Events

In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived.

Music, book, and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell

Tickets will be available online two weeks before opening night.

Join the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and the Wind Symphony, conducted by John Clemons, as they present their winter concert!

In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived.

Music, book, and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell

Tickets will be available online two weeks before opening night.

The Gustavus Music Department is proud to present the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra for their winter concert. This concert will be conducted by Manny Laureano, interim conductor for the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and former Principal Trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra.

Join the Gustavus Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab Collective as they present their fall jazz showcase. The concert will feature a variety of jazz charts including some well-known standards and newer contemporary pieces.

Join the Gustavus Choir, our premier touring choral ensemble conducted by Dr. Brandon Dean, as they perform their 2027 tour program following a 10-day tour around the Midwest.

Directed by Sarah Hauss, How the Light Comes explores the persistent emergence of illumination — within ourselves and in relationship to each other, as we journey from fragmentation to clarity, and from isolation to connection. Through dances that embody resilience, vulnerability, memory, and hope, our dance artists ask not only where light comes from but what it asks of us when it arrives. How the Light Comes invites us all to witness transformation in real time, to sit with the unknown, and to recognize the subtle, powerful ways light finds its way in. 

Tickets will be available online two weeks before opening night.

Directed by Sarah Hauss, How the Light Comes explores the persistent emergence of illumination — within ourselves and in relationship to each other, as we journey from fragmentation to clarity, and from isolation to connection. Through dances that embody resilience, vulnerability, memory, and hope, our dance artists ask not only where light comes from but what it asks of us when it arrives. How the Light Comes invites us all to witness transformation in real time, to sit with the unknown, and to recognize the subtle, powerful ways light finds its way in. 

Tickets will be available online two weeks before opening night.

Directed by Sarah Hauss, How the Light Comes explores the persistent emergence of illumination — within ourselves and in relationship to each other, as we journey from fragmentation to clarity, and from isolation to connection. Through dances that embody resilience, vulnerability, memory, and hope, our dance artists ask not only where light comes from but what it asks of us when it arrives. How the Light Comes invites us all to witness transformation in real time, to sit with the unknown, and to recognize the subtle, powerful ways light finds its way in. 

Tickets will be available online two weeks before opening night.

Directed by Sarah Hauss, How the Light Comes explores the persistent emergence of illumination — within ourselves and in relationship to each other, as we journey from fragmentation to clarity, and from isolation to connection. Through dances that embody resilience, vulnerability, memory, and hope, our dance artists ask not only where light comes from but what it asks of us when it arrives. How the Light Comes invites us all to witness transformation in real time, to sit with the unknown, and to recognize the subtle, powerful ways light finds its way in. 

Tickets will be available online two weeks before opening night.

Join the Gustavus Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab Collective as they present their spring jazz showcase. Come celebrate our seniors in their final jazz concert and the amazing music these groups have created throughout the last year!

The Gustavus Department of Music is proud to present the Spring Choral Showcase featuring all three of our choral ensembles: The Gustavus Choir, Choir of Christ Chapel, and Lucia Singers.