Tag: music
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Faculty Spotlight: John Clemons
John Clemons (Music) has been named Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music following a national search. After serving as a visiting professor for the 2025-26 academic year, Clemons will continue as conductor of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Gustavus Wind Symphony in 2026-27 and beyond.
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Faculty Spotlight: Justin Knoepfel
Justin Knoepfel (Music) recently served as a guest orchestra clinician for both the Lake Conference Orchestra Festival and the Metro West Conference Orchestra Festival, providing technical guidance and artistic mentorship to some of the area’s top high school ensembles. Furthermore, he served as the high school guest conductor for the 14th annual StringFest held at…
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Faculty Spotlight: Chad Winterfeldt
Chad Winterfeldt (Music/Chaplains’ Office) will present a guest organ recital at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on Sunday, November 16 at 3:30 p.m. This longstanding guest artist concert series features monthly performances on the 94-rank Noack pipe organ in the Cathedral; Chad’s performance will include works by J.S. Bach, Eugène…
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New Faculty Spotlight – Ying Diao
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Ying Diao, joining the Music department in Fall 2025! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?What excites me most about joining Gustavus is the opportunity to teach small undergraduate classes, where I can connect closely with students, and to immerse myself fully…
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New Faculty Spotlight – John Clemons
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to John Clemons, joining the Music department in Fall 2025! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?I’m thrilled to be working at an institution with a great music tradition and am looking forward to my role as the next conductor of the Gustavus…
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Faculty Spotlight: Dave Stamps
Dave Stamps (Music) participated in Penn State University’s Academic Leadership Academy.
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Faculty Spotlight: Sarah Lahasky
Sarah Lahasky (Music) has been selected to participate in the American Musicological Society’s 2025 Summer Institute “Music of the United States: Telling Our Stories,” where she will work with primary source materials at the Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress to develop teaching materials for MUS 205: ‘America’s’ Music.
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Faculty Spotlight: JC Sanford
JC Sanford (Music) received a 2025 Creative Individuals grant from the MN State Arts Board to record his jazz quartet, and his recent CD release, NEW PAST, was recognized as one of the Best Albums of 2024 by DownBeat Magazine.
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Faculty Spotlight: Justin Knoepfel
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…
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Faculty Spotlight: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan
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.