Author: Fine Arts Office
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Home Concerts Set As Gustavus Ensembles Return From European and American Tours
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Home concerts by the Gustavus Choir, Wind and String Orchestras kick off the spring music season this weekend on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. With the Gustavus Choir’s return from Spain and Portugal and the wind and string orchestras’ recent mid-western tours, the three ensembles open the spring semester with their…
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Gustavus Alumni Actors Return for <i>The Cherry Orchard</i> Performance
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Six professional alumni actors have returned to campus to perform in the College’s upcoming production, The Cherry Orchard. The classic play, written by Anton Chekhov, will be staged Thursday, Feb. 8-Feb. 11.
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Weekend Recitals Close Fall Performance Season at Gustavus
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A busy schedule of recitals and concerts completes the Department of Music’s fall semester at Gustavus Adolphus College. Beginning at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 9, performances will be presented in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall and Christ Chapel throughout the weekend. These solo recitals and ensemble performances are free and open to the public.
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Michael Johnson Continues 35 Year Tradition at Gustavus
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Michael Johnson, the singer, song-writer, storyteller, and guitarist who has performed to sold-out audiences at Gustavus Adolphus College annually for over thirty-five years, returns to Björling Recital Hall once again. The holiday season tradition continues on Friday, December 8 at 8:00 p.m. and is one of only two performances Michael will present in Minnesota this…
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Gustavus Wind Orchestras Present Concert Friday
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The Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras, from Gustavus Adolphus College, will join to present their fall concert in Christ Chapel, Friday, November 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This performance, directed by Douglas Nimmo, includes a work dedicated to the work of long-time conductor Myron Falck who passed away earlier this year.
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Woodwind Ensembles to Perform Sunday at Gustavus
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Two Gustavus woodwind ensembles, the Gustavus Flute Choir and the Gustavus Woodwind Choir, will present their combined fall concert Sunday, November 12, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. This concert, conducted by professor of music Ann Pesavento, if free and open to the public.
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Mankato Area Man Featured in Student Recitals at Gustavus This Sunday
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Two student recitals are scheduled for Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus Sunday, November 12. North Mankato’s Luke Royer, a 2003 Mankato West graduate, will present his senior voice recital at 1:30 p.m. Later, at 7:30 p.m., Joel Beachey and Mark LaVoie join efforts for a junior piano recital. Both recitals…
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Gustavus Jazz Concert Saturday Night
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The Gustavus Jazz Ensembles will present their combined fall concert on Saturday, November 11, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This performance in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall, directed by Steve Wright, will include performances by the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble and the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band performing a variety of works from Sammy Nestico, Frank Mantooth, Thelonius Monk,…
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Gustavus Theatre Anniversary Season Opens Thursday with Stephenson’s An Experiment With An Air Pump
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An Experiment With An Air Pump, Shelagh Stevenson’s play written as the world prepared to enter the 21st century, opens the 75th anniversary season of theatre at Gustavus, November 9 – 12, in Anderson Theatre. Directed by Rob Gardner, An Experiment With An Air Pump confronts essential, moral questions in the development of understanding of…
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Gustavus Department of Music Presents Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras
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The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the fall concert of the Gustavus Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, Sunday, November 5. The two ensembles, under the direction of Warren Friesen, will present this concert in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall beginning at 1:30 p.m.