From opera to jazz, Augustana ensembles offer student musicians the opportunity to broaden their understanding, skills and love of music. Ensembles provide students with a high level of performance quality and in-depth exposure to music literature across a wide variety of genres and time periods.
Augustana Academic Chorus
Augustana Jazz Lab Band
Low Brass Choir
Kali Yuga (improvisational)
Augustana Handbell Choir
SMI Lab Ensemble (SMILE)
Twelve faculty members advance in their careers at the college.
Augustana's Dr. Jon Hurty has received the Harold A. Decker Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association in recognition of his exceptional leadership and contributions to choral music.
Members of Phi Mu Alpha–Zeta Beta sang love songs to surprised students, faculty and staff in classrooms and offices across campus on Valentine’s Day. The music fraternity rehearsed for months, and delivered no fewer than 100 vocal valentines.
The Augustana Jazz Combos will perform, directed by Dr. Joel Linscheid.
Combo 1
"Manaus," by John Fedchock
"Mirrors (We All Need)," by Bobby Watson
"Little Man," by Charles Fambrough
The Augustana Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition will take place.
The Augustana Low Brass Ensemble will perform. Low brass are the family of brass instruments consisting of trombones, euphoniums and baritones and tubas.
