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Don Marquis ’59, esteemed jazz author and New Orleans Jazz Museum founder, has died at 88

Don Marquis '59, a prolific writer, researcher and French Quarter fixture who dedicated his life to documenting New Orleans jazz, died July 29 in his hometown of Goshen, Indiana. He was 88.

A matter of trust: How the new Emily Rodgers ’03 album came to life

Emily Rodgers' '03 new album titled “I Will Be Gone,” is another spare, beautifully haunting entry to the singer-songwriter’s catalog.

Pandemic a chance to sing a new song

With a year of COVID experience and lots of new livestreaming equipment, music departments are offering recorded and outdoor performances to churches for use in recorded or live­streamed Sunday services.

WATCH: Virtuosos go virtual in Orfeo ed Euridice

The Goshen College Theater Department will perform Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice on March 26 & 27 at 7:30 p.m., and March 28 at 2:30 p.m. EST, streamed at goshen.edu/livestream.

Winter Choral Concert to be streamed on March 14

Concert: Winter Choral Concert Date and time: Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 4 p.m. Re-broadcast date and time: Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. ET Location: Online at gcmusiccenter.org/live The Goshen College Choirs will present a virtual Winter Choral Concert on Sunday, March 14, 2021…

Recordings made in Sauder Concert Hall retell the history of Black composers, receive Grammy nomination

Three different albums recorded in Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall have recently received national acclaim. Will Liverman’s “Dreams of a New Day” (recorded in July 2020 at Goshen College) and Catalyst Quartet’s “Uncovered” (recorded in July 2020 at Goshen College) were recently featured in The New York Times, and the Dover Quartet’s “The Schumann Quartets” (recorded in February 2018 at Goshen College) was nominated for a 2021 GRAMMY Award. 

Listen: Sadie Gustafson-Zook’s ’17 “Birdsong”

Sadie Gustafson-Zook's '17 new song ‘Birdsong‘ from her new EP ‘Vol 1‘, is described as a sweet and gentle folk song with "pure voice alongside that fancy finger-picking."

Mark Kreider ’18: A master student mastering all

Mark Kreider '18 believes piano performance is an energizing complement to his graduate work in ecology.

JD Martin ’70 talks about and performs “Jesus, help us live in peace”

Singer/Songwriter JD Martin '70 performs his song "Jesus, help us live in peace" as part of the Voices Together project.

2019 ‘A Festival Of Carols’ to be televised this month

Watch the livestream of 2019 “A Festival of Carols” livestream on WNIT Monday, Dec. 21 at 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24 at 10 p.m.  Friday, Dec. 25 at 8 a.m. Goshen College’s annual “A Festival of Carols” program returns this year on…