Concordia College Music

Student musician Sam Lindsay ‘27 is a cellist in the Symphonia Orchestra. They took the opportunity to draw portraits of Amy Beach and William Grant Still from repertoire performed this semester. We are proud of their achievements and creativity! ✏️ 🎵

Many thanks to all who contributed to sharing and hearing Matthew Shepard’s story this afternoon 25 years after his tragic death.

Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson was presented with support from the Eljay Foundation.

The Concordia Orchestra has the pleasure of welcoming guest baritone Maximilian Krummen for the upcoming 2024 Masterworks concert on April 21st at 6PM in Memorial Auditorium. We look forward to all those who can join us for the concert this Sunday!

Congratulations to Dr. Annett Richter who was awarded the 2024 COSS Mentor Award for her mentorship of Lydia Repnow's presentation titled, “Mysterious Manet: An Examination of Musical Paradoxes in Edouard Manet’s (1832-1883) The Spanish Singer (1860).” Congrats to both of them! 👏

The Concordia Choral Program is excited to share their performance of Craig Hella Johnson's "Considering Matthew Shepard" on April 28. This powerful and moving work will be the final event of "Considering Matthew Shepard: 25 Years Later," a multi-event project using music, performance, art, and spoken word to bring focus to prejudice and tolerance while engaging our campus and community in conversations on how to erase hate in the world while exploring the legacy of Matthew Shepard 25 years after his tragic death.

More information on upcoming events and tickets for our performance of "Considering Matthew Shepard" can be found at www.ConcordiaCollege.edu/MatthewShepard. Tickets are free for Concordia students, faculty, and staff.

This past weekend was certainly one to remember. The Concordia Percussion Program hosted its 32nd annual Percussion Day on April 13th with learning bank concerts before. We welcomed guests from across the country.

The Music Department would like to thank the support of Zildjian, Vic Firth, Pearl and Adams for sponsoring this year’s day. We would also like to thank our companies listed in program and photo for all the generous door prizes - without support like this we wouldn’t be able to do what we do every year.

The Concordia Symphonia Orchestra is in their final dress rehearsal for their concert tomorrow on Monday, April 15th at 7:30PM in the Centrum.

This performance will feature soloist Dr. Albina Khaliapova on the piano, a world premiere of Katie DeLaMare Troy’s “The Fantastical Candy Factory” and student conductors Kelly Klontz and Erik Ault.

The Cello and Double Bass Studio will be hosting a Contemporary / Classical Performance today at the Rourke Art Gallery in Downtown Moorhead. Doors will be open at 3:30PM and concert begins at 4PM, followed by a reception.

We hope you can join us! 🎵 The concert will feature works from composers Tony Osborne, Sofia Gubaidulina, Terry Rilley, Alexander Tansman, BJ Davis, and more.

🚨 5 Days!!! 🚨 We are officially five days away from our Percussion Day and four away from our Learning Bank Concerts.

The 32nd Annual Percussion Day will be held on Saturday, April 13th, 2024. The day will feature guest artists Dave Hagedorn, Eri Isomura & John Wooton. 🎵
The 2024 Percussion Day is sponsored by Zildjian, Pearl-Adams & Steve Weiss Music. 🥁

The schedule, resources and ticket information can be found at https://www.concordiacollege.edu/.../perfo.../percussion-day

Concordia College Music would like to invite you to the 2024 Masterworks Concert featuring Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 1" and "Songs Of A Wayfarer" featuring soloist Maximilian Krummen.

The concert will be held on Sunday, April 21st at 6PM in Memorial Auditorium.

On Saturday, April 6th at 7:30PM Concordia Cultural Events will be hosting Project Trio in Christiansen Recital Hall in Hvidsten Hall of Music. We look forward to seeing you there! 🎵 😎

On Wednesday, April 10th at 7:30PM Concordia Cultural Events will be presenting "An Evening With Mike Block" in the Christiansen Recital Hall in Hvidsten Hall of Music. The performance will be free and open to the public. 👏 🎵

The 32nd Annual Percussion Day will be held on Saturday, April 13th, 2024. The day will feature guest artists Dave Hagedorn, Eri Isomura & John Wooton. 🎵

The 2024 Percussion Day will be sponsored by Zildjian, Pearl-Adams & Steve Weiss Music. 🥁

We are officially one month away from this amazing day, we hope to see everyone there! 📅 The schedule, resources and ticket information can be found at https://www.concordiacollege.edu/music/performances-and-events/percussion-day

The Concordia Concert Handbells is going on tour this spring. They will be traveling north to share their music. We can't wait! 🎵👏

Next Thursday, on February 29th from 6:30-8PM at The Plains Art Museum our cello faculty Dr. Eduard Teregulov will be performing in a new collaborative series called the Fugitive Sound Experience.

