Events & Tickets

Jasmine Murray is an independent American singer and beauty pageant titleholder from Starkville, Mississippi. Best known for her powerhouse vocals as a finalist in season eight of “American Idol,” Jasmine has worked hard to overcome and achieve so much at a young age. Now at 25, Jasmine’s experience contributes to the wisdom and poise she carries. She is on a mission to reach people with the message that God has given her, and she is just getting started.

VIP Seats are SOLD OUT!! Reserved and Student tickets are still available.

Credited among today’s most spectacular voices, David Phelps grew up in a musical family where his natural gift for song was evident from his young age.  Today, his seemingly endless vocal range, which extends more than three octaves, coupled with his gift for communicating a song, has brought the house down in the world’s most prestigious venues.  Before going solo, David served as a member of the popular Gaither Vocal Band for more than 15 years during which he won many Dove Awards, Grammy Awards and multiple platinum-selling recording projects. David is actively living his life-long passion of traveling around the world to share music, inspiration and good news.

VIP Tickets to David Phelps' concert is available by calling the HPAC box office.  VIP tickets includes:

• Doors open to VIP guest at 4:30p
• Sit in on the last of the afternoon rehearsal
• A preconcert dinner
• Early access to David Phelps merchandise
• Enjoy "Up Close" seats in the first 3 rows of the concert hall

Feel the buzz, thrill and chancy emotions of contemporary music. This program showcases the contemporary works of budding artists from Andrews University, as well as music composed by faculty members and the host, Max Keller.

Andrews University Symphony Orchestra’s “Young Artist Concert”

Featuring AU music students Stephanie Guimaraes (violin), Jade McClellan (violin), Jeremy Myung (violin), Simon Luke Brown (violin), Emily Jurek (piano), Katharina Burghardt (soprano), and Edgar Luna Torres (conductor)

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is pleased to continue its annual Young Artist Concert, showcasing students that have been selected as winners of the Department of Music’s Young Artist Competition.

The Young Artist Competition was a culmination for students of selecting then practicing their solos for multiple months, then performing them for music faculty after the students had committed the music to memory. Unsurprisingly, many talented and deserving students auditioned and it was a difficult process to select only six students to perform their solos with the Symphony Orchestra this month.

Katharina Burghardt will open the concert with a dramatic recitative and aria from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, singing the role of Donna Elvira. Katharina is completing an undergraduate degree specializing in voice and music education, and hails from New York state. Following Katharina will be a wealth of violin solos, representing a variety of styles, colors, and speeds. The first movement of Camille Saint-Saëns’ powerful Violin Concerto No.3 will be performed by Jade McClellan, an undergraduate violin student from Georgia. Then Simon Luke Brown, a freshman violinist from Oklahoma, will perform the first movement of Sergei Prokofiev’s adventurous Violin Concerto No.2. That will be followed by the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s gorgeous Violin Concerto, performed by Stephanie Guimaraes, a graduate student from Brazil. Closing out the first half of the concert will be Jeremy Myung, an undergraduate violinist from California, performing the breathtaking Finale from Peter Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

Following intermission, undergraduate pianist Emily Jurek will perform the first movement of Mozart’s divine Piano Concerto No.20. After Emily’s performance, all members of the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra will join forces to perform Johannes Brahms’ celebrative Academic Festival Overture under the baton of Edgar Luna Torres, a graduate student in orchestral conducting from Mexico. Brahms composed his overture in 1880 as a musical offering for the University of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland), which had decided to award Brahms an honorary doctorate degree in philosophy.

