Category: Music

“Lots of Brass” may best describe Sunday’s concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. The annual Brassworks! event features the Veritas Quartet, the Gustavus Trumpet Ensemble, the Christ Chapel Brass Quintet, the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble and the Trombone Choir. The May 13 Brassworks! concert will begin at 3:30 p.m. and is…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College will present a combined concert of its men’s and women’s choruses on Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel on the Gustavus campus. The Lucia Singers women’s chorus and the St. Ansgar’s men’s chorus, under the direction of Brandon Dean, will be assisted by pianists…

May 12 and 13 mark the final weekend of junior and senior recitals from the Gustavus Department of Music for the academic year at Gustavus Adolphus College. The weekend features senior soprano Alisson Schultz on May 12 in Jussi Björling Recital Hall and junior organist Meghan Peterson and junior harpist Kimmy Hinman on May 13…

The thirty six-voice Thiel Choir from Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania, will present a concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday evening, May 11, 2012 at First Lutheran Church, 1114 W. Traverse Road, St. Peter, Minn. The Choir’s performance at First Lutheran Church in St. Peter is open to the public at no charge, however, a freewill…

As part of the 2012 Student Honors Celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College, the Department of Music will present its Senior Honors Recital at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5. The recital in Jussi Björling Recital Hall is free and open to the pubic and will include the work of six student musicians on piano, trombone,…

If music clubs, like club sports, existed, the six-member men’s a cappela ensemble G Sharp would be at the top of the list. An idea of a few members of the Gustavus Choir in 2011, G Sharp has become a fixture on campus. A popular fixture. On Friday, May 4, G Sharp brings its classic,…

The Department of Music will feature the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vasa Wind Orchestra on Sunday, May 6, as part of the Honors Weekend festivities. The ensembles are conducted by Justin Knoepfel and Karrin Meffert-Nelson and will feature bassoonist Ann Pesavento. This performance, scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall, is…

Due to illness, this lecture has been cancelled.

The Choir of Christ Chapel and first-year Conductor Brandon Dean return to Christ Chapel following weekend concerts in the Metro area to present its home concert in Christ Chapel on May 5. Chaplain Rachel Larson and Christ Chapel Organist Chad Fothergill will assist the Choir for the Home Concert. While the concert features the Choir…