“What I wanted to demonstrate in this artwork was that our release from the ego is done by creating a positive structure surrounding one’s belief system, one’s understanding and acceptance of themself and their shadow, and the overall idea of letting your individual consciousness shine through.” — Jacob Dixon, a sophomore sustainablity major and the artist

By Jacob Dixon • March 14, 2024 • Arts

“International Guitar Night” made its stop at Sauder Concert Hall on Saturday, March 9. It was an exciting event featuring guitarists across the globe, as artists from Brazil to Australia graced the stage with a wide variety of musical stylings and groovy instruments.  Luca Stricagnoli and his acoustic-style guitar opened the show with a vibrant cover of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” Stricagnoli says this is the fourth time he has hosted the show.  The audience was mesmerized by his inventive fingerstyle techniques that provided a new and unique sound to his music. Stricagnoli then brought his own three-necked guitar onto the stage...

By Caroline Lamb • March 14, 2024 • Arts

Each year, the music department takes a choir on tour during spring break. This year, Voices of the Earth had the opportunity to go to cities like Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland as well as some smaller towns in Ohio.  We left bright and early on Feb. 24. We loaded the bus after checking in with the one and only Marcia Yost. The bus was filled with energy and excitement, despite it being 6 a.m. We spent the whole first day in Detroit, and instead of starting our tour with performances, we got to visit two amazing museums: the Charles H....

By Aysia Adkins • March 14, 2024 • Arts

You’re A Refreshing Dream You look just like you’re made of  refreshing dreams.   The kind you have After going back to  Sleep after jolting  Awake from a nightmare.    “Tea Time With Shayne” In my hands, some hot modified chai tea,  With creamer, sugar, and cinnamon spice.  A drink as delicious as drink can be,  a comfort without supermarket price.  The liquid falls down my desert dry throat into my stomach and warms me right up.  My sandpaper throat, it will help me coat. My ceramic doctor in a quick cup.  This mixture, my own secret remedy  was volcano...

By Shayne Wassell • February 22, 2024 • Arts

The Good Library hosted its third annual Geek Off last Friday, with the intention of displaying the unique and creative endeavors among the Goshen College community. The contest was open to students, faculty and staff, allowing them the opportunity to “geek out,” while also competing for prizes. The hourlong event saw a total of 15 participants, with 11 students showing out. The criteria for entry consisted of personal creative projects outside of the classroom, with students being able to submit more than one piece. Virtual entries were accepted as well. The projects submitted included poetry, art and writing, music, crochet...

By Charlie Aldrich • February 22, 2024 • Arts

A hush fell over the crowd in Sauder Concert Hall, which just minutes before had been raucous and boisterous. With the tuning of the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra fading away, the door on the right side of the stage opened. As Brian Mast, the orchestra’s conductor, walked out to begin the 64th annual Concerto-Aria concert, the audience exploded with raucous applause. The orchestra began the night with a triumphant Mozart overture, the entrance to his opera “Die Zauberflöte” (The Magic Flute), giving the audience a feeling of brightness and excitement. The piece introduced the following one, “Wie, Wie, Wie?” from...

By Daniel James • February 22, 2024 • Arts

The Goshen College choirs gathered in Sauder Concert Hall to put on the Winter Choral Concert last Saturday.  The evening began with selections from the low voice choir, Vox Profundi, under the direction of Scott Hochstetler. They began with “Pacem,” which is Latin for peace, moved into an a cappella version of “Fix You” by Coldplay, and ended with a comical piece called “Lambscapes” which includes renditions of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with influences from Gregorian Chant, Handel, Schubert and Verdi. Jocsan Barahona Rosales, a junior musical theater major and soloist in “Lambscapes” and “Fix You” talked about how...

