By Saige Mattson MOORHEAD – After theater faculty shakeups last year, Concordia has brought in a new visiting assistant professor of theater, Jessica Chipman. Chipman, a playwright originally from Iowa, worked in the high school setting and directed theater in Minnesota before coming to Concordia to share her talents with students. “I started out as…
By Daniel Scullard Over this past summer a mural painted by Cyrus M. Running (1913-1976), a well-renowned professor at Concordia, was restored and put up next to the Parke Leadership Center on the second floor of Knutson Campus Center. Originally painted in 1966 as a memorial for Gordan S Manternach, a close friend to Cyrus,…
By Ross Motter On March 21, The Concordia Choir Instagram announced that Stephanie Tubiolo would be joining the choral faculty, where she will serve as an assistant professor of choral music and the conductor of Concordia’s Chapel and Kantorei Choirs. Tubiolo holds a BA in Music from Yale College, a Masters in Music for Choral…
New to Concordia this year is the Cobber Athletic Band, also known as the pep band. At 40 strong, they played their first Concordia football game on Saturday, Sep 7 under the brand new lights at Jake Christiansen stadium. The ensemble aims to be the lowest cost and commitment of all Concordia musical ensembles. “Our…
By Abigail Koenig It is well known that Concordia college is a hub for all things music related. There is a multitude of opportunities for students to get involved with their voices and/or instruments. One of the many options is the creation and participation of student-led bands, the most popular groups being GG and…
Cornstock 2025 will take place at 7 p.m. on April 26 in Memorial Auditorium. This event is an annual end of year concert and has been a Concordia tradition since 1989, first being sponsored by the Campus Entertainment Commission, now known as the Campus Events Commission. The event is based on the Woodstock music festival. …
Mimes depict one of the earliest forms of self-expression with this theatrical medium being traced back all the way to ancient Greece. Miming or pantomiming is when a person tells a story through acting things out, bodily motions and typically no elements of speech. Bill Bowers is a primarily self-taught world-renowned mime artist who came…
Andy Kocher is a fourth-year percussionist who performed Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody for the Concordia Band’s spring tour. Kocher stumbled into the world of percussion in fifth grade where his teacher had him, and other students, trying musical instruments such as a trombone, saxophone, and percussion. However, Kocher was not given that choice after…
MOORHEAD— On Friday, Feb. 22, student musical group “G.G. And the Groove” was chosen as the student opening act for Cornstock and The 502s was announced as the headlining act. Three student bands competed in the Campus Events Commission’s (CEC) annual “Battle of the Bands,” which decides the opener for Cornstock. This year’s competitors were…
Crowds gathered in the Francis Frazier Comstock theatre on Feb. 13-16 to watch a spin on a classic tale in “The Three Bears” by Jonathan Stinson presented by the Concordia College Opera, Music, and Theatre Departments. For the first time, an opera was performed on the Main Stage instead of the Centrum. To make this…