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  • Faculty Spotlight: Justin Knoepfel

    Faculty Spotlight: Justin Knoepfel

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    Justin Knoepfel (Music) was awarded the 2024 Dr. Carlo A. Sperati Award at Luther College on October 27. Carlo Sperati, a pillar of Luther College and the Lutheran music tradition, was the conductor of the Luther College Concert Band for 38 years until his retirement in 1943. His work ethic and demand for perfection and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan

    Faculty Spotlight: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan

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    Yumiko Oshima-Ryan (Music) will present a lecture-recital at the 67th National Conference of The College Music Society in Washington, D.C., titled, “Introducing Improvising Skills with Musica Nara for Piano 2005 (by Minako Tokuyama) – A New Teaching Approach for Classically Trained Pianists”, and will include this piece for piano.

  • Faculty Spotlight: JC Sanford

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    JC Sanford (Music) was awarded a MAP Fund microgrant and was acknowledged as a “Rising Star” trombonist in DownBeat Magazine’s Annual Critic’s Poll.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Chad Winterfeldt

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    Chad Winterfeldt (Chaplains Office/Music) will play a festival recital for the rededication of the newly expanded Holtkamp pipe organ at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, SD, on Sunday, September 29 at 2 p.m. Participants in the festival include the adult choir, the handbell choir, and a brass quintet from the Bethlehem community.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Chad Winterfeldt

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    Chad Winterfeldt (Music/Chaplains Office) opened the annual Summer Noontime Organ Recital series in Mankato on June 18 with a program of Juneteenth celebration at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato. All the music Winterfeldt performed was by Black composers, including Florence Price, Uzee Brown Jr., Adolphus Hailstork, and Fela Sowande. Sponsored by the Sioux…

  • Faculty Task Force, 2023-24 Faculty Service Award Winners

    Faculty Task Force, 2023-24 Faculty Service Award Winners

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    Faculty Task Force Members (Chair Kate Knutson, Political Science; Betsy Byers, Art and Art History; Yurie Hong, Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies; Maddalena Marinari, History; Dave Stamps, Music; Dwight Stoll, Chemistry; and Valerie Walker, Education) were selected as the 2023-24 recipient of the Gustavus Faculty Service Award. Presented each year at Founder’s Day, this award…

  • Faculty Spotlight: David Fienen

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    David Fienen (Music, retired) will present an organ recital at First Lutheran Church in Saint Peter on Sunday, January 21 at 4:00 p.m. This is part of a series of programs celebrating the recently renovated Hendrickson organ at the church. His program will include works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn, Larry Long, and the Toccata…

  • Faculty Spotlight: James Patrick Miller

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    James Patrick Miller (Music) is excited to conduct the Gustavus Wind Orchestra’s J-term 2024 tour to Las Vegas. The ensemble will be working with high school music groups, including the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, a Grammy Award-winning music conservatory. They will also perform for Community Lutheran Church, where one of the pastors (Brian…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Brandon Dean

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    Brandon Dean (Music) is excited to conduct the Gustavus Choir’s J-term 2024 tour. The choir will make its way from Owatonna, Minnesota, to Dublin, Ohio, and with stops to perform in numerous cities along the way, including Iowa City, Fort Wayne, Ann Arbor, and Madison.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Sarah Lahasky

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    Sarah Lahasky (Music) was nominated as incoming editor for the International Society of Bassists’ peer-reviewed journal.