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Bethany set to host Choral Festival for high schools in 2022
Photo by David Norris
The 2021 High School Honor Band conducted by Benjamin Faugstad.
High School Honor Band event held Bethany was host to a successful High School Honor Band on Saturday, November 13, 2021, facilitated and conducted by Benjamin Faugstad, Assistant Professor of Music. Fifty-five top high school music students were present from twelve different schools: Glencoe-Silver Lake, Glenville-Emmons, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, Lake Mills (IA), Madelia, Mankato West, Minnesota Valley Lutheran, New Prague, Northland Lutheran (WI), South Hardin (IA), Warroad, and Winnebago Lutheran Academy (WI). The full day of rehearsals and sectionals concluded with a 5 p.m. performance in Trinity Chapel.
Photos: bit.ly/HonorBand21
Bethany Lutheran College will host the 2022 West Regional Choral Fest to be held next November 3–7, 2022. The Choral Fest features choir groups from Lutheran high schools throughout the upper Midwest and beyond. This is the first time Bethany will host a Choral Fest event. Professor Dennis Marzolf and Bethany alumnus Eric Harstad (’93) will serve as choral clinicians for the Festival. The event features two signature events including a Pops Concert on November 4 at 7 p.m., and a Sacred Concert on November 6 at 2 p.m. Concerts will take place in the Ron Younge Gym.
Video: bit.ly/HonorBand21Video
Media Arts students contribute to professional content library Bethany students learning animation in media arts classes had their work published in the Ion Concert Music content library. Ion Concert Media was started by Bethany alumnus Scott Winters (’89). The Ion library of animation makes it possible for visual music to be reliably synced to live orchestral performances. Visual music pieces in this content library are available for purchase and screened alongside live music using Ion’s unique software. Bethany student animators involved with the project were: Brock Aaker, Christopher Anderson, Shawn Bjerke, Emily Dietz, Alex Gutzke, Keren Horneber, Vianna Kovaciny, Alec Mueller, Joey Pasbrig, Franklin Selvey, and Taylor Theiste. Supporting animators/ designers were: Maelyn Duquaine, Savannah Soltis, Sashia Swenson, and HyunJun Yoon.
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Still frames from the two video animation projects.
