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March 2019
Latin American Percussion with Reinaldo Moya
LISTEN to traditional Venezuelan music featuring maracas and cuatro. LEARN the different rhythmic patterns from joropo and vals styles from the Venezuelan plains. MAKE your own maracas and CREATE your own Venezuelan-inspired song!
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring the music of Catherine Dalton, with Margaret Humphrey, violin, Kirsten Whitson, cello, and Bjorn Grina-Shay, percussion
A performance of Catherine Dalton's "Walking Together," a piece that weaves together prose and poetry on the topic of cultural experience. Featuring Margaret Humphrey, violin, Kirsten Whitson, cello, and Erik Barsness, percussion, the compositions underscore texts by poets such as Peter Blue Cloud, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kao Kalia Yang, read by people representing the diversity of the Twin Cities community.
Find out more »SOLD OUT – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet plays to sold-out houses worldwide. Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. For this program, we return to the beautiful James J. Hill Center (formerly the Hill Reference Library). In an intimate space, surrounded by thousands of books, you’ll experience a program that promises to transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience.
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring the music of Ben Osterhouse
Schubert Club Competition winner (cello), Ben Osterhouse performs Fauré, along his own compositions for various instruments. Featuring Aleks Tengesdal and Dan Keeler, cello, Maddie Holtz, soprano, Susan Miranda, oboe, Hannah Spivey, harp, Priscilla Chang, piano, and Brittany Zales, mover.
Find out more »Tales and Music From West Africa
Experience traditional African drumming and dance heritage with Titambe West African Dance Ensemble! This COMPAS performance group has an impressive repertoire of authentic drumming, dances, music, storytelling, and cultural teachings. Composed of artists originating from all over the world, including Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Trinidad, and America, each Titambe performance is a celebration of diversity and unity. Get ready to dance along to the vibrant rhythms of Titambe!
Find out more »Musicians on the Rise (2019 Competition Winners Recital)
Featuring winners of the Bruce P. Carlson Student Scholarship Competition. Audience members can look forward to seeing and hearing the best of the local rising musical stars in the categories of piano, strings, voice, guitar, brass and woodwinds. Many winners…
Find out more »April 2019
Gautier Capuçon, cello & Yuja Wang, piano
The musical duo partnership of Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang is one to anticipate with real excitement. Gautier Capuçon is a true 21st century ambassador for the cello. Born in Chambéry, France in 1981, he performs each season with many of the world’s foremost conductors and instrumentalists, and is also founder and leader of the Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris – based in the stunning new Auditorium designed by Frank Gehry. Gautier is acclaimed internationally for his deeply expressive musicianship and exuberant virtuosity, as well as for the glorious sonority of his 1701 Matteo Goffriller cello. Joining him for this pair of recitals is the charismatic pianist Yuja Wang, the 2017 Musical America Artist of the Year. After she made her Schubert Club International Artist Series debut in 2011, the Star Tribune stated "Wang... is no mere 'virtuoso' -- a word cheapened by overuse. Hers is demonic, more-than-human pianism, of the sort that gets you thinking about Faustian bargains." Yuja’s way of making music connects with a strikingly broad demographic. It appeals to everyone, from classical music newcomers to devoted pianophiles, and has attracted an exceptionally youthful following. Her love for fashion, recognized by her induction into Giorgio Armani’s Sì Women’s Circle, has also contributed to the popular appeal of an artist who is armed with the ability to challenge the status quo and to welcome fresh converts to the concert hall. For their Ordway Concert Hall performances, this exceptional duo will present two different programs on April 3 and April 4, and we encourage you to attend both!
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, Phillip Shoultz, director
VocalEssence Singers Of This Age is a youth choral arts apprenticeship that reflects the diversity of our community in its membership. SOTA young artists represent more than fifteen high schools in…
Find out more »First Thursday in April
The Schubert Club Museum is open late on the First Thursday of each month from 4-8 pm! Free to the public, visitors can enjoy guided tours, live demonstrations, fun interactive music-making, and complimentary wine (for guests 21+) and refreshments. Every month is a unique experience with different activities hosted by Schubert Club, such as special guest(s), demonstrations, and live music.
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring Musicians from the Apollo Music Festival, Garret Ross, director
Emily Cole, violin, Roy Meyer, violin, Valerie Little, viola, Ruth Marshall, cello, and Garret Ross, piano perform the Piano Quintet in F minor by Brahms.
Find out more »Brentano String Quartet
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound yearning lyricism.” Within a few years of its formation, the Quartet garnered the first Cleveland Quartet Award and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award. The Quartet had its first European tour in 1997, and was honored in the U.K. with the Royal Philharmonic Award for Most Outstanding Debut. That debut recital was at London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Quartet has continued its warm relationship with Wigmore, appearing there regularly and serving as the hall’s Quartet-in-residence in the 2000-01 season. As of July 2014, the Brentano Quartet succeeded the Tokyo Quartet as Artists in Residence at Yale University, departing from their 14-year residency at Princeton University. The Brentano Quartet’s program is titled “Lamentations” and features music by Purcell, Haydn, Shostakovich, d”India, Carter, Lekeu and Bartok. The Quartet is named for Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars consider to be Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved”, the intended recipient of his famous love confession.
