Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. Augustana is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. Current students and alumni include 165 Academic All-Americans, two Nobel laureates, 13 college presidents and other distinguished leaders. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is located along one of the world’s most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States. www.augustana.edu
(see more)Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. Augustana is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. Current students and alumni include 165 Academic All-Americans, two Nobel laureates, 13 college presidents and other distinguished leaders. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is located along one of the world’s most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States. www.augustana.edu
The Augustana Concert Band performed its winter concert on Saturday, February 14 in Centennial Hall. Over seventy student musicians shared their talent with the Augustana community. This concert also featured the Augustana Horn Choir and the Rock Island High School Band.
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2015 Mar 3
Seven Augustana students were among a select group of artists from colleges and universities in the Quad Cities area to exhibit their art at the Figge Art Museum's College Invitational Exhibition. A closing reception and awards ceremony was held at the Figge on Thursday, February 5.
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2015 Feb 12
Four of Augustana's choirs performed their annual winter concert on Saturday, February 7. More than 100 student musicians shared their talents with the Augustana community. Participating choirs included Cantilena Augustana, Kammarkor, Wennerberg Men's Chorus and Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble. The Webster Competition winners were also featured.
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2015 Feb 9
The Augustana Jazz Ensemble performed its winter concert "Beyond Category" on Friday, February 5 in Centennial Hall. The concert featured the music of Duke Ellington, exactly as it was played by his orchestra. Selections included "Black and Tan Fantasy" and the "Peer Gynt Suite" as arranged by Billy Strayhorn.
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2015 Feb 9
Augustana junior, Rebecca Strandberg, a piano performance major of Crystal Lake, Ill., performed her junior recital on Sunday, February 8 in Wallenberg Hall. She performed David Popper's "Requiem, Op. 66" and Shumann's "Funf Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102" among others. She was accompanied by Patrick Yasutake, Henry Weberpal and Paige Phelps on cello, Scott Reynolds on clarinet, and Jessica Gerdish on viola.
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2015 Feb 9
Augustana junior Maria Catalano of Bloomingdale, Ill. and junior John Whitson of Aurora, Ill. performed in their student recital sharing their talents with the Augustana community. Catalano's selections included "The Man I Love" and "That Certain Feeling" by George Gershwin. Whitson performed Strauss's "Allersellen" and "Morgen". Additional pieces as well as duets were performed. The students were accompanied by Sheila Doak.
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2015 Feb 6
Augustana's theatre department continues its season with Katrina: the K Word, a performance presented by a 300-level course focusing on play production. Katrina: the K Word is conceived and created by Lisa S. Brenner and Suzanne M. Trauth and presented by special arrangement with the authors. Katrina: the K Word is an original play inspired by true stories of individuals impacted by Hurricane Katrina a decade ago.
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2015 Feb 5
The Augustana Symphonic Band will depart for its annual tour to the southern United States including performances in Kansas City, Tulsa, Dallas, Austin, Houston, New Orleans and St. Louis. The tour will begin on February 20 with their return to Augustana College on February 28.
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2015 Feb 4
Augustana senior Elyzia Powers of Silvis, Ill. and junior Jamie Hochmuth of Medina, Min. performed in their student recital sharing their talents with the Augustana community. Hochmuth's selections included "Love in the Dictionary" and "The K'e" by Celius Dougherty. Powers performed Sondheim's "Agony" from Into the Woods. Additional pieces as well as duets were performed. The students were accompanied by Gail Baldwin and Sheila Doak.
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2015 Feb 4
Augustana senior Kelsey Schauer of Wheeling, Ill. performed in her Senior Recital sharing her talents and fulfilling requirements of her music major. She performed Schumann's "Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42," Goldrich and Heisler's "Let Me Grow Old," and more.
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2015 Jan 26
Students with Augustana College's production of A Green River, written by Aaron Randolph III and directed by Augustana alumnus Phil McKinley, was featured and performed at this year's Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region III Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 8.
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2015 Jan 19
Augustana College performed its annual 'Christmas at Augustana,' performance on Friday, December 5, and Saturday December 6. More than 300 student musicians shared their talents, in one of the highlights of the Augustana and Quad-City holiday season.
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2014 Dec 15
Augustana senior Anna Moorhead will play the role of Lucia in this year's Festival of Sankta Lucia celebration. Moorhead is a native of Sparta, Wisconsin, majoring in business administration-finance with a minor in Scandinavian studies.
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2014 Dec 15
"Whistler and His Contexts," an exhibition currently on display in the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, was co-curated by two senior art history majors. The exhibit examines the works of James McNeill Whistler and artists working before, during and after his career, in an effort to understand Whistler's life and art in their context.
