Category: Music

Mankato native Nicole Wamma will present her junior recital Saturday, November 13 at 3:30 p.m. on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. This recital includes performance on two instruments, piano and double bass, and will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. She is accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt. The recital is…

The award-winning a cappella sensation, Home Free, comes to Gustavus’ Jussi Björling Recital Hall for an Artist Series performance Saturday, November 6. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Conceived in Mankato, the ensemble features Mankato natives and Gustavus alumni, Chris and Adam Rupp along with Mankatoan Matt Atwood. Tickets…

The unusual, yet annual, OcTUBAfest returns to Gustavus Adolphus College on Friday, October 29 and begins at 7:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. Directed and organized by low brass instructor Paul J. Budde, OcTUBAfest includes solo performances by five Gustavus students on tuba or euphonium. The performance is free and open to the public.

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to bring the piano trio of Kenneth Freed, violin, Sharon Mautner-Rodgers, ‘cello and Yumiko Oshima-Ryan, piano, to the Björling Recital Hall stage on Sunday, October 31 at 1:30 p.m. The trio will present trios by Beethoven andDvořák in this Sunday afternoon performance which is free…

Gustavus alumni Thomas Hassig ’76 and Brian Ohnsorg ’97 will be recognized with the two highest honors given annual by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota in November. Hassig has been selected as Minnesota Choral Director of the Year, while Ohnsorg was named Outstanding Young Choral Director of the Year. Hassig and Ohnsorg will…

Sunday, October 17, brings Soprano Christina Smith to the Jussi Björling stage for a performance of “Songs From a Woman’s Life,” a collection of music she has performed which gives a glimpse into the life and mind of different women. With Pianist Bonnie Jorgensen, Smith presents her “Songs” at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall…

Performances by the combined ensembles of the Department of Music highlight the annual Family Weekend festivities on Sunday, October 10. More than 350 students from 10 ensembles will participate during Morning Worship, the Jazz Brunch and the Family Weekend Concert.

Following the tradition of presenting a concert in Christ Chapel which complements the annual Nobel Conference, the Department of Music will present Making Food Good: Courses in a Culinary Cabaret on Tuesday, October 5, beginning at 8:00 p.m. The players include members of the faculty and student musicians in solo and ensemble performances guaranteed to…

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present the Westside Trombone Quartet and their special guest artists Kari Sundstrom and Doug Wright of the Minnesota Orchestra on Sunday, September 26 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall.Admission to this guest artist concert is free and open to the public.

Long-time professor of music at Gustavus Adolphus College, pianist John McKay, returns to Jussi Björling Recital Hall to present an All-Chopin Recital celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin. The McKay All-Chopin Recital begins at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 26 in Björling Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to…