In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, American Public Radio's most-listened-to classical music radio show, Performance Today, will feature a new work written by Brooke Joyce and performed by Unison Piano Duo.
In light of the pandemic, the Luther College Music Department has been unable to host its annual Dorian Vocal, Orchestra, and Band Festivals. In order to continue to provide musical learning opportunities to high school music students and their teachers, Luther is offering Online Vocal Week, Orchestra Week, and Band Week.
Dr. Bettina L. Love, an author, activist and public speaker will give Luther College's 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. Love's lecture, "Living a Hip Hop and Abolitionist Life: Resistance, Creativity, Hip Hop Civics Ed, Intersectionality and Black Joy," will educate viewers about racial violence, oppression, intersectional justice and how to make sustainable community change.
Luther College's SPIN Theatre Company and Shakespeare Society have come together for the first time ever to create a lighthearted moment this holiday season: the two organizations have co-produced "Scrooge Macbeth," a play by David MacGreggor.
Fox 28 KFXA will air Luther College's "Christmas at Luther 2020: For Everyone Born" at 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, for viewers in eastern Iowa.
As a continuation of Luther's annual Christmas at Luther celebration, Classical Minnesota Public Radio will air the "Best of Christmas at Luther" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13. The MPR program will feature treasured Christmas at Luther selections from the program's 2017 and 2018 performances. Music selections for the program were made by Andrew Last, Luther's director of choral activities and associate professor of music.
Luther College professor of music and composer in residence Brooke Joyce's piece titled "He Hung His Head and Died (12 Variations for George Floyd)" will be premiered by the Unison Piano Duo at 12 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, on Iowa Public Radio's Steinway Café.
Luther College President Jenifer K. Ward has announced the appointment of Andrew N. Bailey as vice president for finance and administration at Luther College.
Luther's first annual One Team Day was held Thursday, Nov. 19 and raised over $300,000 from more than 2,000 donors. The funds raised during this one-day fundraising event will support Luther's 19 intercollegiate teams and 500 student-athletes.
Luther College has announced that, along with fifty other leading liberal arts colleges, it has joined the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA) launched by the University of Southern California's Race and Equity Center.
Luther College senior Kari Jacobson will be published in the University of Nottingham School of English's online journal Innervate.
On Nov. 3, 2020, Luther College hosted a private and socially distanced ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil a new solar panel array that is projected to produce around 10% of the school's annual electricity consumption.