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Elvira’s Recitativo & Aria from Act 2
(featuring Katharina Burghardt, soprano)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Violin Concerto No.3 - I
(featuring Jade McClellan, violin)

Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.2 - I
(featuring Simon Luke Brown, violin)

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto - I
(featuring Stephanie Guimaraes, violin)

Peter Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto - III
(featuring Jeremy Myung, violin)

Intermission

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No.20 - I
(featuring Emily Jurek, piano)

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
(featuring Edgar Luna Torres, conductor)

Come join us for the Wind Symphony Winter Concert, featuring our annual partnership with Dr. Jonathan Korzun and the Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band. The program is entitled “Diversions” and will feature two new works commissioned by our group: the first is "Fighters of Fate," composed by La Sierra University composition professor Gary Kuo, followed by "Diversions," a five-movement clarinet solo with wind band composed by Robert Spittal, featuring our adjunct professor of clarinet, Jason Gresl. We will also feature two graduate conductors: Edgar Luna conducting Tchaikovsky’s "Dance of the Jesters," and Katia Nikolaus conducting H. Robert Reynolds transcription of Morten Lauridsen’s gorgeous choral piece "Contre Qui, Rose." The program will finish with two classics, Percy Grainger’s delightful "Children’s March" and Leonard Bernstein’s mischievous overture "Slava!"

Program:

First Half Repertoire by the Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band.

INTERMISSION

1. "Dance of the Jesters" (Peter Tchaikovsky/Ray Cramer)        
2. "Fighters of Fate" (Gary Kuo) 
3. "Diversions" (Robert Spittal)
4. "Contre Qui, Rose" (Morten Lauridsen/H. Robert Reynolds)
5. "Children’s March 'Over the hills and far away'” (Percy Grainger/Mark Rogers)
6. "Slava!" (Leonard Bernstein/Clare Grundman)

Trios for clarinet, viola, and piano. Featuring pianist Peter Cooper from Southern Adventist University, as well as clarinetist Byron Graves and violist Claudio Gonzalez from Andrews University, the program includes the core classical repertoire for this less common grouping of instruments.  Ranging from Schumann’s musical fairy tales to Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” trio supposedly composed while bowling nine-pins, you won’t want to miss the concert.

University Singers

Conductor: Stephen Zork

The Andrews University Singers is the select choir of the Department of Music and represents Andrews University locally, nationally and abroad through concert tours, television broadcast and audio recordings. They have given highly acclaimed international concert tours throughout the countries of Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Chile, Bahamas, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

A Department of Music concert with the Wind Symphony and Keyboard artists.

Wind Symphony

Conductor: Byron Graves

The Andrews University Wind Symphony maintains a significant travel schedule throughout the Great Lakes area, and seeks to provide high quality music programs and concerts representative of Adventist education and Andrews University. The Wind Symphony has performed in England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.

Join us as the students participating in the Andrews University Music Festival share what they have been learning during the festival.

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Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Claudio Gonzalez

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is the core ensemble of the orchestral program at Andrews University. In addition to their current series at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Symphony Orchestra travels within the Great Lakes region as well as internationally. Since 2006, the orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

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Wind Symphony

Conductor: Byron Graves

The Andrews University Wind Symphony maintains a significant travel schedule throughout the Great Lakes area, and seeks to provide high quality music programs and concerts representative of Adventist education and Andrews University. The Wind Symphony has performed in England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.

University Singers

Conductor: Stephen Zork

The Andrews University Singers is the select choir of the Department of Music and represents Andrews University locally, nationally and abroad through concert tours, television broadcast and audio recordings. They have given highly acclaimed international concert tours throughout the countries of Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Chile, Bahamas, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Claudio Gonzalez

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is the core ensemble of the orchestral program at Andrews University. In addition to their current series at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Symphony Orchestra travels within the Great Lakes region as well as internationally. Since 2006, the orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

One of the most versatile and charismatic violinist today, Brian Lewis is an exceptionally dedicated and gifted performer whose passionate artistry has been heard and embraced around the world.

Please join us for the Andrews Academy Vocal & Orchestra Spring Concert

Please join us for the Andrews Academy Band & Bells Spring Concert

Please join us for the Ruth Murdoch Elementary School Band and Bells Spring Concert.

Please join us for the Ruth Murdoch Elementary School Vocal and Orchestra Spring Concert

Feel the buzz, thrill and chancy emotions of contemporary music. This program showcases the contemporary works of budding artists from Andrews University, as well as music composed by faculty members and the host, Max Keller.

