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Chapel music is changing lives

3/22/2024 - 3 minute read

While music fills the air through speakers all over campus, there is nothing quite like the melodies heard from 10:30 to 11 a.m. during chapel in the CU Center. Worship music is a big part of life at Concordia and has affected the listening tastes of students in many ways.

With rehearsals twice a week the Concordia handbell ensembles strive for excellence in their instruments, while also providing new and innovative handbell repertoire.

Concordia handbells delivers joyous music to the East Coast

3/22/2024 - 2 minute read

As the Music Department prepares for their final concerts of the semester, the Concert and Spirit Bells ensembles are rehearsing for their Home Concert and performance tour across North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. Under the direction of Alex Guebert ‘11 and Erik Der, Community Engagement Director, the Concert and Spirit Bells ensembles allow for students to perform challenging handbell repertoire, sharpen their musical skills, and build a great sense of community.

Concordia Choir takes their music on the road!

2/23/2024 - 2 minute read

With mid-semester break on the horizon, the Music Department is excitedly awaiting this year's Concordia Choir Tour across California, Arizona, Indiana and Michigan. Serving as this year's annual performance tour, The Concordia Choir, under the direction of Dr. Michael Busch, will travel during the duration of mid-semester break, sharing their musical gifts with others.

Concordia's Men's Chorus is ready to delight audiences on Feb. 10 with their light hearted songs and dances.

Love is in the air for the Music Department

2/9/2024 - 2 minute read

In anticipation of the upcoming February holiday, students in the Music Department are preparing for their “Concert for Valentines.” Featuring the Donne Di Canto women's chorus and the Men's Chorus under the direction of Dr. Clarissa Shan, “A Concert for Valentines” has become a yearly tradition for Concordia and is one of the most well attended and highly anticipated concerts of the Music Department season.

Concordia Music Competition Overview

1/19/2024 - 1 minute read

Concordia is poised to celebrate the profound language of music through its upcoming competition, taking place in the Borland-Manske Center on Jan. 27 and 28. It’s an event that promises to be a symphony of talent and passion.

Group photo of the Americana Ensemble group

Americana Ensemble Spring Concert

3/18/2022 - 1 minute read

The Americana Ensemble concert is Fri., April 1, at 7 p.m. It will be located in the Borland-Manske Center in the Charlie and Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall, and is free to attend!

Director and Music Department Chair, Dr. Tom Mueller said, “The ensemble rehearses once a week and members prepare outside of that rehearsal to learn their parts.” He added, “It’s like a bluegrass band or jazz group, but some people may have solos, a fiddle or guitar solo may just happen in the middle of a piece. There’s lots of variety from instruments and voices.”

Concodia University Borland Manske Center

Introducing the Concordia Music Competition

1/21/2022 - 2 minute read

On Sat., Feb. 5, Concordia’s Music Department will welcome local students of all ages to participate in the Concordia Music Competition. In an in-person opportunity to demonstrate their musical prowess, the young musicians will compete for scholarships to the Summer Chamber Music Camp that was pioneered last summer by Dr. HyeJung Shin.

Concordia’s previous performance at Segerstrom took place in 2018, and featured The Concordia Choir, Concordia Sinfonietta, and Concordia Concert Handbells, as well as many other groups which will be returning

Repeat the Sounding Joy: A Concordia Christmas arrives December 6

11/19/2021 - 2 minute read

On Dec. 6, Concordia’s Christmas celebrations will return in full swing to close out 2021, starting with the annual Christmas Concert tradition, returning to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Concordia Symphony Orchestra practices for the upcoming concert in Zhang Music Hall

Concordia Symphony Orchestra invites you to “Nordic Symphonies”

10/29/2021 - 2 minute read

Concordia Symphony Orchestra calls on the north winds in their performance of two Nordic symphonies on Oct. 30.

The group will be performing two symphonies in the Nordic Tradition. First is Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 1, simply entitled “Nordic,” which simulates the harsh beauty of the rugged north. Also being performed is Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable” meant to express the varied spirit of life through motion. The concert will be taking place in the CU Center.

Dr. held leading an orchestral performance in the CU Center

Concordia Wind Orchestra Invitational

10/20/2017 - 1 minute read

Last Tuesday, Oct. 17 Concordia’s Wind Orchestra partnered with local schools and held this year’s first Concordia Wind Orchestra Invitational Concert in the CU Center.

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