Category: Music

The Choir of Christ Chapel and first-year Conductor Brandon Dean will be presenting concerts in Richfield, West St. Paul and Welch, Minnesota, April 27 – 29, on its annual spring concert tour before returning to present its home concert in Christ Chapel on May 5. Chaplain Rachel Larson and Christ Chapel Organist Chad Fothergill will…

Five senior recitals, ranging from piano to voice to double bass highlight a busy music weekend in the Department of Music at Gustavus, April 27 – 29. The weekend recital list includes Yanna Georgas, piano; Brit Barkholtz, piano and flute; Nicole Wamma, piano and double bass; Devon Marschall, voice and piano; and Christopher Gough, voice…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present its spring percussion ensemble’s concert, Sunday, April 29 in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. Directed by percussion instructor Paul Hill, the Gustavus Percussion Ensemble will present its concert beginning at 1:30 p.m. The performance is free and open to the…

Four woodwind chamber ensembles from the Department of Music at Gustavus will be in concert Sunday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. The ensembles, The Gustavus Saxophone Quartet, Fyra, The Gustavus Flute Choir and The Gustie Winds will present this joint concert in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to bring internationally acclaimed jazz and classical pianist Matt Cooper to the campus for an artist’s residency, April 21-22. Dr. Cooper’s residency includes performances with the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m., April 21, a Music Colloquium lecture at…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College has scheduled a weekend of senior and junior recitals in Jussi Björling Recital Hall including Patrick Pisani, piano; Brittney Raasch, horn; a joint vocal recital by Anna Giles, mezzo soprano and Joseph Thomas, tenor; and concluding with Antonio Herbert, flute. The recitals are open to the public.…

The Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola Choir of Jönköping, Sweden, will present a concert at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Christ Chapel on Thursday, April 19, as part of its concert tour of the U.S. This performance is free of charge and begins at 7:00 p.m. in Christ Chapel. The concert is entitled ” A Swedish Bouquet” and features…

The 2012 spring concert by the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble will feature acclaimed jazz pianist Matt Cooper, Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Directed by Steve Wright, the two ensembles will present a number of solo works as well as selections with their guest artist.…

The Gustavus Choir, one of the nation’s premier Lutheran college choirs, returns from its 3-state concert tour on Saturday, April 14 to present its Home Concert in Christ Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Under the direction of Conductor Gregory Aune, the Gustavus Choir presented Gustavus Sesquicentennial Celebration Concerts in Carver and Red Wing, the first two…

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Douglas Nimmo, returns from its week-long tour of Florida to present its Home Concert in Christ Chapel, Saturday, April 14 beginning at 1:30 p.m. Performing with the wind orchestra is Christ Chapel Organist & Cantor, Chad Winterfeldt. The concert tour in Florida included performances in St. Petersburg, Venice,…