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A number of small ensembles will join with the Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestra to present their annual “Winds of Spring” concert in Christ Chapel, Friday, March 19. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and includes performances by the two wind orchestras as well as the Department of Music’s Saxophone Quartet, the Wind Sinfonia, Trombone…

The Department of Music is pleased to present “Five Brits & a Witt: Music from the British Isles and America,” performed by the Leibundguth-Witt Duo in Jussi Björling Recital Hall, Sunday, March 21 at 3:30 p.m. This performance by Gustavus flute instructor Barbara Leibundguth and Carl Witt, pianist and composer, is free and open to…

Mika Kimula, teacher and performer of traditional Japanese music, joins soprano Rebecca McConnaughey and pianist Yumiko Oshima-Ryan for a recital in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall on Saturday, March 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This performance is part of a guest artist residency by Kimula and is sponsored by the Johnson Endowment for the Arts. It…

The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music presents an All-Bach faculty flute and harpsichord recital Sunday, February 28 at 3:30 in Björling Recital Hall. The performance by Emily Sapa, flute and harpsichordist Asako Hirabayashi is free and open to the public.

The Pavia Winds, one of the Midwest’s most exciting young chamber ensembles, will present a guest artists’ concert at Gustavus Adolphus College on Sunday, February 21 at 3:30 p.m. This performance is sponsored by the Department of Music and is presented free of charge in Bjorling Recital Hall.

Gustavus Department of Music faculty member Richard Weber, clarinet, will present a faculty recital Saturday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. Weber is joined by pianist Esther Wang, ‘cellist Sharon Mautner-Rodgers and narrator Michael Jorgensen. Dr. Weber’s recital is free and open to the public.

Gustavus Adolphus College proudly presents the award-winning ensemble from Mexico City, Cuarteto Lationamericano, on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall. The musical group is known worldwide as the leading proponent of Latin American music for the string quartet. It consists of three brothers, violinists Saúl and Arón and cellist Alvaro Bitrán,…

Following its 16-day concert tour in Central Europe, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and conductor Douglas Nimmo return to Christ Chapel for one final performance of the tour literature on Saturday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m. The wind orchestra’s home concert is free and open to the public.