Volume IV, No. 1 – December 2020
GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC THIS SEASON
Dear Students, Parents, Alumni, and Friends,
This year has been like no other in the challenges we have faced for our beloved art form of music! Yet, many organizations have found energy and purpose using technology to our advantage. Of course, this is not the same as “live” music, but we can be grateful for the ingenuity we have witnessed. Continue reading “Occasional Updates from the Music Department, Dec. 2020”
Each year for the past four decades, Augsburg University has hosted Advent Vespers to mark the Advent and Christmas seasons. This year’s celebration includes virtual devotions leading up to the virtual 41st Annual Advent Vespers at 7 p.m Friday, December 4, 2020.
Olivia House ’20, who earned a degree in graphic design at Augsburg, created the artwork for this year’s theme, “Come Now, Breath of God.”
Read our Q&A with Olivia about her perspective and work as an artist, the piece she created for Advent Vespers, and what she hopes people experience through this theme art. Continue reading “ADVENT VESPERS THEME ART BY OLIVIA HOUSE ’20”
MUSIC EXPLORATION EveningThe Music Exploration Evening is your opportunity to discover Music at Augsburg, meet our highly talented and caring instructors, and learn more about your individualized opportunities in the music program. If you are considering majoring in music or participating in an ensemble, it is vitally important that you attend this event to learn more about qualifying for the Fine Arts Scholarship. Should you be unable to attend the date below, contact the music office as soon as possible to assure that your application and FAS receives full consideration.
Register today for our first scheduled virtual Music Exploration Evening: Continue reading “Augsburg Music Exploration Evening”
Last November, the MN chapter of the American Choral Directors Association awarded Nancy Grundahl their highest honor – The F. Melius Christiansen Lifetime Achievement Award. To further honor and celebrate Nancy’s contributions to choral music in Minnesota, Sarah Abelsen ’06 worked with Nancy on a profile piece for the Fall issue of ACDA-MN’s online publication, The Star of the North. The article just went live a few days ago.
The Riverside Winds will present a concert of music by composers from all five Scandinavian countries. This concert is presented by the Edvard Grieg Society of MN and will be streamed live from Sateren Auditorium on Friday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. (Full details and link information)
We are pleased to welcome Mallory Alekna to the Augsburg Music Department in a tenure-track position in Music, Human Development, and Learning. Mallory is completing her PhD at Arizona State University and holds an MM in music education from Indiana University – Bloomington. She has public school experience in instrumental, general, and choral music and has worked with programs providing arts learning in communities. Her PhD dissertation is on access, equity, and inclusion among music majors, and she previously completed a study on recruitment of persons of color into university music programs.
The Augsburg Music Department is thrilled to announce the inaugural season of the Augsburg/Twin Cities Global Harmony Choir, open to anyone on campus or out in the Metro area who loves to sing a cappella harmony. Teaching artists on this season’s roster hail from Corsica, Cuba, Iran, Nigeria, the Republic of Georgia, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United States. See the Augsburg/Twin Cities Global Harmony Choir page for more details.
Dates: August 17 – 21, 2020
Hosts: Augsburg University (USA) and University of Costa Rica – Pacific campus (CR)
You are cordially invited to participate in a virtual seminar in which the concept of the “Jazz Orchestra” as a professional ensemble will be presented. In this format, the orchestra will encounter [confront… deal with…] the idiomatic language of North American jazz and the traditional jazz ensemble will rise [accede] to another level of musical expression. Don’t miss out! Continue reading “INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ARRANGING SEMINAR”
Monday, August 10, 2020
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Online via Zoom
REGISTRATION FORM SCHEDULE
Dates: July 30 to August 1, 2020
Hosts: Augsburg University (USA) and University of Costa Rica – Pacific campus (CR)
Symposium on the art of leadership and the performance of the well-trained musician as orchestra director. The invited maestros from seven countries will offer workshops (talks) on this theme and the ways in which it manifests in the performance of their work as musical directors.
