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A legendary life: After 45 years at Augustana, Janina Ehrlich honored by faculty, students and a world premiere performance

Gavin Nicoson April 20, 2024

“Legendary” is a word with more than one meaning; notable, exemplary, mythological, rare. It is not often that all of these terms apply at once, but on Sunday, April 14 in Wallenberg Hall, they all...

Members of a string orchestra made up of the string sections of the Augustana Symphony
Orchestra practice in Bergendoff Hall.

Augie orchestra hopes for stability with a new conductor

Sylvia Hughes March 13, 2024

Hisham Groover will be Augustana’s next orchestra conductor. Groover was selected by a search committee alongside President Andrea Talentino and Provost Dianna Shandy. The orchestra hopes the new conductor...

Jacob Bancks poses in front of his extensive music library while in his office, located in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts. His composition, “Rock Island Line,” was featured on the radio program “Performance Today” on Aug. 29.
Photo by Hoang Nguyen.

Music professor’s composition featured on national broadcast

September 4, 2014

Assistant Professor of Music, Jacob Bancks debuted an original composition to radio listeners across the country. Musician and composer, Bancks was featured on American Public Media’s “Performance...

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