Find out more »Accordo with Silent Film: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Join us for an evening with Accordo providing live accompaniment to several short silent films: The Dancing Pig, Journey to the Moon, Monir Farmanfarmaian, and, back by popular demand, Sherlock Jr.
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring the Music of Abbie Betinis
Composer Abbie Betinis writes music called "inventive, richly melodic" (The New York Times), "superb, whirling, soaring" (Tacoma News Tribune), and "the highlight" of the program (Boston Globe). With over 50 commissioned works…
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring Liba Schacht, violin; John Sharp, cello; Esther Wang, piano
Liba Schacht Violinist Liba Shacht was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, where she began her musical studies at age five. Shortly thereafter, her family emigrated to Israel. The recipient of an…
Find out more »Hill House Chamber Players: April 29 & May 6
The Hill House Chamber Players, musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra and University of Minnesota faculty, perform in the intimate space of the art gallery of the historic James J Hill House on Summit Ave in Saint Paul. The theme “Trio Masterworks” is a celebration and exploration of the diverse repertoire for combinations of piano, violin, viola, cello and clarinet. Admission includes an optional 6:45 pre-concert conversation with musicians and music blogger Emily Hogstad, intermission refreshments, and a post-performance tour of the magnificent Gilded Age mansion, home to one of St. Paul's most famous families.
Find out more »A Musical World Tour with Lumina Women’s Ensemble
Travel around the world with Lumina as you LISTEN to languages and songs from many countries. LEARN about distant lands and people of many cultures through music. PLAY with your voice as you imitate different sounds and CREATE your own songbook!
Find out more »May 2019
FREE Courtroom Concert featuring Horacio Contreras, cello and Ana María Otamendi, piano
Horacio Contreras and Ana María Otamendi present a a cello and piano recital which includes a work by Schubert Club composer in residence, Reinaldo Moya.
Find out more »First Thursday in May
The Schubert Club Museum is open late on the First Thursday of each month from 4-8 pm! Free to the public, visitors can enjoy guided tours, live demonstrations, fun interactive music-making, and complimentary wine (for guests 21+) and refreshments. Every month is a unique experience with different activities hosted by Schubert Club, such as special guest(s), demonstrations, and live music.
Find out more »FREE Courtroom Concert featuring American Composers Forum in partnership with Schubert Club NextNotes Lab student recital
Featuring American Composers Forum in partnership with Schubert Club NextNotes Lab student recital View the Frequently Asked Questions about the Courtroom Concerts. About the Host Composer Abbie Betinis writes music…
Find out more »Chalaca
A relatively new ensemble (formed in 2016), Chalaca explores the confluence of cultures found in South America and the Caribbean with a unique combination of clarinet, harp, and percussion. Following the migration of rhythm from Africa and Europe, to the Andean Mountains, to the Amazon...and finally, right to the heart of America, Chalaca is a celebration of the composers who have immigrated to the United States from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela...alongside the folk masters who inspired them.
Find out more »The Migration of Rhythm
Chalaca, a unique trio comprised of clarinet, harp, and percussion, takes you on a rhythmic journey from the Caribbean and South America all the way to New York City! From the baroque courts of Europe, to the ritual dances of West Africa, to the indigenous populations of modern-day Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil...Chalaca celebrates the cross-century, cross-cultural migration that formed today's popular salsa, samba, mambo, joropo, and jequibau forms. Join them in celebrating composers who have immigrated to the United States and the folk masters who inspired them!
Find out more »Tienda by Reinaldo Moya
This unique performance at TPT Studio A in Lowertown, St. Paul will feature a partially staged opera by Schubert Club Composer-in-Residence Reinaldo Moya with words by Caitlin Vincent. Among the singers and instrumentalists featured in this chamber opera is mezzo soprano Clara Osowski. The opera tells the story of Luis Garzón, a Mexican musician who immigrated to Minneapolis in 1886 and opened a small Mexican grocery store, or tienda, in St. Paul in the 1920s. While Luis had married an American woman and was fully integrated into Minneapolitan society, his store served as a community hub for the newest arrivals from Mexico, many of whom had fled the Mexican Revolution and now toiled in the sugar beet farms of rural Minnesota. Tienda explores the immigrant experience: what must be left behind—and what cannot be forgotten—on the journey to a new home. This world premiere performance of Tienda is one of the highlights of Moya’s two-year residency with the Schubert Club.
