Music Articles

By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2018 - 4 minute read

Matthew Busch ’12 has spent the past year as a professor of trumpet at Nanhai Conservatory of Music on the island province of Hainan, off China’s south coast. He and three other American professors were hired to educate students about the value of western music, and to improve artistic standards for orchestral wind instrument music there, which Busch has done both on and off campus.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/2/2018 - 1 minute read

Alex Guebert '11 is becoming a national name in handbell composition and conducting — a field he studied intensively at Concordia Irvine.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/1/2018 - 3 minute read

There was a time I thought I would never make a living in music. Today, as a professional singer, my voice has been on a number of film soundtracks—Jumanji, the most recent Transformers, Pixels and various television shows. But last summer I was called to a recording session that was shrouded in greater secrecy than all the others. One item on the non-disclosure agreement seemed to give it away: “Lucasfilm.”

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2017 - 5 minute read

Herb Geisler, who spent 29 years at Concordia and built the best university handbell program in the country, retired on an outstanding note. His Concert Handbells group was selected to perform a one-hour evening concert at the National Seminar of the Handbell Musicians of America in July. CUI was the only school or university ensemble to be chosen.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/1/2017 - 3 minute read

As the Music, Worship and Theology (MWT) building — the first major project in CUI’s master plan—moves closer to reality, the campus community will have many people to thank: the staff and faculty who are leading the efforts and informing the process; the students, whose eagerness and numbers show a continued, rising demand for a Concordia University Irvine education; and the many friends of Concordia for their faithful support.

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By Michael Busch
Posted on 7/1/2017 - 2 minute read

It didn’t seem like a day for an incredible concert. The weather in Germany had been cold and rainy. That morning, the 100 CUI students and 50 companions in our group had taken a city tour and now everyone was tired. One girl lost her dress. Another student misplaced a folder of music. Another left his trumpet in a hotel. Things felt a bit chaotic.

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Posted on 11/5/2015 - 1 minute read

“It is because of my alma mater that I aspire to be an excellent player, and a person of character and kindness whose music emanates from the soul." Gretchen Sheetz received her master's degree in harp performance from The Boston Conservatory.

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Posted on 11/1/2015 - 4 minute read

Catherine Standridge studied music education at Concordia University Irvine, earning her degree and her teaching credential. Her student-teaching assignment led to a full-time job and an opportunity to help restore music education to an entire school district.

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