Category: Music

(Story by Christine Sands ’15 with additions by Al Behrends) Editor’s note: Laurel Boman ’14 is a member of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and is section leader of the saxophone section. She is also plays lead alto in the Gustavus Saxophone Quartet. Students at Gustavus Adolphus College have many opportunities to excel and be rewarded…

The 2013 Capital One Academic All-District Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, has been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in the classroom and on the playing field. Representing Gustavus Adolphus College on this year’s Academic All-District First Team for District…

(Story by Matt Thomas “00, Media Relations Manager) When Jason Haaheim graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in the spring of 2001, his resume was already littered with impressive bullet points. The honors music and physics double major graduated magna cum laude on top of being inducted into the prestigious honors society Phi Beta Kappa. He…

With the 2013 commencement service only hours away, the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Ruth Lin will present the Department of Music’s season finale concert featuring the winners of the 2013 Gustavus Concerto/Aria Competition, Saturday, June 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall in the Schaefer Fine Arts Center. This year’s winners include…

The annual combined brass ensembles BRASSWORKS! concert will be presented by the Department of Music at Gustavus on Sunday, May 19, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. Sunday’s performance will include selections by the Christ Chapel Brass, the Trombone Choir, the Trumpet Ensemble, the One Hit Wonder Horn Quartet, the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble and…

The Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Justin Knoepfel will present their spring concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Saturday, May 18 beginning at 1:30 p.m. This performance will feature the talents of the members of the ensemble along with guest harpist, Phala Tracy, adjunct instructor of music at Gustavus and the MacPhail Center for…

The combined handbell choirs of Christ Chapel and the Department of Music will present a spring concert in Christ Chapel on Friday, May 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Under the direction of Chad Winterfeldt, the Christ Chapel Bells and the Christ Chapel Ringers, along with two smaller ensembles, will join to present this concert. The…

The Music Department at Gustavus Adolphus College presents Tim Grev in his senior trumpet recital on Sunday, May 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Bjorling Recital Hall. He will be accompanied by pianist Bonnie Jorgensen and assisted by members of the Trumpet Quartet and the Christ Chapel Brass. The public is invited to this recital.

(Story by Megan Maricle-Roberts ’14) The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College presents junior violist Dempsey Schroeder in recital on Saturday, May 18, accompanied by pianist Ben Marti. The recital will be presented in Björling Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Dempsey is a junior music major from Pennock,…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College presents the combined Lucia Singers and St. Ansgar’s Chorus in concert on Thursday evening, May 16, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. Led by Dr. Brandon Dean, the two ensembles will be accompanied by pianists Michael Asmus and Beth Winterfeldt. This concert is free and open…