Entries tagged with ‘composition’

Senior Spotlight: Natalie Johnson

The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Natalie Johnson is a Music honors major in composition with a Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies minor from Maywood, IL. She is planning to attend graduate school to get her masters in oboe performance and pedagogy, and intends to […]

Gustavus Presents Compositions of Gillman and Merritt

The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College opens the 2008 spring semester with a presentation of the works of guest composer Justin Merritt and faculty composer Michele Gillman. The program will be presented in Jussi Björling Recital Hall on Friday, February 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. It features violinist Benjamin Sung, pianist JiHye Chang, marimbist Justin Schramm, along with a quintet of Gustavus student musicians.

Senior student wins composition competition

Paul Fraser '05 has recently been selected as the winner of the second annual Caltech-Occidental Composition Contest for new music for concert band.