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2014 May 2
The show exhibits work by studio art and graphic design majors who graduate this year. Displaying artwork in a variety of media, from painting and photography to quilting and vide, the exhibition is the culmination of the students' Senior Inquiry process and overall academic experience.
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2014 Apr 9
The Augustana Symphonic Band will tour Japan from February 21-March 4. The band will perform four concerts, including two exchange concerts with Japanese ensembles.
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2014 Feb 10
The Augustana Choir, from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, will tour the Midwest from February 21-March 1. The nine-day, nine-concert tour will take nearly 60 students from as far north as the Twin Cities to as far east as Cincinnati, Ohio. Admission to all concerts is free, and a freewill offering will be accepted.
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2014 Feb 5
At Augustana College, Dr. Jenniger Burnham's cartography class was commissioned by Dr. Curt Roseman '63 to draw maps for his book, "A Century of Players, Performers, and Pagaents: Wharton Field House and Browning Field, Moline, Illinois," co-written by Dr. Roseman and Diann Moore. Seven of the students' maps were selected for publication.
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2014 Mar 28
Augustana College's Handel Oratorio Society presented its new take on a Quad-Cities Christmas tradition, 'A Christmas Messiah,' on Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15.
The Handel Oratorio Society began performing choral and orchestral works in 1881.
"This year we focused the performance on the Christmas portion of the piece," said Jon Hurty, conductor of the society and director of choral activities at Augustana.
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2013 Dec 18
Opera @ Augustana will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance on May 10-11 at 8 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall, within the Denkmann Memorial Building (3520 7th Ave.). Tickets are $12 for the general public; $10 for senior citizens, students, Augustana faculty and staff; and $8 for children age 12 and under.
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2013 May 7
The Augustana College Department of Theatre Arts will present Eric Bogosian's subUrbia, the final production of its 2012-2013 season, Balancing Acts. The show premiered this past weekend and will be performed again in Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts (3701 7th Ave.), on May 3-4 at 7:30 p.m. and May 5 at 1:30 p.m.
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2013 Apr 30
The Augustana College Symphonic Band recently returned from its 2013 tour of the Midwest. The tour included stops in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska. The band will perform its final concert of the tour at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, in Augustana's Centennial Hall, Rock Island, Illinois. Admission is free, and a freewill offering will be accepted.
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2013 Mar 5
The Augustana Choir will tour the east coast. Feb. 15-22, traveling from Naples, Fla., to Baltimore, Md., before enjoying some free time in Washington, D.C. The choir also will perform a home concert at 8 p.m. on March 8 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa.
Performing in the tour from your area include:
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2013 Feb 8
In continuation of its 2012-13 season, Balancing Acts, the Department of Theatre Arts at Augustana College premiered The Bock-Eye, January 25-27 and February 1-3.
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2013 Feb 6
The Handel Oratorio Society celebrates its 132nd-anniversary performance of Handel's Messiah on Saturday, Dec. 8 and Sunday, Dec. 9.
Students from your area that performed in the event include:
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2012 Dec 19
Augustana presents its fifth annual Christmas at Augustana holiday concert on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1. More than 300 students in the college's choirs, brass ensemble and orchestra joined together to share music in two sold-out shows.
These students from your area performed in the event:
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2012 Dec 18
Augustana College's Department of Theatre Arts will present The Arsonists, the first production of its 2012-13 season, "Balancing Act," October 12-21 at 7:30 p.m. on Friday/Saturday and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday in Potter Theatre on the upper level of Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts (3701 7th Ave). Tickets are $11 for the general public and $9 for senior citizens, students and Augustana faculty/staff.
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2012 Oct 4
Augustana will host the Quad-City Playwrights' Festival at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12, in the Black Box Theatre, inside Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts (3701 7th Ave.). A reception will follow, and admission is free.
Among those playwrights to have their work featured:
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2012 May 11
Augustana will host the Quad-City Playwrights' Festival at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12, in the Black Box Theatre, inside Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts (3701 7th Ave.). A reception will follow, and admission is free.
Among those playwrights to have their work featured:
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2012 May 11
During the next two weekends, Augustana students will present the cult classic, Bat Boy: The Musical, described by The New York Times as "a jaggedly imaginative mix of skewering humor and energetic glee." The unusual storyline is based on a 1992 Weekly World News article about a half-boy, half-bat named Bat Boy.
Augustana's theatre arts department and Opera@Augustana have joined together to deliver six performances of Bat Boy: The Musical in Potter Theatre, inside Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts (3701 7th Ave.) between April 27 and May 6.
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2012 Apr 23