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2025 Jul

Campus Life

Retired Music Professor Robert Ritsema Dies

Dr. Robert Ritsema, a 1957 Hope graduate who was a member of the collegeɫəs music faculty for 32 years before retiring in 1999, died on Monday, April 21, 2025. He was 89.

Arts

Hope College Orchestra Chosen to Perform in Carnegie Hall in April

The Hope College Orchestra is one of only three ensembles, and one of only two from the United States, chosen to perform in the culminating Evening Showcase Concert in Carnegie Hall during the 19th annual New York International Music Festival running SaturdayɫɓWednesday, April 5-9.

Arts

Musical Showcase Photo Gallery

The 36th annual Hope College Musical Showcase was presented on Friday, Jan. 31, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.

Arts

Hope College Choirs to Offer an Outdoor Performance on Sept. 27

The Hope College choirs will perform on Friday, Sept. 27, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Pine Grove on the central campus. The concert will feature the Chapel Choir, SPERA, VERITAS and College Chorus, as well as vocalists and instrumentalists from the collegeɫəs Department of Music.