Category: Music

The string students in the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College will be busy on Sunday, December 11, as they present two concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., Dr. Justin Knoepfel and the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and the Baroque Quartet will present their winter concert. At 7:00 p.m., two string…

The Department of Music at Gustavus will open the final weekend of student performances with a 10:30 a.m. Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert on Saturday, December 10, followed at 1:30 p.m. by the annual Brassworks! concert. Both performances will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall and will be free of charge. Karrin Meffert-Nelson will lead…

Under its new director Adam Rappel, the Gustavus Percussion Ensemble will present its Fall Concert on Sunday, November 20 at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. Admission to the event is free and tickets are not required. Dr. Adam Rappel is in his first year as a visiting assistant professor…

Junior Isabel (Izzy) Carlson will present a student violin recital with pianist Bonnie Jorgensen on Saturday, November 19 at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus in St. Peter, Minnesota. Izzy is a 2014 graduate of South High School and the daughter of Janet Carlson and Cynthia Herrick of Minneapolis.…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present one of its own members, Flutist James DeVoll, in a faculty recital on Friday, November 18. With pianist Szu-Ling Wu, James will present this recital beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Admission is free and tickets are not required. James…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the Fall Concert of the department’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos on Sunday, November 12 at 3:30 p.m. The performance will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall in the Schaefer Center for the Arts and be directed by Gustavus faculty Dave…

The combined musicians of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra, the Gustavus Wind Symphony and the Gustavus Chamber Winds will present the Department of Music’s Fall Bands Concert on Saturday, November 12 at 1:30 p.m. Under the direction of ensemble conductors James Patrick Miller, Heidi Johanna Miller and Karrin Meffert-Nelson, the ensembles will include the efforts of…

For the fall concert by the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble, the members of the ensembles will welcome saxophonist Dave Camwell to the Björling Recital Hall stage. The Fall Jazz Concert, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 13 in Jussi Björling Recital Hall, will include performances by the two ensembles…

The Annual Gustavus Honor Band Festival and Concert will celebrate its 28h year on November 6 & 7 with the arrival on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus of over 250 high school musicians from 54 high schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota. Two concert bands with over 100 members each and one jazz…

The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ruth Lin, will present its fall concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Friday, November 4 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature Melissa Morey, horn, and includes performances of music by Franz Schubert, W.A. Mozart and Robert Schumann. This performance is open to the public. Tickets…