Category: Music

Gustavus senior education major Daniel Leifermann will open a very busy junior and senior recital weekend with his senior trumpet recital on Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Leifermann’s recital will include his accompanist Beth Winterfeldt and a number of fellow student-musicians from the Gustavus Trumpet Choir, the Christ Chapel Brass and the Gustavus Brass…

The Choir of Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College will return to the campus from a weekend of regional concerts to present its annual Home Concert in Christ Chapel. Under the direction of Conductor Brandon Dean and accompanied by Michael Asmus, the Choir will return to Christ Chapel and present its concert on Sunday, April…

The Department of Music is pleased to announce the senior piano recital of Roseville native Aleksi Moran, Sunday, April 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The public is cordially invited to attend this recital. Aleksi Moran is a senior athletic training major from Roseville, Minnesota. He is a Gustavus Music Award recipient…

Bass trombonist and music major Chris Allen will open the Sunday, April 27, recital schedule with his senior recital at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. For his senior recital, Chris will present a number of solo selections as well as perform, with the assistance of the members of the Christ Chapel Brass Quintet, a…

White Bear Lake native and senior music education major Nick Mason will present his senior trumpet recital in Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt, Nick will be joined by the members of the Christ Chapel Brass, the Gustavus Brass Choir and Josh Portner, trumpet, for this…

Senior music performance major Dempsey Schroeder will present his senior viola recital on the Jussi Björling Recital Hall stage on Saturday, April 26 at 3:30 p.m. For this performance, Dempsey will be accompanied by pianist Ben Marti. The recital is free and open to the public. Dempsey Schroeder is a senior viola performance major from…

The Department of Music at Gustavus is pleased to present the joint junior recital of oboist Anthony Afful and bassoonist Katie Landreville on Saturday, April 26, at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. Landreville and Afful will be accompanied by pianist Ben Marti and joined, for the final work on…

On Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m., the 130-voice VocalEssence Chorus will perform alongside the Gustavus Choir, at Bethel University’s Benson Great Hall in Tchaikovsky for Voices. Minnesota Public Radio’s classical music expert John Birge will host a pre-concert conversation about the renowned Russian composer. The soul-stirring Tchaikovsky for Voices will be the final concert of…

The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, the top touring jazz ensemble from Gustavus Adolphus College and one of the Midwest’s finest collegiate jazz ensembles, and Director Steve Wright, well-known Minnesota jazz trumpet player and composer, will present its Home Concert in Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. The performance follows a very…

The Department of Music is pleased to present the junior organ recital of Tony Ouradnik in Christ Chapel on Sunday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. Tony is a junior music performance major from Bismarck, North Dakota and studies organ at Gustavus with Dr. Chad Winterfeldt. He will be assisted in this recital by organist Emily…