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Audiences listen with their eyes as well as their ears
Last week I blogged about the live concert experience and the key factors that I think make some performances memorable and some not so memorable. …
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Blog: What makes a live concert memorable?
I was talking with a friend recently about the live concerts we’ve been to over the years and some of the reasons these performances stick…
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Theoroi – our Arts Ambassadors young professional program
Theoroi completed its third year of existence back in June 2014. My predecessor Kathleen van Bergen and former Schubert Club Board Members Suzanne Asher and…
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The Schubert Club, the early years and their impact today
Most people with knowledge of the Minnesota music scene know that The Schubert Club is a very old institution. It began back in…
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Project CHEER is more than piano and guitar lessons
Today’s blog is written by Joanna Kirby, who has been the Director of Project CHEER for over 25 years. Project Cheer began as an…
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Describing Music and Musicians – Let’s push the vocabulary boundary
I was reading over the past weekend about our first guest artist for the 2014-15 International Artist Series, Nathan Gunn. The commentator wrote of a…
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A look at the Money Side of the Music Business
Today is June 30th, the last day of The Schubert Club’s fiscal year – ours and many other non-profit organizations’ too. We have all received…
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Accordo and Hill House Chamber Players – professional musicians thriving in independent ensembles
Last week, we announced the new programs and dates for Accordo’s 6th season. Accordo is a string ensemble of 8…
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Blog: What makes concert halls great?
Last week I wrote about moving our International Artist Series to the new Ordway Concert Hall in the 2015-16 season. We have three straightforward reasons…
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Blog: Smaller is beautiful
At our Annual Luncheon last Wednesday, I announced that the majority of our International Artist Series recitals will move to the new 1100-seat Ordway Concert…
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Multi-media – the way of the future?
Tomorrow evening, our 2013-14 concert season ends with a Schubert Club Mix series performance. In partnership with the SPCO’s Liquid Music and…
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Where are we with our program planning?
I’m often asked how far in advance we book artists for Schubert Club concerts. Sometimes you hear of singers and conductors with opera commitments three,…