Category: Music

The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music welcomes guest vocalist Kurt R. Hansen and guest pianist Karina Kontorovitch to join with Assistant Professor of Music and pianist Ruth Lin on Saturday, February 19 and present the music of Franz Schubert in a Schubertiade in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The evening performance will begin at 7:30…

Justin Knoepfel, instructor of violin and viola and conductor of the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra, will present a violin/viola faculty recital Saturday, February 19, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. For this performance, Justin will be accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt. The performance is free and open to the…

The United States Air Force Brass in Blue on concert tour in the Midwest will present a free concert on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus Sunday, February 13, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. This concert is free and open to the public but tickets are required. Advance tickets are available at the…

Following their successful winter concert tours, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Gustavus Choir return to the campus to present their annual Home Concerts on Saturday, February 12. The Wind Orchestra and Conductor Douglas Nimmo open the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. followed by the Gustavus Choir and Conductor Gregory Aune at 7:30 p.m. Both Home Concerts…

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Douglas Nimmo, departs on an 8-day Midwest concert tour which includes concerts in Brainerd and Duluth, Minnesota, before traveling to Wisconsin for performances in Wausau, Appleton, Hartford and Middleton. The wind orchestra’s final performance is scheduled in Owatonna, Minnesota, on February 5. The entire schedule can be…

The Gustavus Choir, the premier choral ensemble at Gustavus Adolphus College as well as one of the nation’s premier Lutheran college choirs, is traveling on a 14-day tour of Italy that will include performances in five different cities. Now in its 79th year, the Gustavus Choir is one of six choirs in an active and…

The sounds of A Renaissance Nativity, the 2010 Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College, will be broadcast throughout the region during the holiday season. Radio stations which have aired portions or the entire service in past years are now planning to include the music in their broadcast schedules.

Gustavus Adolphus College and Christ Chapel are pleased to host the Winter Concert of the Mankato Children’s Chorus, Sunday, December 19 at 3:00 p.m. This annual holiday celebration of music features the five choirs of MCC. Tickets for the performance will be available at the door and are priced at $10 for adults and $7…

Tenor Mark Thomsen, the 1978 Gustavus graduate who has enjoyed considerable success in the world of classical opera both in the United States and abroad, has released his first Christmas recording, Christmas Cheer! The recording is a collection of familiar Christmas carols as well as Pietro A. Yon’s Gesu Bambino and Albert Hay Malotte’s The…

As the fall semester comes to a close, the Department of Music presents one final weekend of performances in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The weekend includes a student composition and conducting recital (Sean Prichard, Saturday, November 11 at 1:30 p.m.), the annual Brassworks! (Sunday, December 12 at 1:30 p.m.) and the fall concert by the…