Gustavus Music Ensemble Tours

Current Tours: 2022 - 2023

The Gustavus Choir 

The Gustavus Choir plans to tour internationaly to Spain, France and Italy from January 19, 2023 to February 3, 2023. A list of performance venues and dates are listed below.

*All concerts are free and open to the public*

  • Saturday, January 21 | 8:30 p.m. | Parròquia de Santa Maria de Gràcia in Barcelona
  • Sunday, January 22 | 7 p.m. | Basilica de Santa Maria in Vilafranca del Penedès
  • Tuesday, January 24 | 6 p.m. | Eglise du Sacre Couer in Menton
  • Wednesday, January 25 | 6 p.m. | Holy Trinity Church in Nice
  • Thursday, January 26 | 6 p.m | Notre-Dame Du Liban in Mandelieu-La Napoule
  • Saturday, January 28 | 4 p.m. | Duomo in Milan
  • Monday, January 30 | 9 p.m. | Basilica di Santa Trinita in Florence
  • Tuesday, January 31 | 9 p.m. | Cattedrale di San Pietro in Mantua
  • Thursday, February 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Basilica dei Santi Giovannie e Paolo in Venice

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra

The Gustavus Wind Orchestra plans to tour internationaly to Spain and France from January 19, 2023 to February 1, 2023. A list of performance venues and dates are listed below.

  • Sunday, January 22 | 7 p.m. | Teatro Montecarlo | Buñol, Spain
    *Shared performance with local band “La Artistica”
  • Tuesday, January 24 | 8 p.m. | Church of Pi | Barcelona, Spain
    *Shared performance with the local band “Banda Valencia de Barcelona”
  • Wednesday, January 25 | 8 p.m. | Auditori Enric Granados | Lleida, Spain
    *Shared performance with the local band “Banda Simfonica de la Unio Musical de Lleida”
  • Friday, January 27 | 8:30 p.m. | Salles des Fetes | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
  • Monday, January 30 | 4:30 p.m. | La Madeleine | Paris, France
  • Tuesday, January 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Salle Jacques-Higelin | Paris, France
  • Saturday, February 18 | 7 p.m. | Home Concert | Christ Chapel | Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN

The Gustavus Jazz Ensemble

The Gustavus Jazz Ensemble is scheduled to go on a national tour with the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra. Updated tour information will be given when avaible.

The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra

The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to go on a national tour with the Gustavus Jazz Ensemble. Updated tour information will be given when avaible.

Previous International Tours

All touring ensembles travel internationally during a four-year cycle. Students enroll in a J-Term class that corresponds with the tour destination. Prior to departure, students spend time in class and in rehearsal, preparing the repertoire for their performances. Tours are typically 14 days in length and always culminate in a home concert after returning back to campus. The international tour experience counts for one of the two required J-Term credits. Past international tours include:

2020: Malaysia and Singapore ~ The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra & Jazz Ensemble

Program cover of 2020 Gustavus Symphony & Gustavus Jazz Band International Tour to Singapore and Malaysia

2019: Music Capitals of Europe ~ The Gustavus Choir

Program cover for 2019 Gustavus Choir international tour

2018: Sweden and Norway ~ The Gustavus Wind Orchestra

GWO Sweden and Norway


2016: Greece and Macedonia ~ The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra & Jazz Ensemble

GSO GJazz 2016


2015: United Kingdom and France ~ The Gustavus Choir

G Choir UK France


Mission

The mission of the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is two-fold:

  • to provide a rigorous and innovative music curriculum (Music at Gustavus), and
  • to promote the idea of building a more beautiful world through music (Music from Gustavus)

"Music from Gustavus" represents a commitment to provide unique musical experiences that promote the College as a national liberal arts institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and broaden the scope and effect of the study of music on campus. This commitment is met by scheduling regional, national, and international performances, often in cooperation with other areas of the College. Music ensemble tours frequently include companion courses to augment the educational experience by focusing on the history and culture of the people and places visited.

Department of Music Touring Philosophy

The tradition of concert touring by the music ensembles at Gustavus Adolphus College was established as early as 1878 for the musical, artistic and educational benefit of the student members. Concert touring provides an opportunity to perform a concert program numerous times, fostering a deeper artistic understanding and expression of the music. It develops high levels of musical discipline and artistic integrity and allows the musicians to experience a variety of acoustic environments and widely diverse audience and ensemble dynamics.

Concert touring encourages the development of professional attitudes necessary to perform at a consistently high level and provides opportunities to experience diverse cultures, both domestic and international, through the music performed and experiences planned as a part of each tour. Touring teaches interpersonal skills and team building, which come from a variety of shared experiences.

Concert touring reaches beyond the musician and the ensemble, enhancing the public image of the College. The music and the musicians provide a "product of excellence" for the audience and an outreach to the many constituencies of the College, ranging from our alumni, parents, and friends to those persons associated with the College through the offices of Admission, Church Relations, and Advancement. The tours provide an opportunity to develop new relationships and visibility, as well as to reactivate, strengthen, and celebrate existing connections to Gustavus and its students.

Extended domestic and international tours include a unique feature at Gustavus. These tours are combined with a specially designed companion course to provide an interdisciplinary perspective for the students, develop increased cultural awareness, promote a more diverse student body, and build cross-cultural bridges.