By Sarah Miller • February 15, 2024 • Arts

This Sunday afternoon, Reith Recital Hall was filled with the sounds of passionate violin playing, rich cello tones and dramatic piano chords — the sounds of the Sherer Trio.  The Sherer Trio was created in memory of Lon Sherer, the founder of the Goshen College Orchestra, and Kathryn Sherer, a piano professor at GC. It is composed of Solomia Soroka on violin, Matthew Hill on piano and Dato Machavariani on cello. The concert began with Beethoven’s Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3. Its fiery passages and mournful sections offered a dramatic conversation between the instruments.  Next, the...

By Ana Neufeld Weaver • February 15, 2024 • Arts

Potential Novelty and The Loose Associates opened for BEE! The Band at GoDance studio in downtown Goshen this past weekend. The crowd was filled with Goshen College students and both bands found themselves thriving off their hometown roots. “Being back … it’s always fun to be playing in Goshen,” said Isaac Fisher ‘23 and BEE! band member. “Where we got our start in front of people who were there from the start and supporting us from the start.” The event took place over the span of three hours. “I think it went well,” said Jocsan Barahona Rosales, a junior music...

By Charlie Aldrich • February 1, 2024 • Arts

On Saturday, the Goshen College choirs performed in South Bend, alongside UZIMA! Drum and Dance Company and nine additional choirs at the Debartolo Center.  The event was called ASHE: A Celebration of Voices, and also featured the Pokagon Band Ribbon Town dancers and over 40 individuals from the Michiana area, coming together in a tribute and celebration to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  A solo portion was performed by Bongiwe Ncube, a senior biology major at GC and member of Voices of the Earth. “I think that this was a rich experience for our choirs because we all got to...

By Katie Dunderman • January 25, 2024 • Arts

After 22 years, the longtime interdisciplinary and arts professor Merrill Krabill announced his retirement from Goshen College effective May 2024.  Krabill ’79 started his employment in September 2001 and has been a professor of art since being promoted to the department chair in 2009.  When asked about what he was most proud of in his time at Goshen, Krabill responded with no hesitation.  “In the end, it’s all about people,” he said, “both as … a person and a parent and a teacher. When my kids do well … that’s the thing that … makes it feel worthwhile.” Krabill’s office...

By Charlie Aldrich • January 25, 2024 • Arts

Over the course of MLK weekend, Allison Joseph, an award winning-poet, professor and editor, ran a poetry workshop for GC students. In this workshop, Joseph covered everything from the purpose of poetry and rhythm rhyme to how repetition leads to buried truths.  Joseph was raised in Toronto and the Bronx. Her parents are of Caribbean origin, and she was born in London, England. Allison earned a B.A. from Kenyon College and an MFA from Indiana University. Next fall, Joseph will move into her 30th year of teaching English at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Joseph has released eight full-length poetry collections,...

By Grace Stevens • January 18, 2024 • Arts

Last week, on the snowy campus of the University of Michigan-Flint, theater students from across the Midwest gathered to participate in the Region 3 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. This year, nine students represented Goshen College in a variety of acting, design and production areas.  Two students participated in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions throughout the festival. Dontaye Albert, a junior theater major, and Hermione Bean-Mills, a junior history major, were nominated by a KCACTF respondent for their performances in Twelfth Night this past November. Both students participated as semifinalists, with Albert becoming one of 16 finalists in...

By Sarah Bailey • January 18, 2024 • Arts

This past week, a new art showcase opened in the Good Library Gallery. It features sculptures, paintings, drawings, and other forms of art created by GC students. The exhibit will be open until March 3. Photo by Lukas Bontrager-Waite for The Record

By Lukas Bontrager-Waite • November 30, 2023 • Arts

As snow gathers on the ground and Christmas approaches, students from all levels prepare for their performances of A Festival of Carols. Accompanying the adults on stage are dozens of junior-high singers from around the Goshen area: Shout for Joy, the Community School of the Arts’ choral ensemble for grades six through eight. Sandy Hill, in her 16th year as Shout for Joy director, said she loves working with kids in junior high: “I feel a calling to work with this age group, and I really enjoy inspiring them and motivating them and learning all this music with them.” Members...

By Lukas Bontrager-Waite • November 30, 2023 • Arts