Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Mark Thomsen Releases Christmas CD

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    Tenor Mark Thomsen, the 1978 Gustavus graduate who has enjoyed considerable success in the world of classical opera both in the United States and abroad, has released his first Christmas recording, Christmas Cheer! The recording is a collection of familiar Christmas carols as well as Pietro A. Yon’s Gesu Bambino and Albert Hay Malotte’s The…

  • Composition, Brass and Choral Weekend Ahead

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    As the fall semester comes to a close, the Department of Music presents one final weekend of performances in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The weekend includes a student composition and conducting recital (Sean Prichard, Saturday, November 11 at 1:30 p.m.), the annual Brassworks! (Sunday, December 12 at 1:30 p.m.) and the fall concert by the…

  • Michael Johnson’s 40-Year Tradition Continues at Gustavus

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    For more than forty years, Michael Johnson, singer, song-writer, storyteller, and guitarist, has delighted audiences at Gustavus Adolphus College. Michael returns to Björling Recital Hall, Friday, December 10, at 8:00 p.m. This performance on the Gustavus campus is the only performance the national recording artist will present in southern Minnesota this Christmas season.

  • Shakespeare Performance Showcase at Gustavus

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    Building on the success of last season’s Physical Theatre Project, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus will present a Shakespeare Performance Showcase, directed by Amy Seham, in Anderson Theatre, December 9-11 at 8:00 p.m. and December 12 at 2:00 p.m. The Showcase uses Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a loose framework,…

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel Weather Update

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    Al

    While parts of Southern Minnesota are under a winter storm warning and several inches of snow are expected to fall between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, all Christmas in Christ Chapel worship services are planned to occur as scheduled. Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3; at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,…

  • Gustavus Winds of Christmas Concert Tuesday

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    The Winds of Christmas, an annual performance of the music of Christmas by the combined Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras, will be presented at morning worship, 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, December 7, in Christ Chapel. Admission is free to this celebration of the music of Christmas directed by Douglas Nimmo.

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel, 2010

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    The annual Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College will be held Dec. 3-5 and as is themed “A Renaissance Nativity.”

  • Anderson Theatre Presents Pains of Youth

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present the intriguingly seductive and aggressive Pains of Youth as part of its 2010 Theatre Gallery. Pains of Youth, written by Ferdinand Bruckner and adapted by Martin Crimp, is a Theatre Honors project directed, designed, acted, and produced entirely by nine Senior…

  • Gustavus’ Pains of Youth Hits the Small Screen

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College brings Ferdinand Bruckner’s intriguingly seductive and aggressive Pains of Youth as part of its 2010 Theatre Gallery. The performers have created this sampling of the weekend’s performance for you to view. Pains of Youth, written by Ferdinand Bruckner and adapted by Martin Crimp, is a…

  • Anderson Theatre Stages August Strindberg’s The Stronger in Swedish and English

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    The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Theatre & Dance presents Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s naturalistic drama in one scene, The Stronger. The play is produced as a part of this year’s Theatre Gallery, two plays performed and directed entirely by students. The Stronger, directed and translated by junior theatre and Scandinavian studies major Ethan Bjelland,…