The ĢƵ Music Department held its ninth annual Instrumental Guild Competition with six finalists performing virtually for college scholarships. A virtual concert of the competition became available March 5 with violinist Sophia Chan of Loma Linda receiving up to $10,000 in annual music scholarships funds (up to $40,000 for four years) to study at ĢƵ.
±ٳDzԳ’s will give its 2020 Book Award to in Michigan, on Wednesday, March 10, at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom at westmont.edu/lectures.
Watch an engaging video of “The Elixir of Love,” a two-act opera by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, on Friday, February 19, at 7 p.m. at . After months of socially distant rehearsals and three days of challenging but safe videotaping, the ĢƵ Music Department presents its latest opera. Alumna Christina (Farris) Jensen ’09 returned to Santa Barbara to serve as stage director for the production during the pandemic.
Climate change and the threat it poses to humans has been well publicized. But we hear less about its effects on the multitude of other species on the planet. Amanda Sparkman, chair of the ĢƵ Biology Department, explores “A Snake in the Spring Rain: How Biodiversity is Responding to a Changing Climate” on Thursday, February 18, at 5:30 p.m. The ĢƵ Downtown Lecture will occur live via Zoom.
A celebrated Harvard historian and bestselling author, will discuss courageous and principled leadership at the 16th annual ĢƵ President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 5, at 8 a.m. Tickets to the virtual event, which cost $35, go on sale February 12 at westmont.edu/breakfast.
A national study examines the link between religious experiences and depression by following more than 12,000 American adolescents from their teens into middle adulthood. The research indicates that attending religious services staves off depression, but it also ties life-changing spiritual experiences and a belief in divine leading and angelic protection to an increased risk for depression, especially in men.