Category: Music

Mika Kimula, teacher and performer of traditional Japanese music, joins soprano Rebecca McConnaughey and pianist Yumiko Oshima-Ryan for a recital in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall on Saturday, March 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This performance is part of a guest artist residency by Kimula and is sponsored by the Johnson Endowment for the Arts. It…

The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music presents an All-Bach faculty flute and harpsichord recital Sunday, February 28 at 3:30 in Björling Recital Hall. The performance by Emily Sapa, flute and harpsichordist Asako Hirabayashi is free and open to the public.

The Pavia Winds, one of the Midwest’s most exciting young chamber ensembles, will present a guest artists’ concert at Gustavus Adolphus College on Sunday, February 21 at 3:30 p.m. This performance is sponsored by the Department of Music and is presented free of charge in Bjorling Recital Hall.

Gustavus Department of Music faculty member Richard Weber, clarinet, will present a faculty recital Saturday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Björling Recital Hall. Weber is joined by pianist Esther Wang, ‘cellist Sharon Mautner-Rodgers and narrator Michael Jorgensen. Dr. Weber’s recital is free and open to the public.

Gustavus Adolphus College proudly presents the award-winning ensemble from Mexico City, Cuarteto Lationamericano, on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall. The musical group is known worldwide as the leading proponent of Latin American music for the string quartet. It consists of three brothers, violinists Saúl and Arón and cellist Alvaro Bitrán,…

Following its 16-day concert tour in Central Europe, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and conductor Douglas Nimmo return to Christ Chapel for one final performance of the tour literature on Saturday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m. The wind orchestra’s home concert is free and open to the public.

For the third time in 16 years, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Conductor Douglas Nimmo will travel to central Europe on a concert tour through Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria and Germany. The 73-member ensemble will present 8 concerts while on the 16-day adventure.

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to welcome Jonathan Brandt to presents a guest trumpet recital at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, at Jussi Björling Recital Hall on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. Mr. Brandt will be accompanied by pianist Beth Winterfeldt. The recital is free and open to the…

On the first weekend of December, 6,000 audience and 250 students and staff celebrated Letters and Carols, Christmas in Christ Chapel 2009, Gustavus’ annual community celebration of Advent and the birth of Christ. The beauty of that celebration of music, scripture and historic and current Christmas letters will be a part of a much larger…

The Winds of Christmas, an annual performance by the combined Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras, will be presented at morning worship, 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, December 8, in Christ Chapel. Admission is free to this glorious celebration of the music of Christmas.