Category: Music

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is happy to present the final weekend of major concerts in the 2016 school year. The weekend schedule includes concerts by the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra, and the annual Brassworks! concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall and three handbell choirs in Christ Chapel. Admission to these four concerts…

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra and the Vasa Wind Orchestra from the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College will present their spring concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. Under the direction of Conductors Karrin Meffert-Nelson (VWO) and James Patrick Miller (GWO) the ensembles will bring three student guest…

Another busy weekend on the Gustavus campus includes spring concerts and recitals on Sunday, May 8. The afternoon opens with a senior recital at 1:30 p.m. by pianist Shannon Graham, followed by the Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert at 3:30 p.m., and a 7:30 p.m. recital by soprano Chelsea Rojas. These three performances are presented at…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College will celebrate the accomplishments of its students with two major events on Honors Day, Saturday, May 7. The day includes the annual Senior Honors Recital in Jussi Björling Recital Hall at 1:30 p.m. and an addition to the Honors Day schedule this year — A Choral Mosaic…

The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble will present their spring concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Friday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. to open the Gustavus Honors Weekend events. The bands will welcome guest artist and jazz pianist Masoyoshi Ishikawa to the Björling stage for this concert. Led by directors…

Another weekend filled with recitals and concerts is in store for the Gustavus campus and Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Beginning with a joint trombone and tuba recital on Friday and running through a voice recital on Sunday night, the weekend will include flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, euphonium, double bass, and percussion performances. All of the…

Ten student musicians will present junior or senior recitals this weekend in the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Along with the department faculty, professional accompanists and their fellow student musicians, these recitalists will perform recitals throughout the weekend in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. All of…

A busy weekend of student recitals at Gustavus Adolphus College signals the beginning of an increasingly busy last few weeks of the spring semester. Five solo and one shared recital will fill the weekend in Björling Recital Hall with music as varied as piano, voice, oboe, trumpet and trombone. All of the recitals to be…

The Lefler Lecture Series and the Gustavus Department of Music are thrilled to welcome GRAMMY® nominated composer and Guggenheim Fellow Chuck Owen to campus on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. An avid outdoorsman and moving water aficionado, Owen will speak to a community audience in Björling Recital Hall at 7:00 p.m. about his approach to depicting…

Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music welcomes flutist Tim Lane to the campus for a guest recital on Sunday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Dr. Lane will present this recital accompanied by pianist Szu-Ling Wu. The performance is free and open to the public. Tim Lane has been a faculty…