David Adam Moore, one of the world’s most sought-after operatic baritones, will perform a multi-media seasonal concert of Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Die Winterreise” (“A Winter Journey”) with pianist Earl Buys at Hesston College as part of the 2012-13 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts Series at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the […]
Four Hesston College voice students advanced to at the least the semifinal round of competition at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Vocal Competition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nov. 2 to 3. Nine students represented Hesston College during the weekend competition. Sophomore Cameron Ponce of Elkhart, Ind., placed fifth in the Sophomore […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers will present “Songs of a Wayfarer,” a program of sacred and secular choral music at 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21, at Hesston Mennonite Church. The concert is free and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be collected to cover program costs. The program is inspired by […]
The Hesston College Music Department has announced membership for the 2012-13 Bel Canto Singers. Members are selected by competitive audition. Incoming first-year students named to the ensemble are Josh Booth of Goessel, Kan., Morgan Martin of New Holland, Pa., Rebecca Rhodes of Arthur, Ill., Jeffrey Smoker of Harrisonburg, Va., and Emily Taylor of Buhler, Kan. […]
The Hesston College European Chorale will kick off its biennial European tour with a concert during Hesston College Commencement Weekend at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. The concert is free and open to the public. The 37-voice choir, under the direction of Bradley Kauffman and with accompaniment provided by […]
Hesston College sophomore music students will perform voice recitals during Commencement Weekend. Michael Darby and Melody Marshall will perform at 9 p.m. May 4 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary. Libby Waltner will perform at 1 p.m. May 5 in the Northlawn Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. The public is invited to attend. […]
The Hesston College European Chorale will kick off its European tour with several local concerts. The 37-voice choir will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Schowalter Villa Chapel in Hesston, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 22, at Inman Mennonite Church as part of the morning worship service and at 4 p.m. Saturday, […]
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts is one of the grantees and will receive $10,000 to present an April 27 concert and three-day residency by The Rose Ensemble. The 863 grant […]
The Hesston College Chorale will present its spring break tour concert celebrating the Lenten season in 10 churches and schools across Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri March 2 to 11. Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Hills Mennonite Church, 511 Southeast 37th Street, Topeka, Kan. Saturday, March 3 at […]
Students in Hesston College’s Music Theatre Workshop class will present an evening of showtunes and musical scenes at 7:30 p.m. March 1 in the Northlawn Studio Theatre on the Hesston College campus. The performance is free and open to the public. The evening program will feature scenes from “Rent,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “Fiddler on the […]
by Melanie Zuercher (Bethel College) The fourth event in the 2011-12 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts series brings to Bethel College’s (North Newton, Kan.) Memorial Hall stage a wildly popular Irish music spectacle. Celtic Crossroads will be at Bethel College Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. South Central Kansas residents may know Celtic Crossroads from its specials […]
Wayne Bryan, producing artistic director of Music Theatre of Wichita, shares tips about headshots with students in Hesston College’s Music Theatre Workshop class Feb. 9. Bryan was the guest presenter in the Music Theatre Workshop class and Voice Masterclass. He offered audition tips and went through mock auditions with students in the Music Theatre Workshop […]
The Hesston College Bel Canto Singers under the direction of Bradley Kauffman have been selected to perform as part of the Kansas Music Educators Association annual in-service workshop at 2 p.m., Feb. 23 in the Century II Mary Jane Teall Theater in Wichita, Kan. Guest passes for the workshop will be available at the registration […]
The third Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts event of the 2011-12 season will feature the unique collaborative duo of Igudesman & Joo with their groundbreaking show “A Little Nightmare Music.” The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the Hesston Mennonite Church sanctuary on the Hesston College campus. The duo, made up of Aleksey […]
The Hesston College Concert Band and Bel Canto Singers will present separate Iowa performances Sunday, Jan. 15. Bel Canto will present a program of sacred choral music during the 9:30 a.m. service at First Mennonite Church of Iowa City. The Concert Band will perform with the Iowa Mennonite School (Kalona) Symphonic Band at 2 p.m. […]
