Category: Music
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Dylan Halom ’27 and Conor Jolly ’26: Improv Jazz and Campus Bands
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Gustavus Adolphus College offers students different avenues to explore their strengths as musicians and as individuals. Dylan Halom ‘27 and Conor Jolly ‘26 spoke of their time both in official Gustavus ensembles and in their own bands. Halom ‘27 and Jolly ‘26, both music education majors, are a part of a number of official Gustavus…
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What to Know about Dr. Heidi Johanna Miller
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Dr. Heidi Miller has been a faculty member for a decade, conducting the Gustavus Wind Symphony, teaching courses in music education, theory, and conducting, as well as being a highly visible member of the department, conducting at the Bjorling Music festival and representing the college at numerous other festivals throughout the US and abroad. Of…
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Leading Through Service and Sound: Chance Korpela
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A Senior Business Management and Music double major with Conducting honors as well as an Arts Entrepreneurship minor, Korpela ‘25 is also heavily involved outside of academics. She is a member of Gustavus Wind Orchestra (GWO), takes saxophone lessons, and was recently elected student senate co-president for the ‘24-’25 academic year. “If you told freshman…
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From Gustavus to the Stage: Students Shine at Bayview Music Festival
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Gustavus Adolphus College offers experiences for students both on and off-campus, giving them opportunities often only available to masters’ students. This summer, students Joshua Newman ‘25 and Jack Asmus ‘27 got to take advantage and be a part of the Bayview Music Festival in Michigan. A prolific performing arts festival, the two participated in both…
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From College Friends to Music Professionals: The Journey of Alex Terpkosh and Manny Green
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Alex Terpkosh and Manny Green met during their freshman year At Gustavus and quickly became great friends. Green ’23 was an Instrumental Music Education major with Honors in Conducting, while Terpkosh ’23 was a double major in Music and Biology. They bonded over long sight-singing sessions and shared music experiences, helping each other through the…
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Jenna Kavouras: A Composer’s Journey from Gustavus to the World Stage
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Jenna Kavouras ‘22 was a Music major and Management minor during her time at Gustavus. She was originally a Music Education major and then switched over to just a Music major. Through the Music major, her experiences playing saxophone and bass clarinet, her involvement in the Wind Orchestra, the Gustavus Jazz Ensemble and the Symphony…
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Introducing the Winners of the GSO 2024 Concerto & Aria Competition
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The Music Department at Gustavus Adolphus College has announced the winners of the 2024 Concerto/Aria competition. Bassoonist Will Schmidt ’27, violinist Jack Saetveit ’25, and cellist Elle Bergquist ’24 were named the winners of this year’s competition and will perform their concertos with the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra on May 3. Vocalist Josh Newman ’25 also…
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Waking Hours – Gustavus Student Indie-Rock Band
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Waking Hours is an Indie-Rock band that writes and performs original music created by Liv Hedley (singer and rhythm guitarist), Henry Lundeen-Detisch (drummer), Hayden Tourtelotte (guitarist), and Conor Jolly (bass guitarist). They recently performed one of their hit songs, Rot, in Las Vegas in a collaboration with the Gustavus Wind Orchestra. All four musicians are…
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Lifelong Learning and Connection: Alumni Collaborate at MMEA
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The 2024 MMEA Midwinter Clinic featured the collaboration of two Gustavus Alumni from the class of 2007, Justin Schramm and Katherine Johns Bergman. Justin is now the band director at Prior Lake High School and Katherine is a successful freelance composer with her pieces being performed across the country. At this year’s MMEA Midwinter Clinic,…
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From Florida to Vegas: Jake Lucas ’25
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Jake Lucas ’25 stays busy on campus, taking full advantage of the Gustavus liberal arts experience. The Public Accounting major and Music minor is a varsity tennis and a French horn player with the Gustavus Wind Orchestra. When both groups planned out-of-state trips, Lucas found a way to go with both. To opposite sides of…