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A Thousand Words
It is wonderful to read the insights from the members of the 2016 Gustavus Department of Music concert tour. They see and hear so much more than I do at the same event. While there is so much to say about the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and Gustavus Jazz Lab Band’s international concert tour in Greece […]
Two Cups of Coffee
Blog by Joey Wiley ’16 Waking up at 5:30AM is definitely not ideal when home, but on tour, and specifically in Greece, the reward of this early wake up time is much greater than the cost of a couple cups of Greek coffee. As we started our journey from Patras to Volos, I was eager […]
Tiny Huge Concert
By Kendra Frey Our second concert, at the Patras Music School on Monday, was a tiny, huge event. The space was tiny. The crowd was huge. After setting up the stage and all of our equipment, we all settled down into our seats and realized that while we all had very little room, there was […]
What a Site!
Written by Elena Gottlick The morning after our concert at the Athens School of Music, two buses filled with sleepy but excited Gusties (accompanied by their trusty tour guides, Alexandra and Maria) headed to two of the famous nine hills of Greece, the Areopagus Hill and the Acropolis. Students learned that the Areopagus Hill is […]
Our First Concert
Written by Nate Long After arriving at our hotel on Thursday afternoon, we had been on the road or in the air for over 20 hours, and everybody was eager for a long-overdue full night’s sleep. Few of us were truly ready for our 6:30am wake up calls, yet we dragged ourselves out of […]
How We Got to Greece
Written by John Baron I have to admit, when my alarm went off at 3am Wednesday morning I wasn’t exactly jumping out of bed. We all arrived at the fine arts building at 4:15 with common questions being “How much sleep did you get?” And “Aren’t you excited?!” Once the buses arrived we quickly loaded […]
Music, Greece, and Macedonia
Written by Becca Ihnen The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of intensive rehearsals, invaluable lectures, and engaging guest speakers. The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band returned to campus on January 4th and immediately began preparations for our concert tour in Greece and Macedonia. Our daily schedule started with an orchestra rehearsal […]
From Paris to St. Peter, the Journey Reached its End
After concluding a fantastic 16 days with a stint in the lovely city of Paris, the tour has returned home safe and sound. Wednesday, the day began with a panoramic tour of the beautiful city of Paris, ending at the entrance to the Musée d’Orsay. Tom, one of our group guides, explained that while the Thames […]
G Choir Struts in in Stratford, Oxford, and Paris
Good evening from Paris! Despite Logan Boese ’16 claiming “huh, looks like South Dakota” upon spying the French countryside for the first time, we are thrilled to have reached such a treasured city. The last three days allowed us the chance to explore two tremendous pillars of England’s influence on learning the world over: the birth […]
All Was Well In Wales
Hello from the Welsh town of Mold! The last few days have been a diverse scamper between England and Wales. Wednesday evening, the choir performed in Bath’s St. Michael’s, another beautiful 1800’s Anglican church. Further away from the opulence of St. Paul’s Cathedral or the elegance of Mayfair, St. Michael’s was a clear example of a […]