Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Gustavus Jazz Saturday

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    The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble, directed by Steve Wright, present their combined fall concert Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s performance by the two jazz ensembles will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.

  • Wind Orchestras’ Concert Friday

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    The Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras will present their fall concert in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College, Friday, November 20, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Douglas Nimmo conducts this performance which is free and open to the public.

  • Ensemble Performances Fill Gustavus Weekend

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    The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College hosts three performances by student ensembles this weekend beginning with the Philharmonic Orchestra, Friday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, November 15, the Gustavus Percussion Ensemble performs at 1:30 p.m. followed by a Woodwind Chamber concert at 3:30 p.m. All three concerts will be presented in…

  • David Mann Composition & Saxophone Recital Saturday

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    David Mann, senior music major with honors in theory/composition, will present his senior recital Saturday, November 14, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Bjorling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. He is assisted by Beth Winterfeldt, piano, the Gustavus Saxophone Quartet and Bethany Mann, trombone.

  • Gustavus Choreographers’ Gallery Features Student Work

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    The 2009 Choreographer’s Gallery: New Horizons, directed by Melissa Rolnick, features eleven talented student choreographers and over forty Gustavus dancers. Performances are scheduled in Anderson Theatre November 19, 20, and 21 at 8:00 p.m. and November 22 at 2:00 p.m.

  • Gustavus Symphony Performs “Reformation” Symphony Sunday

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    The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Gregory Aune, will feature Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, the “Reformation” Symphony, on Sunday, November 8, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel.

  • Furniture Designer/Sculptor Dean Wilson Exhibition at Gustavus

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    Works by furniture designer and sculptor and Gustavus alumnus, Dean Wilson, will be on display in Schaefer Gallery in the Department of Art/Art History beginning Thursday, November 5 – November 30. An opening reception on November 5 will be preceded by the artist’s lecture/discussion in the Fine Arts Lecture Hall at 4:30 p.m. Schaefer Gallery…

  • Organist Buendorf Returns for Christ Chapel Recital

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    Organist Timothy Buendorf, Gustavus class of 1988, returns to Christ Chapel on Friday, October 30 for for a recital that begins at 7:30 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

  • Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Lecture Sunday at Gustavus

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    The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents a public lecture by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Curator of Northern Baroque Art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, free and open to the public, Sunday, November 1, 3:30 p.m., in Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, Gustavus Adolphus College.

  • USAF’s New Horizons in Concert at Gustavus

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    New Horizons, the clarinet quintet from the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band, will present a performance on Wednesday, October 21, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Interpretive Center of the Linnaeus Arboretum.