Inspiration

My name is James Brown.  Yes, I do feel good, thanks for asking.  This is my second year on the voice faculty of LSM and I am thrilled with the level of student we have this year!  The schedule can be grueling at times, but my students are always ready to sing when they arrive [...]

by Jacob, horn student
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This summer marks my third summer spent at Lutheran Summer Music and
Lutheran Summer Music’s 25th year. I have attended one year at Luther
College and two here at Gustavus Adolphus College. When you spend a month
with people who are all passionate about music you know that the friendships
will be great. I [...]

by Andrew Whitfield, voice faculty
Green fun
“Read this!”
For Abendmusik (the music before our service of Evening Prayer) the other week, Cheryl Lemmons and I performed “Litany” from John Musto’s cycle Shadow of the Blues. This performance had special significance for me because it was the result of an exchange that began a year ago at [...]

Thirteen Going on Fourteen

by S. Blake Duncan, oboe/English horn faculty & The Victor H. Mattfeld Endowed Collegium Musicum Director
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It is hard for me to believe that my 13th year as an LSM faculty member is almost behind me. As I look back, I have so many wonderful memories of glorious music-making, outstanding colleagues, wonderful students and meaningful worship. [...]

Alive in the Summer

by Michael Jorgensen, voice faculty
I am entering my 17th year teaching voice at Gustavus Adolphus College and have observed that summers are typically a quiet time here.  We don’t conduct summer classes, and the campus typically hosts a myriad of sports camps, but nothing academic.  For many years the college offered a summer classical music [...]