To learn about the details of this new collaboration, visit https://plainsart.org/events/fugitive-sound-experience-i/

The Concordia College Music Department is honored to share the performance of The Concordia Band today on Thursday, February 15th at 6:45PM at the MMEA Mid-Winter Clinic. The Music Department will also have a table in the main Exhibit Hall to share about our programs and Master of Music program as well. We are so proud! 🎶

The Concordia Opera Program will be performing Dan Shore’s “An Embarrassing Position" along with Samuel Barber’s operatic miniature “A Hand of Bridge."

This performance features a group of nine performers, and The Concordia Orchestra mixed into two chamber pit ensembles under the direction of Dr. Kevin F.E. Sütterlin and Stephen Sulich. The singers are led by vocal director Dr. Robin Griffeath.

The performance is at 2:30PM on Saturday, Jan. 27, in the Centrum, Knutson Campus Center.

Fargo-Moorhead Opera's 55th Season Celebration Concert on October 28th at 7:30PM will be hosted at NDSU. The concert features four of our own faculty members in the program - be sure to visit their website for more information 🎵✨ Fargo-Moorhead Opera

Coming this November, Concordia welcomes Alyssa Morris and Martin van Klompenberg as Guest Artists for the Double Reed Day on November 11th. To register, and for full schedule and information, visit the link in our bio 🎵

Concordia's very first Guitar Day will be hosted tomorrow throughout the day with various events and Guest Artists/Clinicians. Bring your friends!

Join the Concordia Orchestra, the Honor String Orchestra and Guest Conductor Dr. Mathias Elmer for their concert this weekend featuring works from Elgar and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. We look forward to you being there!

Join Concordia's Vocal Jazz in their Solo Night at Twenty Below this evening at 7:30PM.

This weekend - come enjoy the Fall Choirs Concert in Memorial Auditorium at 2PM on Sunday, October 1st! 🎵✨

Concordia College Music would like to invite you to a Guest Artist Recital featuring Sarah Weisbrod on flute and Jordan Buchholtz on piano this evening of September 29th at 7:30PM in Christiansen Recital Hall 🎵🎼

Tonight at 7PM in Christiansen, help us welcome our guests from the National Association for Schools of Music for a recital. The recital will showcase studio ensembles and student musicians from across the department! 🎵👏

Students! ✏️ Come to Walk-In Tutoring in the MRC on Thursdays for Music Theory, Aural Skills, Rhythm and Diction from 7-10PM. Find all available classes on navigate to schedule an individual appointment for one-on-one tutoring! 🧠

Over this past summer in July, Dr. Jennie Nash, Dr. Steven Makela and Dr. Doug Harbin traveled to the 2023 College Music Society International Conference held in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. There they presented "Empathy and Music: A Model for Experiential and Integrative Learning for the 21st Century Musician" and premiered Dr. Harbin's new work Terrores Magicos performed by Dr. Nash at the Jāzeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music. 🎵👏

Last night, the Music Majors at Concordia had a wonderful meeting to kick off their year. During the meeting the Music Department discussed information of student support, major requirements and program options. 🎶 We are so excited for a wonderful year, Cobbers! 🌽

It's ✨ Student Feature Friday✨

Today's feature is Kate Lathe from Sartell, MN! Kate sings soprano ... and also dabbles in ukulele, piano, bass, and trumpet! She is excited to be a part of the Concordia Choral Program, and is also looking forward to intramural sports and student government! 🎶 Her brother, Spencer, is also a Cobber and Kate is excited to join! We are on the edge of our seat waiting for Kate to be joining us this fall 🤩

To learn more about Concordia College, and the Music Department, follow the link to learn more 🌽 https://linktr.ee/concordiacollegemusic

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