Find out more »June 2019
First Thursday in June
The Schubert Club Museum is open late on the First Thursday of each month from 4-8 pm! Free to the public, visitors can enjoy guided tours, live demonstrations, fun interactive music-making, and complimentary wine (for guests 21+) and refreshments. Every month is a unique experience with different activities hosted by Schubert Club, such as special guest(s), demonstrations, and live music.
Find out more »September 2019
Montrose Trio
Formed in 2013, the Montrose Trio, composed of pianist Jon Kimura Parker, violinist Martin Beaver, and cellist Clive Greensmith, has quickly established a reputation for performances of the highest distinction. In 2015 the Washington Post raved that “...they are poised to become one of the top piano trios in the world.”
Find out more »October 2019
Joshua Bell, violin & Alessio Bax, piano
Joshua Bell’s career spans more than thirty years as a chamber musician, recording artist, conductor, and director, and he stands as one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. With repertoire and performances ranging from Bach to jazz standards to world music his restless curiosity, passion, and multifaceted musical interests have earned him the rare title of “classical music superstar.”
Find out more »November 2019
Modigliani Quartet
Formed in 2003, the Modigliani Quartet performs regularly at the world’s top chamber music venues, touring America, Japan, Korea, China and European countries. Their program for their Music in the Park Series debut features Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, Haydn’s Quartet in D Minor “Fifths,” and Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor.
Find out more »December 2019
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello & Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, one of the brightest young stars on the classical music scene and the winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, is already in great demand from major orchestras and concert halls worldwide, and his spectacular performance at the Royal Wedding in 2018 endeared him to millions of viewers across the globe. As The Telegraph notes, Sheku is “ a superstar who’s also a true artist in the making.”
Find out more »February 2020
Skride Piano Quartet
The Skride Piano Quartet is made up of four like-minded musicians who have each achieved success as a soloist at the highest levels: Baiba Skride, Lise Berthaud, Harriet Krijgh, and Lauma Skride. The 2016-17 season included performances at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Musikverein Wien, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Malmo Chamber Music Festival, and BASF Ludwigshafen. Upcoming performances include the Concertgebouw, Philharmonie Essen, and Great Guild Hall Riga. Their program for the Music in the Park Series will feature Schubert’s Adagio and Rondo Concertate in F, Mendelssohn’s Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, and Enescu’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in D.
Find out more »March 2020
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Grammy Award winning Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov – winner of Gramophone’s 2016 Artist of the Year award – has made a spectacular ascent in the classical music world. As The Times of London notes, he is “without question the most astounding pianist of our age.”
Find out more »Susie Park, violin & Benjamin Hochman, piano
Violinist and current Minnesota Orchestra first associate concertmaster Susie Park launched her international career at age 16, and has since grown into a musician distinguished by unusual passion and versatility. A native of Sydney, Australia, Susie performs internationally as an orchestral, chamber, and solo artist.
Find out more »April 2020
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano & Alexandra Dariescu, piano
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu is one of the most passionate and talented vocal artists working in opera today, a larger-than-life figure whose intensity and drive have commanded the attention of the musical world since her professional debut in 1990. Ms Gheorghiu’s magnificent voice and dazzling stage presence have established her as one of the most renowned opera singers of our time.
Find out more »Catalyst Quartet
Hailed by the New York Times at their Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished…playing with earthy vigor,” Catalyst Quartet is composed of top Laureates and alumni of the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Competition.
Find out more »May 2020
Danish String Quartet at American Swedish Institute (Beethoven Series Concert 1)
The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In 2012, The New York Times selected the quartet’s concert as a highlight of the year, saying the performance featured “one of the most powerful renditions of Beethoven’s Opus 132 String Quartet that I’ve heard live or on a recording.”
Find out more »Danish String Quartet at Westminster (Beethoven Series Concert 2)
The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In 2012, The New York Times selected the quartet’s concert as a highlight of the year, saying the performance featured “one of the most powerful renditions of Beethoven’s Opus 132 String Quartet that I’ve heard live or on a recording.”
Find out more »Danish String Quartet at St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ (Beethoven Series Concert 3)
The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In 2012, The New York Times selected the quartet’s concert as a highlight of the year, saying the performance featured “one of the most powerful renditions of Beethoven’s Opus 132 String Quartet that I’ve heard live or on a recording.”
Find out more »Danish String Quartet at American Swedish Institute (Beethoven Series Concert 4)
The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In 2012, The New York Times selected the quartet’s concert as a highlight of the year, saying the performance featured “one of the most powerful renditions of Beethoven’s Opus 132 String Quartet that I’ve heard live or on a recording.”
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Danish String Quartet at Ordway (Beethoven Series Concerts 5 & 6)
The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In 2012, The New York Times selected the quartet’s concert as a highlight of the year, saying the performance featured “one of the most powerful renditions of Beethoven’s Opus 132 String Quartet that I’ve heard live or on a recording.”
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