Events Calendar
POSTPONED: Webster Vocal Competition
NOTE: The Webster Vocal Competition has been postponed until the spring semester. The new date will be announced shortly.
Through the Webster Vocal Competition, monetary awards are presented annually to voice students in pursuit of a vocal career. Faculty judges select winners in two divisions at this award recital.
The competition is named in honor of former Augustana student Steven Boone Webster, a film industry musician who worked for Universal Studios, Fox Studios and Disney.
The fund for the competition was established in 1998 by Steven's parents, Earl and Leila Anseen Webster, his sister Silvia Anseen Webster, and many friends. Mrs. Webster's parents, the Rev. Nils Peter and Mrs. Augusta Sundberg Anseen, were a strong influence on Steven Webster.
The Rev. Anseen was an 1897 graduate of Augustana, and graduated from the seminary in 1902. Mrs. Anseen was talented in both voice and organ and served the Augustana Lutheran Church in several administrative capacities.
Augustana Symphonic Band concert
The Augustana Symphonic Band will perform a concert.
Augustana Concert Band concert
The Augustana Concert Band will perform a concert.
Augustana Percussion Ensemble concert
The Augustana Percussion Ensemble will perform a concert.
Augustana Low Brass Ensemble concert
The Augustana Low Brass Ensemble will perform.
Senior composition recital: Lauren Dobbels (TBJ)
Senior Lauren Dobbels will perform in a composition recital. She is a music composition major from Orion, Ill.
Lessons and Carols
Enjoy a beautiful, spiritual presentation of lessons and carols within the intimate setting of Ascension Chapel. The Augustana Chamber Singers, and Campus Ministries and the Augustana Handbell Choir will present the story of Christ's birth in readings and song.
See also: 5 p.m. performance
Lessons and Carols
Enjoy a beautiful, spiritual presentation of lessons and carols within the intimate setting of Ascension Chapel. The Augustana Chamber Singers, and Campus Ministries and the Augustana Handbell Choir will present the story of Christ's birth in readings and song.
See also: 3 p.m. performance
Festival of Sankta Lucia
Augustana's annual celebration of the Festival of Sankta Lucia will commemorate the holiday with traditional Scandinavian Christmas carols, lessons and poetry.
The Sankta Lucia Festival is a cherished tradition of the Advent season in all the Nordic countries. A candlelight procession of singers is led by a young woman robed in white with a crown of candles on her head, to commemorate the martyred St. Lucy (d. 304 AD), whose feast day is Dec. 13.
Joy of Christmas
2026 is the 55th year for The Joy of Christmas Past and Present, sponsored by Augustana College Campus Ministries and Augustana Lutheran Church, Andover, Ill.
Students and faculty from Augustana College join the community for this beautiful service of worship and music that starts at Augustana Lutheran Church in Andover. The Christmas story will be read in several different languages.
The service concludes with a procession to the Jenny Lind Chapel, which is illuminated by 100 candles, and where Holy Communion will be celebrated to the strains of familiar Christmas carols.
Attendees are advised to dress warm for the weather, as the candle procession is about a 5-minute walk to the chapel.
Sponsored by Campus Ministries and the Augustana Choir.