Jazz I had its final concert of the year April 29. This group has had an eventful year, taking first place at the Eau Claire Jazz Festival. The ensemble is directed by Artist in Residence in Music Dave Hagedorn. This spring concert in the Pause was their time to show what they had been working on for the Eau Claire competition and to show the skills that had won them their first place honors.
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, which ran this past weekend in Haugen Theater, is the only show in recent memory to feature eight St. Olaf students and an orange.
Students and faculty filled the pews of Boe Chapel last week to listen to the last words of retiring music professor Robert Scholz. Scholzs talk was part of the Blue Key Honor Societys Last Lecture Series.
Wei Zhang, a visiting scholar from East China Normal University (ECNU), performed a recital of traditional Chinese folk music arranged for piano in Urness Recital Hall April 27.