Archives for Music Category

Singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer ’80: On spirituality, music and a playlist

Author, poet, singer, songwriter and Goshen College alum, Carrie Newcomer, visited with The Mennonite about spirituality, news, art and her top five most influential artists.

Under music professor Jose Rocha’s baton, Ben Folds and Elkhart County Symphony perform and improvise

GC Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha conducted the Elkhart County Symphony in collaboration with musician Ben Folds during a concert on Saturday, June 24.

Mary Oyer’s ’45 African music instrument donation helps Jean Kidula’s ’82 UGA students learn music, culture, history

Jean Kidula's '45 African musical instrument collection got quite a boost earlier this year when Mary Oyer '45, Kidula's former professor, gave her more than 70 African musical instruments the that Oyer had collected in trips to the continent.

Making music to change lives

In the first undergraduate program of its kind, Goshen College students are learning to teach music based on the principles of El Sistema.

Singing to Ken J. Nafziger ’63: Faculty and former students gather for a retirement send-off – Eastern Mennonite University

Ken Nafziger '63 stepped to the front of the crowded room and, as he has for countless times over the last 40 years, asked his Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) colleagues to sing. This time, it was “Amazing Grace,” the first two stanzas together and then the first stanza in rounds.

Songline: When music is like breathing – The Mennonite

Recent GC grad Maggie Weaver '17 writes about Women’s World Music Choir and its founder, Dr. Debra Detwiler Brubaker '79.

GC music faculty to perform selections from Schumann and Vaughan Williams

Goshen College Associate Professor of Music and baritone Scott Hochstetler will present a voice recital on Tuesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. The recital will feature pianists Luke Norell and Kathryn Schmidt, and will take place in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.

Lavender Jazz and All-Campus Band to perform March 25

Goshen College’s All-Campus Band and Lavender Jazz ensemble will perform in a joint concert on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m in Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

Matt Schloneger ’94 wins national fellowship award – Hesston College

Hesston College music faculty member Matthew Schloneger '94, Ph.D., was selected as one of two winners nationally for the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, recognizing a combined commitment to excellence in teaching and voice science.

GC Women’s World Music Choir to tour Ontario

The Goshen College Women’s World Music Choir will spend their spring break touring and performing in churches and schools in Ontario, Canada from Feb. 25 through March 2, 2017, with a home concert on Sunday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.