Julia Woodring, mezzo-soprano

Claire Folson, violin

Brian Klein, tenor

Kaci Campbell, mezzo-soprano and Hope Carey, soprano

Celebrating Music by Composers of African Descent

William Chapman Nyaho will coach St. Olaf students.

Senior BM Violin Performance Major Lawrence Edward Barnes III, violin, will present a senior recital in partial fulfillment of his music degree requirements.

BM Instrumental Music Education Major Andrew Barhite, will present a senior recital in partial fulfillment of his music degree requirement.

BM Violin Performance Major, Grace Kenny, will present a senior recital in partial fulfillment of her music degree requirements. This event is free and open to the public.

BM Vocal Music Education Majors Paulo Gladney, baritone, and Nicholas Love, baritone, will present a joint senior recital in partial fulfillment of their music degree requirements.

The Brentano String Quartet will coach St. Olaf student ensembles.

Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. “Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding,” raves the London Independent; the New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound yearning lyricism”; the Philadelphia Inquirer praises its “seemingly infallible instincts for finding the center of gravity in every phrase and musical gesture”; and the Times (London) opines, “the Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet…This was wonderful, selfless music-making.”

BM Cello Performance Major Mark Fretheim, will present a senior recital in partial fulfillment of his music degree requirements.

BA Music major Gillian Gauntt, soprano, will present a senior voice recital in Urness Recital Hall.

BA Music Major Joel Rinckwald will present a senior cello recital.

Erica C. Hoops, soprano

The St. Olaf Percussion Ensemble, led by Dave Hagedorn, will present a concert of percussive music guaranteed to entertain and delight.

This recital will feature a variety of brass chamber groups performing classical, modern, and jazz repertoire.

Students studying chamber music with faculty members will present two recitals of wind chamber music.

St. Olaf College student groups studying under department faculty will present two recitals of string chamber music. The start times are 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Students in the Bachelor of Music Performance and Church Music degree programs will perform as part of their degree requirement at this recital.

This recital showcases solo repertoire by music majors and non-music majors studying with faculty.

Elizabeth Weis, hardanger fiddle, and Frances Olson-Borgerding '18, piano, will perform Edvard Grieg's "Slattar, Op. 72 – Norwegian Peasant Dances."

Students will be auditioning to be chosen as a tour soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra.

Katherine Needleman, principal oboist of the Baltimore Symphony, will present a solo guest recital.

Tracey Engleman, soprano, and Mark Bileu, piano, will perform.

Jesse Blumberg, baritone, and Martin Katz, piano, will perform.

Ashley Hall, trumpet, will perform a guest recital, accompanied by Rebecca Wilt, piano.

Students perform a general recital for solo credit toward their degree requirements.

Lyric Production of Into the Woods

Lyric Production of Into the Woods

Lyric Production of Into the Woods

Jacob Wilde, baritone, will present his junior recital.

Syrian Oud Master Issam Rafea and Chinese Pipa Master Gao Hong will perform improvised music, blending Chinese and Arabic musical techniques.

Pianist and Composer, Jake Heggie, will present a talk entitled "Where the Music Comes From: The Fire of Possibility"

Amy Schendel, trumpet, and Todd Schendel, trombone

Catherine Ramirez, flute, and Eva Beneke, guitar, will perform a faculty/guest recital.

Jacob West, trumpet, will present his senior recital.

Jack Reynertsen, percussion, will present his senior recital.

Lauren Delaney Breen, horn, will present a senior recital.

This juried recital is for students entering the BM Performance or Church Music program.

Students perform a general recital for solo credit toward their degree requirement.

Kaitlyn Clawson, piano, will present her senior recital.

Andrew Cannestra, piano, will present his senior recital.

Addie Mease will present a senior clarinet recital on Sunday, November 17th at 2 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall.

Senior Recital: Nahal Afshar-Javan, horn; and Devin Cawley, trombone

Madison Maynard, flute, will present her senior recital.

Christopher Schulte, trombone, will present his junior recital.

Gabrielle Irle, bassoon, will present her senior recital.

Joshua Head, viola, will present his senior recital.

Matthew Majerle, saxophone, will present a senior recital.

Brass Chamber groups will perform works ranging from classical to contemporary.

