CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D., will host the 1998 Lutheran Summer Music program June 21 to July 19. Augustana is one of 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Lutheran Summer Music was first held in the summer of 1982 on the campus of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. Since then it has been held on seven different Lutheran college or university campus every summer. This is the fifth summer that the program has been on Augustana's campus.
"Augustana College has been an exceptionally welcoming host in the past," said Victor E. Gebauer, executive director of Lutheran Music Program. "We are pleased to share Augustana's commitment to excellence in the arts."
The curriculum includes band, orchestra and choir; musicianship and music history classes; optional ensembles of handbells, jazz band, historical instruments and chapel choir; enrichment courses in art, theater and dance; and lessons with faculty artists in the students' primary and secondary instruments.
Rickey Andrews, James Johnson, Scott Johnson and Anna Vorhes are Augustana faculty members participating in the program. Other musicians serving as faculty artists in 1998 are Michael Acord, Jeff Doebler, S. Blake Duncan, Allen French, Paul Morton, David Neely, Clark Poffer, James Ramlet, Kevin Wass and Karen Wilkerson.
The public is invited to more than 50 concerts and recitals during the four-week program at Augustana.
For information contact:
Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