Jasmine Murray is an independent American singer and beauty pageant titleholder from Starkville, Mississippi. Best known for her powerhouse vocals as a finalist in season eight of “American Idol,” Jasmine has worked hard to overcome and achieve so much at a young age. Now at 25, Jasmine’s experience contributes to the wisdom and poise she carries. She is on a mission to reach people with the message that God has given her, and she is just getting started.

Watchmen is a gospel acappella group based at Andrews University, MI. We are humbled and excited to launch our debut album entitled: Graduation. Some of the group members are international students who have been blessed with the grand opportunity to attain  knowledge at Andrews University. It is for this reason that the ministry has founded the Watchmen Educational Scholarship Fund (for any international students who aspire to study at Andrews University). This initiative will be primarily enhanced by the album project. We hope to see you there! 

Ticket sales start on January 9, 2019 at 12:00pm

Trios for clarinet, viola, and piano. Featuring pianist Peter Cooper from Southern Adventist University, as well as clarinetist Byron Graves and violist Claudio Gonzalez from Andrews University, the program includes the core classical repertoire for this less common grouping of instruments.  Ranging from Schumann’s musical fairy tales to Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” trio supposedly composed while bowling nine-pins, you won’t want to miss the concert.

VIP Seats are SOLD OUT!! Reserved and Student tickets are still available.

Credited among today’s most spectacular voices, David Phelps grew up in a musical family where his natural gift for song was evident from his young age.  Today, his seemingly endless vocal range, which extends more than three octaves, coupled with his gift for communicating a song, has brought the house down in the world’s most prestigious venues.  Before going solo, David served as a member of the popular Gaither Vocal Band for more than 15 years during which he won many Dove Awards, Grammy Awards and multiple platinum-selling recording projects. David is actively living his life-long passion of traveling around the world to share music, inspiration and good news.

VIP Tickets to David Phelps' concert is available by calling the HPAC box office.  VIP tickets includes:

• Doors open to VIP guest at 4:30p
• Sit in on the last of the afternoon rehearsal
• A preconcert dinner
• Early access to David Phelps merchandise
• Enjoy "Up Close" seats in the first 3 rows of the concert hall

Please join us for the Great Lakes Adventist Academy Vespers

The genius of Mozart will be showcased by SMSO principal clarinetist Georgiy Borisov performing the Clarinet Concerto and the SMSO presentation of Mozart's Symphony No. 29.

The audience will also be exposed to a unique experience with the Brahms Serenade No. 2, as the piece is performed without a violin section.

Pre-concert Conversation 3:00 pm.

Featuring: Jonathan Beyer, the Southwest Michigan Symphony Chorus & the Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra

Margaret Beckley Upton Memorial Concert

Jonathan Beyer and the Southwest Michigan Symphony Chorus serve as musical storytellers for William Walton’s dramatic cantata “Belshazzar’s Feast” which conveys the account of Babylon’s fall as depicted in the Old Testament. Completing the storytelling will be a side-by-side performance of Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah  by Saint-Saenswith the Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra, and the premiere of Michigan Mosaic, Op. 13, an original composition by SMSO member, Alan Palider.

Preconcert Conversation at 3:00 pm

One of the most versatile and charismatic violinist today, Brian Lewis is an exceptionally dedicated and gifted performer whose passionate artistry has been heard and embraced around the world.

Please join us for the Andrews Academy Vocal & Orchestra Spring Concert

Please join us for the Andrews Academy Band & Bells Spring Concert

The Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert presents pieces from its four musical ensembles: the Concert Strings, the Encore Strings, LMYO Winds and the Youth Orchestra. LMYO  is one of several educational programs of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. The Youth Orchestra provides an orchestral experience for talented young musicians in southwest Michigan and northern Indiana.

Tickets: $5 adults, $3 students/seniors. Available at the door. General seating.

Please join us for the Ruth Murdoch Elementary School Band and Bells Spring Concert.

Please join us for the Ruth Murdoch Elementary School Vocal and Orchestra Spring Concert

Join us for the Berrien Springs High School & Middle School Spring Concert