Minor Honors Recital: Molly Hoffman, Soprano
By David Poulos, Staff Writer Molly Hoffman ’24, an environmental studies and public policy double major with minors in Spanish and music, performed her Minor Honors Recital on April 5 in Paul Recital Hall. The recital included “The Tale of the Oyster,” “Morike Lieder,” “Nuit d’etoiles,” “Au bord de l’eau,” “Arirang,” “La Mestiza” and “Laurie’s Song.” Hoffman found choosing which songs to perform difficult and ultimately chose songs...
Spring Choir Concert Held in the Chapel
The Sunderman Conservatory of Music hosted the Spring Choral Concert in Christ Chapel on April 13. (Photo William Oehler/The Gettysburgian)By Kenzie Smith, Arts & Entertainment Editor On Saturday, The Sunderman Conservatory of Music hosted the Spring Choral Concert in Christ Chapel at 8 p.m. This concert, which featured Camerata, Gettysburg College Choir and Concert Choir was a culmination of all the choirs’ hard work this past...
Winds of Spring Presented by the Sunderman Conservatory Symphony Band
By Sarah Daniels, Staff Writer On Sunday, April 14, the Sunderman Conservatory Symphony Band presented its spring program at the Majestic Theater at 3 p.m. Conductor for the Symphony Band Dr. Steven Marx gave a brief introduction before each song. The first piece, “Rough Riders” by Karl L King and arranged by James Swearingen, started as soon as the conductor picked up the baton. The second piece, “Chasing Sunlight” by Cait Nishimura,...
Senior Spotlight: Jess Schaefer, Piano
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer On Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m., environmental studies and music double major Jess Schaefer ’24 performed their Senior Recital in Paul Recital Hall. The audience was full of family members, friends and other members of the Gettysburg community coming to support Schaefer on their performance, a culmination of all of the hard work put into their four undergraduate years at the Sunderman Conservatory of...
Senior Spotlight: Thomas Lynch IV, Tenor
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer On Sunday, March 24, Thomas Lynch IV ’24 performed his senior recital at 2:30 p.m. in Paul Recital Hall. Lynch is a music performance major, and this recital helped to fulfill an important piece of his degree requirements for his undergraduate career. Many classmates, family members and friends came out to support Lynch for this milestone event in his musical career. Lynch was accompanied on most of his...
Teaching the Arts: Professor Perspectives
By Kenzie Smith, Arts & Entertainment Editor Art and Art History Professor Felicia Else Next fall, Else will have taught at Gettysburg College for twenty years, but her career plan did not always include art. At the beginning of her undergraduate journey, Else was a pre-med major before going on a study abroad trip where she was heavily impacted by the art. After taking some art history courses, Else decided to change her major....