The Collegium Musicum baroque wind and string groups will perform a concert at 8:15pm in Boe Chapel.

Students perform a general recital for solo credit toward their degree requirement.

This student recital is made up of string chamber groups.

Students participating in chamber music studies will present two back-to-back recitals on Wednesday, December 11th at 7 and 8:15 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall.

Jessica Folson, violin, will present her junior recital.

Emily Geiger, mezzo-soprano and Lily Askegaard, mezzo-soprano, will present a shared senior recital.

BM Vocal Education Major, Andrew Gonzalez, will present a senior recital on Sunday, January 19th in Urness Recital Hall at 4:30 p.m. with pianist, Hermione Yim.

Emma Bergman and Felisa Armitage, mezzo-sopranos, will present their senior recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 17th.

St. Olaf Music Faculty, Catherine Ramirez, flute, and Christopher Atzinger, piano, will perform in a faculty recital.

Junior trumpet performance major, Anne Amen, will present her junior recital on Tuesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall with pianist, Lori Folland.

Percussion faculty, Dave Hagedorn, will present a solo percussion recital in Urness Recital Hall on January 23 at 8:15 p.m.

Faculty member, David Carter, cello, and guest, Esther Wang, piano will present a recital of selected cello and piano works by Beethoven.

Christopher Atzinger, piano, will perform in a solo recital.

The Artaria Quartet will perform Beethoven's full cycle of String Quartets, spread out over 6 dates. This is the 1st of 6 performances. Artaria Beethoven Cycle 1 Ray Shows, violin Nancy Oliveros, violin Annalee Wolf, viola Patricia Ryan, cello

The Artaria Quartet will perform Beethoven's full cycle of String Quartets, spread out over 6 dates. This is the 2nd of 6 recitals. Artaria Beethoven Cycle 2 Ray Shows, violin Nancy Oliveros, violin Annalee Wolf, viola Patricia Ryan, cello

The Artaria Quartet will perform Beethoven's full cycle of String Quartets, spread out over 6 dates. This is the 3rd of 6 recitals. Artaria Beethoven Cycle 3 Ray Shows, violin Nancy Oliveros, violin Annalee Wolf, viola Patricia Ryan, cello

Lauren Zimmerman, violin, will present her junior recital.

The recital will feature various faculty members on Friday, February 21st at 7 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall.

Pianist Sean Chen will present a master class.

Pianist Sean Chen will present a guest recital. A “thoughtful musician well beyond his years” (The Republic), Chen shares his “alluring, colorfully shaded renditions” (New York Times) and “genuinely sensitive” (LA Times) playing with audiences around the world in solo and chamber recitals, concerto performances, and master classes. After winning the 2013 American Pianists Awards, placing third at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and being named a 2015 Annenberg Fellow, Chen is now a Millsap Artist in Residence…

This student recital is a preliminary audition to be a soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra in early May.

A pre-recital talk 6:30 - 7 p.m. with Bösendorfer's Kirk Davis, St. Olaf piano technician, Dennis Johnson and St. Olaf Piano Faculty member, Christopher Atzinger.

Sarah Latimer, trumpet, will present her senior recital.

Meredith Maloley, violin, will present her junior recital.

Junior Recital: Eli Aronson, tenor; and Simon Hoehn, baritone

The St. Olaf Handbell Choir, directed by Jill Mahr, will present a tour homecoming concert at 8:15 pm in Urness Recital Hall. 

Clara Brown, violin, will present her junior recital.

Lacy Williams, soprano, and Noel Patterson, bass, will present a shared junior recital.

BM vocal performance major, Emma Arachtingi, will present a junior recital on Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall.

Amanda Staab, horn, will present her junior recital.

Annika Seager, violin, will present her junior recital.

Lauren Flaten, flute, will present her junior recital.

Grace Welton, soprano, will present her senior recital.

Soprano, Katie Anderson, will present a senior recital assisted by Adrienne Wessel, piano.

Helena Webster, soprano, will present her senior recital.

BM clarinet performance major, David Kriete, will present a junior recital on Sunday, March 15th at 8:15 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall.

Junior BM vocal performance major, Katherine McCord, will present a junior recital.

Olivia Skaja, violin, will present her junior recital.

Kristen Diederichs, oboe, will present her senior recital.