Senior Spotlight: Janaa Eborn, Violin
By Zach Brooks, Magazine Editor On Friday, Oct. 4, Janaa Eborn ’24 performed her senior recital in Paul Recital Hall. Eborn is a music major studying violin under Elly Toyoda at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music. The recital fulfilled an important degree requirement for Eborn, as well as representing a culmination of their musical achievement. Eborn’s first piece was unaccompanied Bach, Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 by Johann...
Senior Spotlight: Marissa Duggan, Soprano
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer On Friday, Oct. 4, Marissa Duggan ’24 performed her Minor Honors Recital in Paul Recital Hall at 3 p.m. Duggan is a health sciences major and a music minor who has been involved in a wide variety of productions, concerts and ensembles throughout her time at Gettysburg. The recital hall was filled with a supportive audience of family, friends, faculty and peers who came out to watch Duggan perform this...
Voice Area Recital Held at Sunderman Conservatory
By Nathaniel Swindell, Staff Writer On Saturday, a recital called “Sunderman Sings” was hosted for the voice students of the Sunderman Conservatory in an event that featured twelve different singers accompanied by a piano as they performed songs that were taken from many periods throughout the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. The event held great importance to the singers themselves, as many have been involved with music...
The Sunderman Conservatory of Music Hosts “String Day” for Local High School Students
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer On Sept. 26, the Sunderman Conservatory of Music began a new tradition for the first Symphony Orchestra concert of the semester. Under the guidance of the Director of Orchestral Activities Dr. Cesar Leal and other members of the Conservatory faculty, approximately 70 high school students from nearby high schools came to Gettysburg College for an entire day of string workshops alongside college students....
Chappell Roan: Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist
By Kenzie Smith, Arts & Entertainment Editor Over the past couple of years, female pop stars have been on the rise, from Sabrina Carpenter to Olivia Rodrigo, but over the past few months, a new pop icon has come into the spotlight: Chappell Roan. Although Roan’s stardom appears rather sudden, her career with music started ten years ago when she released her first self-titled EP at the age of 16 under her real name, Kayleigh Rose....
The Majestic Announces Performance Schedule for Upcoming Season
By Kenzie Smith, Arts and Entertainment Editor A “women in music” series is taking stage at the Majestic Theater in February 2025 and will run through April 2025. Three artists make up this series, which starts Feb. 13-15 with “The Other Mozart.” This piece was written and performed by Sylvia Milo narrating the widely-unknown story of Nannerl, Mozart’s older sister, who also performed throughout Europe and earned equal acclaim....
