Augustana Percussion Ensemble Concert
The Augustana Percussion Ensemble is a chamber group and performs music specifically written for the percussion ensemble from 1930 to the present, along with various transcriptions and arrangements of music never imagined for percussion.
Concerts present a diverse mix of musical styles — from light to serious to “out there” — and participants play traditional and non-traditional percussion instruments of all kinds.
The ensemble performs two large concerts on campus during the year, one in winter and one in spring.
The ensemble is directed by Dr. Tony Oliver.
River Readings: Poe Ballantine
Poe Ballantine's early dreams of being a circus contortionist were dashed when he got his leg stuck behind his head.
He has published three novels and a bunch of other stuff including the cult-classic "Things I Like About America," cult classic being a euphemism for not selling well.
His newest novel, "Whirlaway," will be out with Hawthorne Books in April 2018.
He lives in Chadron, Neb., across from the railroad tracks, with his wife, son and dog.
The River Readings series is sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, the Institute for Leadership and Service, the Thomas Tredway Library and the English department.
Opera @ Augustana: "Odysseys on Land and Sea"
Opera@Augustana and the Augustana Chamber Orchestra will present "Odysseys on Land and Sea," a program of three British musical offerings of the early 20th century.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18.
The performance opens with Gerald Finzi's "A Severn Rhapsody," an orchestral fantasy inspired by a poem of Rupert Brooke, expressing a longing for home while living abroad.
Next will be a theatrical presentation of Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Songs of Travel," a selection of poems from Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of the same name, in which the poet's cherished relationship with home is fraught with an equally strong wanderlust.
The final performance will be Vaughan Williams' opera "Riders to the Sea," from the Irish playwright J.M. Synge's tragic play about the perils and poignancies of living by the sea.
It was first performed in 1904 by the Irish National Theater Society in Dublin.
"Riders to the Sea" is based on a tale Synge heard in the Aran Islands. It won critical acclaim as one of dramatic literature’s greatest one-act plays. The play centers on an old woman who has lost to the sea all the male members of her family except the last of her six sons.
Family Weekend, Sept 23-24
The annual Family Weekend gives families a taste of what it's like to be a Viking!
Take a tour or a river cruise. Go to a Vikings football game, get a family photo taken and enjoy a magic show.
To catalyze your research, see Dr. Domski
New challenges? Novel experiences? For three students, this meant designing molecules and getting their work published.
Augustana Symphonic Band Home Concert
The Augustana Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. James Lambrecht, will perform its home concert after a tour of southern California.
An reception with refreshments will be held after the concert in the Ensemble Room. The audience is invited to attend.
The band performed six concerts between San Diego and Los Angeles Feb. 17-23.
Program
Water Fanfare (2008)
Joseph T. Spaniola (born 1963)
Be Thou My Vision (1999)
David Gillingham (born 1947)
Flourishes And Meditations on a Renaissance Theme (2010)
Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
Crónica: del ultimo año en la vida de un Mexicano…
Op. 45 (2010 version)
Ian Krouse (born 1956)
Intermission
Variations on the “Porazzi” Theme of Wagner from Symphony No. 3 (1988)
Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Symphony No. 4 “Unforsaken” (2017)
Kevin Walczyk (born 1964)
Whip and Spur (1902)
Thomas S. Allen (1876-1919)
Arr. Ray E. Cramer
Augustana Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert
The Augustana Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert will feature the winners of the orchestra's first Student Concerto Competition: Emily Fischer, violin; Evan Sammons, soprano saxophone; and Caitlin Thom, harp.
The concert will feature concertos by Aram Khachaturian, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Maurice Ravel as well as a performance of Antonin Dvorak's bucolic Symphony No. 8.
Augustana Concert Band Concert
The Augustana Concert Band will perform under the direction of Tony Oliver.
Program
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Seas of the Moon (2017) |
Tony Oliver (b. 1969) | |
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Mother Earth (2016) |
David Maslanka (1943-2017) | |
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Sun Dance (1997) |
Frank Ticheli ( b. 1958) | |
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First Suite in Eb for Military Band, op. 28a (1909) |
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Edited by Frederick Fennell |
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On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1989) |
David Holsinger (b. 1945) | |
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The Washington Post (1889) |
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) |
Jazz Combo Concert
The Augustana Jazz Combo ensemble, directed by Joseph Ott, will perform its winter concert.
Program
Augustana Jazz Combo 2
601 Blues Mark Taylor
Jazz N Samba (So Danco Samba) Jobim
Mack the Knife Kurt Weill
The Preacher Horace Silver Arr: Mantooth
Augustana Jazz Combo 1
Steamsville Mark Taylor
Over the Rainbow Arlen and Harburg
Strange Fruit Lewis Allen
On A Clear Day Lerner and Lane Arr: Mantooth
Sweet Georgia Brown Bernie, Pinkard, and Casey
Combo 1
Andre Rivera – Trumpet
Kendall Hengst – Tenor Sax
Kellen Myers – Piano
Douglas Ganster – Bass
Harrison Phillis – Drumset
Stephie Benito - Vocalist
Combo 2
Spencer Mason – Tenor Sax
Auden Meal – Trumpet
Ariane Omerza – Piano
Ivan Starenko - Guitar
Bobby Rowe – Bass
Daniel Skelton - Drumset
Symphonic Band Concert: Celebrations and Remembrances
The Augustana Symphonic Band will perform both new and traditional works in a concert themed "Celebrations and Remembrances."
Program
“Celebrations” by John Zdechlik. The work was commissioned by the Medalist Concert Band of Minneapolis, in 1990 celebrating its 20th anniversary.
“Hymn for the Innocent” by Julie Grioux, a musical remembrance of those loved and lost.
“Sojourn of Dreams” by Kevin Walczyk. This work remembers the life of a high school band director from Oregon who died suddenly while on a mission trip in Africa. In four continuous movements, it features folk songs and instruments from Zimbabwe.
This concert features faculty soloist Dr. Samantha Keehn performing John Mackey’s “Harvest Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble.” It features the cycle of pruning, rest, and rebirth found in a typical growth cycle of the vine.
And finally, in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation, the band will perform a commissioned work by James Stephenson entitled “This is most certainly true” as well as Jim Curnow’s “Rejouissance,” a fantasia on “A Mighty Fortress is our God.”