Music

Fresh Flutes is an ensemble know for amazing instruments, edgy music, and new techniques — but it’s the camaraderie and the musical challenge that makes it remarkable.

If you’re looking for a welcoming ensemble where you can play music with friends, the Symphonic Band might be just what you’re looking for.

Grinnell Faculty/Staff Research Series Event, 4 pm, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Burling First Floor Lounge

This concert is in support of the Grinnell-Newburg Davis Elementary School Food Drive for MICA. Davis students will be on hand to accept donations of shelf-stable foods and hygiene items.

Gabriel Espinosa is a busy man. A working musician for more than half a century, Gabriel’s prowess as a jazz bassist has taken him around the world and earned him a spot in the Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame. Somehow, he found time to answer a few questions about his life for us.

The Grinnell College Music Department will showcase Rova Saxophone Quartet Concert Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Associate Professor of Music Mark Laver and students from the tutorial class and jazz ensemble collaboration, “We Travel the Spaceways: Space Chants and Future Sounds," share insights on the project’s inception, what construction and preparation has been like, and what the audience of the final performance can expect.

Hip-Hop Culture and Digital Practice (MUS-202) uses the tools and language of contemporary hip-hop to help you better understand both the music and its cultural context. From day one, you’ll be immersed in the study, creation, and performance of music with an African American aesthetic and production style that is frequently underrepresented in academia.

Through her experiences in distinguished summer festivals and on-campus performance ensembles, Claire Davis ’22 found her place within the music department as well as a path to her future.

In Introduction to Music Studies (MUS 100), you will explore music and the ways it can shape our lives. You will expand your understanding of music’s importance in our society as a formative component of history, culture, identity, and creativity, while learning some basic skills that can help you become more creative, skilled, and equitable musicians yourselves.