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Category: Music

  • Kurt Elling ’89 Wins Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album

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    JJ Akin ’11

    Long recognized as one of the top jazz vocalists of our time, Elling won his second Grammy Award for his album “Secrets are the Best Stories.”

  • Tohoku and Fukushima: Ten Years Later

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    JJ Akin ’11

    Music professor Masayoshi Ishikawa collaborated on this powerful tribute for the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Japanese tsunami and nuclear disaster.

  • Stamps Blends Jazz, Community, and Leadership in the Arts

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    Dave Stamps directs the Gustavus jazz ensembles, leads the arts administration program, and connects musicians across the region and beyond.

  • 33rd annual Björling Music Festival Goes Virtual

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    JJ Akin ’11

    The Gustavus Department of Music’s annual day-long event will take place in a virtual format on Saturday, March 27.

  • Two Virtual Performances Set for This Weekend

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    JJ Akin ’11

    The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music will present two virtual concerts this weekend. Along with the upcoming Winds of Christmas performance on Tuesday, December 8 and the premiere of Christmas in Christ Chapel on Saturday, December 19, the weekend concerts represent the culmination of an unusual semester marked by the COVID-19 pandemic—with musicians wearing…

  • The Arts at Nobel Conference 56

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    mklein3

    The move of Nobel Conference 56: Cancer in the Age of Biotechnology to an online format has opened the door to a new level of creativity from fine arts students involved with the conference.  While preparations for this year’s conference began well before COVID-19 hit, they continued to evolve right up until the performances were…

  • Grant provides opportunities for collaborative student research in the arts

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    mklein3

    Sara Cronk ’22 had decided on a chemistry major as a first year student at Gustavus. As part of her financial aid package, she was granted a Robert and Cindy Peterson Summer Research Fellowship. The award gave Cronk the funding for a collaborative summer research experience with a faculty member. As a chemistry major, student…

  • Senior Spotlight: Jonathan Hickox-Young

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    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Jonathan Hickox-Young is a music major from Reno, Nevada. His future plans include attending the University of Minnesota to complete a master’s degree in percussion performance. His percussion instructor at Gustavus, Dr. Adam Rappel, says that he can’t wait…

  • Senior Spotlight: Alex Preston

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    leckhof2

    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Alex Preston is a music major and arts administration minor from Denver, CO. After graduation, he hopes to start a career that combines his passion for music composition, sound engineering, arts administration, and non-profit work. Preston played tenor saxophone…

  • Senior Spotlight: Coleden Wedge

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    mklein3

    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community. Coleden Wedge is a music education major from Saint Bonifacius, Minn. Next fall he plans to student teach and then find an instrumental music education position before pursuing graduate school. Jon and Anita Thomsen Young Distinguished Chair in Music…