Category: Music

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the spring concert by the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Steve Wright. This performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Friday, April 15 and is free and open to the public.

A set of three senior and junior student recitals fills the schedule on Sunday, April 17 at Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. The afternoon of music features Sarah Cartwright, piano and voice at 1:30 p.m., Jessica Gjerde, soprano at 3:30 p.m. and the combined talents of pianist Brit Barkholtz and saxophonist Andy…

Four seniors will present their final solo recitals in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus this Saturday, April 16. The four seniors, Samuel Grace, piano and voice, Jenna Walker, mezzo soprano, Brita Gilyard, mezzo soprano and Abbie Johnson, flute, will fill the day with performances at 1:30, 3;30 and 7:30 p.m.…

The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Ruth Lin return from a 10-day midwestern concert tour to present its Home Concert in Christ Chapel on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. This performance is free and open to the public.

Following participation in the Notre Dame Jazz Festival and the Eau Claire Jazz Festival, the Gustavus Adolphus College Jazz Lab Band and Director Steve Wright return to Gustavus to play its spring home concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Jussi Björling Recital Hall.

1990 Gustavus graduate Jerrad Fenske returns to Gustavus Adolphus College on Sunday, April 10, to present an Alumni Organ Recital in the Youngdahl Organ Studio in the Department of Music (Room 103) on the Gustavus campus. Fenske’s recital begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

The Department of Music is pleased to re-schedule a faculty flute recital, Dedicated to French School, by Adjunct Professor of Music Barbara Leibundguth, Friday, April 8, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. Barbara is accompanied by pianist Sonja Thompson for this performance postponed by snow in February. The recital is free and open…

The Department of Music opens a busy spring recital season this weekend with four senior recitals spread across the weekend. Performances this weekend include Abigail Williams, soprano, Logan Arndt, horn, Noah Setterholm, piano and Katy Sandberg, alto saxophone. All four recitals are free and open to the public.

A low brass invasion is taking place on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus this weekend. Tubonium 8.5, the annual celebration of two instruments — the euphonium and the tuba — has brought college and high school musicians from across the state along with guest artists to the campus for the two-day conference. Developed and managed…

The Gustavus and Adolphus Wind Orchestras will present a special, Spring Winds, concert on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. In addition to its tradition of including a number of smaller wind ensembles in the program, the wind orchestras will welcome three guest artists from the…