Category: Music

The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble, directed by Steve Wright, present their combined fall concert Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s performance by the two jazz ensembles will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The fall jazz concert at Gustavus is free and open to the public. The Adolphus…

The Gustavus Department of Music is pleased to feature faculty members Karrin Meffert-Nelson, clarinet and Justin Knoepfel, viola, in concert with the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Ruth Lin, Sunday, November 13, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. This concert is free and open to the public.

The Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras’ fall concert in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College will be presented Friday, November 11, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Long-time conductor Douglas Nimmo is joined by the Vasa Wind Orchestra’s new conductor Karrin Meffert-Nelson for this performance which is free and open to the public.

More than 100 student musicians from 43 high schools across Minnesota and northern Iowa will converge on Gustavus Adolphus College for the twenty-second annual Gustavus Honor Band Festival, November 6 & 7, 2011. The two-day concert band festival, under the direction of Douglas Nimmo, includes rehearsals, seminars, clinics, master classes and demonstrations with Gustavus faculty.…

The National Lutheran Choir, under the direction of David Cherwien, will perform its annual All Saints concert, Kyrie: Journey to Light, on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at 7:00 pm, in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Tickets are available in advance by calling 612-722-2301 or online at www.nlca.com. Group…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present Wartburg College professor of music Brian Pfaltzgraff and pianist Carita Pfaltzgraff in a guest artist recital on Friday, November 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Pfaltzgraff recital will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.

Gustavus pianist Esther Wang will present a recital of works by Bach, Poulenc, Doug Opel and Steven Rydberg on Sunday, October 30 at 3:30 p.m. Wang’s faculty piano recital will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. The recital is free and open to the public.

Gustavus’ annual OcTUBAfest, featuring compositions for tuba and euphonium by student musicians, will hit the Jussi Björling stage at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, October 29. Saturday’s concert includes six new compositions by Gustavus students. The performance is free and open to the public.

Professor of Music Douglas Nimmo has been inducted into the Society of Prometheans at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, School of Fine Arts. The award, granted on October 3, 2011, honors UMD alumni who have “demonstrated the passion, commitment, and talent to achieve excellence” in their profession and life. At the awards ceremony, Dr. Nimmo…