Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Wind Orchestras’ “End of Winter” Concert Saturday

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    The Gustavus Department of Music is pleased to present the Vasa Wind Orchestra and the Gustavus Wind Orchestra in concert on Saturday, March 23, at 1:30 p.m. in Bjorling Recital Hall. Conductors Karrin Meffert-Nelson and Douglas Nimmo will lead their respective orchestras in this annual spring concert. This performance is free and open to the…

  • South African Pianist Franklin Larey Presents Recital Sunday

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    The Gustavus Artist Series and the Department of Music are pleased to announce a recital by renowned South African pianist Franklin Larey, Sunday, March 17 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. With support from the Gustavus Artist Series and the Johnson Endowment for the Arts at Gustavus, admission to Mr. Larey’s recital…

  • Mason and Allen Present Joint Recital Saturday

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    The spring semester student recital schedule begins Saturday, March 16 at 1:30 p.m. with the joint recital of juniors Nick Mason, trumpet and Chris Allen, bass trombone. Nick Mason and Chris Allen will be accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt and joined by the other members of the Christ Chapel Brass for the final selection on…

  • Friends of Music Opens Doors for Student Musicians

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    “Music is one of those things I’d feel completely empty if I didn’t have,” says Sophie Haber Wertz ’15, violinist in the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra’s first violin section. You can’t accuse her of overstatement. Playing since childhood, she received a Gustavus music scholarship and her college music career thus far has included performing across South…

  • Hot Dish Trio in Concert Sunday

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    The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to welcome The Hot Dish Trio to the campus on Sunday, March 3, for a performance in Jussi Björling Recital Hall at 7:00 p.m. With assistant professor of music Karrin Meffert-Nelson, clarinet joined by violinist Leslie Shank and pianist Susan Billmeyer, this performance is free…

  • Pianist Seán Duggan at Gustavus Sunday

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    Benedictine monk and American pianist Seán Duggan, OSB, will be the guest of the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College on Sunday, March 3 and will present a recital of the music of J.S. Bach beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the College’s Jussi Björling Recital Hall. This performance is part of the Department’s Colloquium…

  • From Bach to Bop, Caviani Trio Tonight at Gustavus

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    The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present Laura Cavani and the Laura Caviani Trio in concert, Monday, February 25, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The Trio includes Laura Caviani, piano, Chris Bates, bass and Dave Schmalenberger on drums. The concert is a part of the Department’s…

  • The Life and Music of Theodora Cormontan Sunday at Gustavus

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    After nearly a century of silence, recently discovered compositions by Norwegian/American composer Theodora Cormontan have returned to the stage. Ninety years after Cormontan’s death, St. Peter and Gustavus musicians Bonnie Jorgensen, piano and Michael Jorgensen, baritone, will bring the music of this little-known composer to life on the Jussi Björling stage on Sunday, February 24,…

  • Anderson Theatre Presents Gogol’s Satire Government Inspector

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    The Gustavus Theater Department brings The Government Inspector to the stage in a comedic and highly entertaining adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s Ukrainian-Russian satiric play. Set in early 19th century Imperial Russia over the course of a day, this comedy of errors focuses on the extensive social and political corruption that undermines a small Russian town. Directed…

  • Leibundguth Faculty Flute Recital Sunday

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    The Gustavus Department of Music is pleased to present Barbara Leibundguth in a faculty flute recital on Sunday, February 17 at 3:30 p.m. Accompanied by pianist Sonja Thompson, Leibundguth will present her recital in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. The performance is free and open to the public.