Burrier '12 coaching soccer at Elk Grove

Former Augustana soccer player Dean Burrier '12 will coach girls' soccer this year at Elk Grove High School in the Chicago area.

Disc golf leads back to Haake '74

The Quad-Cities is host to the Professional Disc Golf Association’s Amateur and Junior Disc Golf World Championships. And Dale Haake '74 may be the person to thank.

Residential Life open house

The Office of Residential Life will an open house for incoming students and families to preview the residence halls.

New group brings Broadway to Q-C

The new Mississippi Bend Players offers "an intense and immersive" summer internship program, and it brings a touch of Broadway to the Quad Cities.

Confluences connect more than just rivers

There's something about two rivers coming together that brings out the sense of wonder in geographer Norm Moline.

QCSO Masterworks VI: Postcards from Russia

The season finale features everyone’s favorite Russian master of melodies – Tchaikovsky. Opening gently with the rich orchestral colors of the famous Waltz from Swan Lake, the QCSO then welcomes a 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Medalist to present Tchaikovsky’s heroic tour de force, the Piano Concerto No. 1. The 103rd season concludes with the bold, victorious, and breathtaking Symphony No. 5.

PROGRAM
Tchaikovsky Waltz from Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Mark Russell Smith, conductor
2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Medalist

QCSO Masterworks V: Postcards from Germany and Austria

No symphonic exploration would be complete without the German and Austrian masters. The swirling themes of Mozart’s beaming overture to The Marriage of Figaro will lead us plunging into Beethoven’s fiery and high-spirited Symphony No. 4. QCSO Concertmaster Naha Greenholtz solos in Mendelssohn’s final orchestral work, the dramatic Violin Concerto. We close out the program in a spectacular display of orchestral brilliance with Hindemith’s rhythmic and thrilling Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.

PROGRAM
Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture
Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Naha Greenholtz, violin

QCSO Masterworks IV: Postcards from Venice

Venice - the Floating City! Your trip will begin with Rossini’s high spirited and mischievous La scala di seta Overture. Principal Trumpet Matthew Onstad makes his QCSO solo debut with Arban’s trumpet showpiece, Carnival of Venice, before we peer into the dark and emotional side of the city with Liszt’s The Black Gondola. Vivaldi’s elegant Concerto for Four Violins features four QCSO musicians, followed by Stravinsky’s charming and witty Pulcinella Suite and Verdi’s wistful Prelude to La Traviata. Rounding out the program is another charming and bubbly Rossini overture, from L’italiana in Algeri.

PROGRAM
Rossini Overture to La scala di seta
Arban Carnival of Venice
Liszt/J. Adams The Black Gondola
Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Verdi Prelude to La Traviata
Rossini Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri

Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Matt Onstad, trumpet
QCSO violinists

QCSO Masterworks III: Postcards from Scandinavia

Our gorgeous postcards from Scandinavia begin with Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Overture to Maskarade, Denmark’s comedic national opera. Pianist Charlie Albright will astound you with his virtuosity and improvisational prowess in the evergreen Grieg Piano Concerto. Our tour concludes in the vastness and majesty of the Finnish landscape in Sibelius’s enthralling Symphony No. 2.

PROGRAM
Nielsen Maskarade Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Charlie Albright, piano

QCSO Masterworks II: Postcards from the Wild West

Take an adventure to our own Wild West beginning with John Williams’ sweeping overture to the 1972 motion picture The Cowboys. Acclaimed violinist Bella Hristova joins the QCSO to premiere American composer David Ludwig’s celebratory and touching Violin Concerto motivated by the ideas of marriage and community. In Augustana composer and audience favorite Jacob Bancks’ Into the Wild, you will explore both literal and metaphorical wilderness. Finally, follow the exploits of the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid in music from Copland’s rustic and popular ballet.

PROGRAM
John Williams The Cowboys Overture
David Ludwig Violin Concerto
Jacob Bancks Into the Wild
Copland Suite from Billy the Kid

Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin