Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Gustavus Choir Returns from West Coast for Home Concert Saturday

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    The Gustavus Choir, one of the nation’s foremost Lutheran college choirs, will present it annual Home Concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday evening, February 16, at Christ Chapel on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. Under the direction of Dr. Gregory J. Aune, the choir is returning from its nine-day concert tour through California, Arizona, and New…

  • Gustavus Wind Orchestra 135th Anniversary Home Concert Saturday

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    One of the nation’s foremost collegiate concert bands, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra, returns from a 10-day concert tour though the Midwest to celebrate its 135th season of music making with its annual Home Concert. Under the direction of Conductor Douglas Nimmo, the wind orchestra will present its Home Concert at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, February…

  • Kevin Gover to Give Sunday’s Lefler Lecture

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    Kevin Gover, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), will present this year’s Herbert and Mary Jane Lefler Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27 in Alumni Hall. The lecture, titled “The Dakota-U.S. War of 1862 and Contemporary Native Memory,” is presented by the College’s Hillstrom…

  • Swedish Warship VASA Model on Display at Gustavus

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    The 1:50 scale model of the Swedish warship Vasa, a scratch-built project that took Albert Lea artist and model ship builder Clayton Johnson over 7 years to complete, is on display in the Folke Bernadotte Library on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. The Vasa will remain on display through March. A reception for the artist…

  • Special Events Highlight Dakota Exhibit in Hillstrom

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    Three special events, a screening of the film Dakota 38, a special round-table discussion featuring guest artists, musicians and lecturers from the Dakota community, and a lecture by the Smithsonian Institution’s Kevin Gover, highlight the Hena Uŋkiksuyapi: In Commemoration of the Dakota Mass Execution of 1862 exhibition which is currently on view at the Hillstrom…

  • Hillstrom Museum of Art Opens Hena Uŋkiksuyapi December 17

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    Hena Uŋkiksuyapi: In Commemoration of the Dakota Mass Execution of 1862 will be on view at the Hillstrom Museum of Art from December 17, 2012 through February 8, 2013, with an opening reception Monday, December 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. Hena Uŋkiksuyapi, Dakota for “we remember those,” features artworks by Dakota and other Native…

  • Philharmonic to Present Works by Bach, Bartok & Handel Saturday

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    The Gustavus Department of Music presents the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Music Concert, directed by Justin Knoepfel. The concert will take place on Saturday, December 8 at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.

  • Michael Johnson Returns for Gustavus Concert

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    For forty-five years, Michael Johnson, singer, song-writer, storyteller, and guitarist, has delighted audiences at Gustavus Adolphus College. After a one-year absence, Michael once again returns to Björling Recital Hall on Friday, December 7, at 8:00 p.m. to re-new this 45-year tradition and to celebrate the release of his first cd in over 10 years, Moonlit…

  • Beth Hauer to Present Senior Euphonium Recital

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    The Gustavus Department of Music is pleased to present the Senior Euphonium Recital of Beth Hauer on Sunday, December 9 at 3:30 p.m. Beth will be accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt for the recital which will take place in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.

  • Winds of Christmas in Chapel

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    The Gustavus Department of Music invites the public to celebrate the twenty-second annual Winds of Christmas concert with the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Vasa Wind Orchestra. The concert, directed by Doug Nimmo and Karrin Meffert-Nelson, will take place on Tuesday, December 4 at 10:00 a.m. in Christ Chapel. Admission to the concert is free.