“Through the Forest” concert is here to bring warmth in winter. The Augustana Symphony Orchestra’s winter concert, “Through the Forest,” will give listeners an artistic treatment of folk tales and the natural world. The performance is at 8 p.m. on February 11 in Centennial Hall on the campus of Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Ill. The concert is free and open to the public. The program will begin with a prelude from a fairy tale opera, then follow a hunt, moonlight and mighty river through Bohemia. The final piece, based on a Czech folk tale, tells an exciting and dramatic... Read More

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what better way to celebrate it than with Christmas at Augustana? The college’s holiday themed extravaganza has its first event taking place on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. It is the Quad Cities Christmas Premier Concert, featuring performances by the Augustana Brass Ensemble, Ascension Ringers, Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Augustana Choir, Augustana Concert Chorale and Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble, consisting of three hundred student musicians. Both performances are being held at Centennial Hall, 3703 7th Ave. Rock Island. You can order... Read More