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Remembering Thelma Hunter, a Musician and Woman of Distinction
Many of you reading this blog will know already that a major figure in the Twin Cities music world passed away last week. Thelma Hunter…
Author Archives: Barry Kempton
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Theoroi Arts Ambassadors – Kicking off the fifth year
Today’s post is written by Tessa Retterath Jones, Director of Marketing & Ticketing at The Schubert Club. We’re in the final weeks of recruiting…
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Who Sits Where: a glimpse at how we assign subscriber seating
Today’s post is written by Tessa Retterath Jones, The Schubert Club’s Ticketing & Marketing Manager. [divider line_type=”Full Width Line” custom_height=””] While summer may be our…
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Making music truly accessible to all – it’s not as easy as it sounds
Financial gifts from the recent and distant past to our Schubert Club endowment fund make it possible for us as an organization to make most…
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Music for all at The Schubert Club
Those of you who follow and attend Schubert Club activities will know that the past ten days have been busy ones. In addition to Hilary…
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The Haydn Evangelists
At yesterday’s Music in the Park Series concert, the St. Lawrence String Quartet played two string quartets by Franz Josef Haydn (Opus 20, no. 5…
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The Universality of J.S. Bach
I’m sure there are a few people out there to disprove the theory (aren’t there always!), but doesn’t just about everybody love the music of…
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Reflections on the Past Busy Week
“Rock the Ordway,” our celebratory 22 Days of Opening Nights in the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, came to a close yesterday with two…
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Now Open! The New Ordway Concert Hall
I failed to post a blog last Monday. I didn’t exactly forget, but those of you who are aware of or involved in our Twin…
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Announcing the 2015-2016 Season
We are pleased to share our 2015-2016 Schubert Club Season with you! Watch Schubert Club Executive & Artistic Director Barry Kemtpon introduce…
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Pre-Concert Talks: What questions would you like to ask the artists?
Yesterday afternoon the wonderful Schubert Ensemble (from London) performed on our Music in the Park Series. Piano quartets by Huw…
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Working in multiple seasons at a time
Every once in a while, someone will ask what the next Schubert Club performance is. It can be embarrassing when my mind goes blank for…