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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...

Back on tour: 140 year tradition returns

Back on tour: 140 year tradition returns

Kayla Palliser March 3, 2023

For the first time since spring of 2020, multiple Augustana ensembles are setting off on tour. In March and April, two of Augustana’s choirs will tour the Midwest, and the Symphonic Band will venture...

Augustana junior Catherine Cross shops for vinyl records at Ragged Records, a small record shop in Davenport. Ragged Records carries a variety of new and old vinyl, along with other music related items.
Photo by Linnea Ritchie.

Vinyl sales rise, music lovers celebrate nostalgia

March 19, 2015

Music technology has gone from vinyl to cassettes to CDs to MP3s and now back to vinyl, which professor of music James Lambrecht said is a result of a desire for live-sounding music. “I think what vinyl...

Symphonic band to tour Japan for 12 days

February 13, 2014

Augustana’s symphonic band will tour Japan during spring break, performing and attending concerts. The band, including 61 members, will visit Osaka, Kyoto, the mountainous village of Hakone and Tokyo. The...

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