and James Patrick Miller, will present this joint concert on Sunday, November 16 at…

  • Wind Orchestras Fall Concert Saturday

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    The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, with Conductor James Patrick Miller, and the Vasa Wind Orchestra, conducted by Karrin Meffert-Nelson, will present a joint concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus on Saturday, November 15 at 1:30 p.m. This concert will feature both ensembles in solo performance and is free and open to the…

  • Symphony Fall Concert Includes Flutist Leibundguth

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    The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra is pleased to welcome Gustavus flutist Barbara Leibundguth to the stage on Sunday, November 9, for its Fall Concert in Björling Recital Hall. The concert, conducted by Ruth Lin, will begin at 1:30 p.m. and admission is free. The Symphony’s program for Sunday’s concert will open with Otar Gordeli’s Concerto for…

  • Dana Landry Trio in Concert Friday

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    With the assistance of the Gustavus Artist Series and the Johnson Endowment for the Arts, the Department of Music at Gustavus is pleased to bring the Dana Landry Jazz Trio to the Gustavus campus for a residency and concert November 6-8. The residency activities will take place throughout the day on Friday, November 7 with…

  • Gustavus Honor Band Expands for 2014 Festival

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    The Annual Gustavus Honor Band Festival and Concert will celebrate its 26th year on November 2 and 3 with the arrival of over 230 high school musicians from 58 high schools in Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and South Dakota. With the increased attendance, the High School Honor Band will split to create two concert bands with…

  • Hillstrom Museum Opens Season with Pull Left–Not Always Right

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    The Hillstrom Museum of Art will open its 2014-15 season of exhibitions with Pull Left—Not Always Right: Emerging Contemporary Artists in China, on view September 22 through November 9, 2014, with an opening reception Monday, September 22, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., and a reception during the Nobel Conference Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 6:00 to…

  • Gustavus’ Anderson Theatre Opens Season with Angels in America

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn., opens its 2014/2015 season with Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One: Millennium Approaches, October 30 – November 2, 2014, at the Anderson Theatre. One of the most important plays of the last 100 years, Angels in America explores such themes…

  • Family Weekend of Music and Art at Gustavus

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    Gustavus Adolphus College’s annual Family Weekend is timed perfectly this fall with a wide schedule of music events and art exhibitions complementing the spectacular fall colors across campus. Family Weekend events are scheduled on campus beginning Friday, October 10 and running through Sunday, October 12. The Hillstrom Museum of Art will be open for viewing…