Connections carry GC Men’s Chorus to the Big Easy for spring break tour
The Goshen College Men's Chorus will spend their mid-term break performing in churches and schools in New Orleans during a weeklong tour Feb. 21-26.
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Husband and wife duo to present two-piano concert
Husband and wife piano duo Luke and Mary Rose Norell will present a concert of music for two pianos in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Saturday, Feb. 14. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. and is part of the 2014-15 Rieth Chamber Series.
Seven student winners featured in 55th annual Concerto-Aria Concert Feb. 7
Seven student winners of the 2014-15 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform arias and concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra in the 55th annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall.
Soroka and Hill to perform faculty recital Jan. 30
Goshen College music faculty members Solomia Soroka and Matthew Hill will present a recital of works for violin and piano on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
Karen Zorn ’84 headlines workshop on El Sistema music program – The Elkhart Truth
Goshen College graduate Karen Zorn visited her alma mater Monday, Jan. 12, to deliver a keynote speech discussing the merits of a new music program called El Sistema. The program is spreading into Elkhart classrooms and across the U.S.
Goshen College faculty voice recital RESCHEDULED for Feb. 3
Three members of the Goshen College Music Department will present a faculty voice recital in Rieth Recital Hall on Friday, Jan. 23. Performing will be Scott Hochstetler, baritone, and Rebecca Dengler Kaufman, mezzo-soprano, with pianist Christine Larson Seitz. The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m.
‘El Sistema’ music to educators’ ears – The Goshen News
With a little help from their conductor and a lot of collaboration, more than 150 school leaders, community members and music teachers took the stage Monday to learn about a musical method called “El Sistema” that might soon be spreading across the county.
Goshen College senior wins music composition competition
Jake Smucker Goshen College senior Jake Smucker, a music major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, won the 2015 Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) String Quartet Composition Competition with his work “Un Quatour à l’Envers.” Smucker studies composition with Dr. Jorge Muñiz, associate professor of music at IUSB, who encouraged…
World-renowned instrumentalists to perform masterpieces during Dec. 9 Afternoon Sabbatical
The husband and wife duo of David Machavariani, cello, and Ketevan Badridze, piano, will be joined by Jameson Cooper, violin, during an Afternoon Sabbatical performance on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 at 1 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Hymn marathon raises more than $15,000 for Christian Peacemaker Teams
When Bobby Switzer started the Goshen College Hymn Club in 2012, little did he know that he would end up singing through every verse of all 658 hymns in “Hymnal: A Worship Book,” in a 30-hour marathon of song.