Category: Music

For more than forty years, Michael Johnson, singer, song-writer, storyteller, and guitarist, has delighted audiences at Gustavus Adolphus College. Michael returns to Björling Recital Hall, Friday, December 10, at 8:00 p.m. This performance on the Gustavus campus is the only performance the national recording artist will present in southern Minnesota this Christmas season.

While parts of Southern Minnesota are under a winter storm warning and several inches of snow are expected to fall between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, all Christmas in Christ Chapel worship services are planned to occur as scheduled. Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3; at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,…

The annual Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College will be held Dec. 3-5 and as is themed “A Renaissance Nativity.”

Under the direction of first-year conductor Justin Knoepfel, the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra will present its fall concert Sunday, November 21 at 1:30 p.m.This performance by the 16-member ensemble will take place in Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

Under the leadership of Ann Pesavento, Sarah Erickson Lume and John Engebretson, four woodwind ensembles of the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College will present their fall recital Sunday, November 21. This event includes performances by the TLTD Quartet, the Kalmar Quintet, the MECC Quartet and the Quintrivium Winds. The concert begins at 3:30…

The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Adolphus Jazz Ensemble, directed by Steve Wright, present their combined fall concert Saturday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s performance by the two jazz ensembles will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.

Three Gustavus musicians are scheduled to present their senior recitals on Saturday, November 20 in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. Saxophonist Logan Burnside will open the afternoon with a recital beginning at 1:30 p.m. accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt. At 3:30 p.m., soprano Sarah Lundquist with pianist Beth Winterfeldt and…

The Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras’ fall concert in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College will be presented Friday, November 19, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Douglas Nimmo conducts this performance which is free and open to the public.

Under the direction of Professor Robert Adney, the Percussion Ensemble from the Department of Music at Gustavus will present its fall concert on Sunday, November 14. This performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. Sunday’s performance opens with Jaime Texidor’s Amparito Roco and the Argentiean…

The Gustavus Department of Music is pleased to present the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and its new Conductor Ruth Lin in a concert of All-American music on Sunday, November 14 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. This concert of works by American composers George Whitefield Chadwick, Aaron Copland and Alan Hovhaness is free and open…