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.
Join us for an evening with Accordo (a string ensemble composed of present and former principal string players of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra) featuring the repertoire: David Ludwig: Rule of Three for 2 Violins & Viola, Mozart: String Quintet in Bb Major, K. 174, George Benjamin: Viola, Viola, and Schubert: String Quartet in A Minor.
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.
Join us for an abbreviated informal repeat performance at the restaurant and music venue, Icehouse in Minneapolis. Accordo is a string ensemble composed of present and former principal string players of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. Repertoire to be selected from the previous evening’s concert program: David Ludwig: Rule of Three for 2 Violins & Viola, Mozart: String Quintet in Bb Major, K. 174, George Benjamin: Viola, Viola, and Schubert: String Quartet in A Minor.
The Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition, held each spring, awards a total of over $50,000 annually to young musicians to be used for further musical education.
The competition began in 1922, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Schubert Club. It started modestly with three winners representing the categories of voice, violin, and piano. The competition has since grown to fourteen different categories with two cash prizes awarded for each category – $2000 and $1500 – to be used for further musical education. The winners of each category are also invited to perform in the annual Winners Recital.
The Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition, held each spring, awards a total of over $50,000 annually to young musicians to be used for further musical education. The competition began in 1922, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Schubert Club. It started modestly with three winners representing the categories of voice, violin, and piano. The competition has since grown to fourteen different categories with two cash prizes awarded for each category – $2000 and $1500 – to be used for further musical education. The winners of each category are also invited to perform in the annual Winners Recital.
Music in the Park Series is proud to debut the Horszowski Trio, joined for part of the program by Masumi Per Rostad, violist of the renowned Pacifica Quartet. Hailed by The New Yorker as “destined for great things,” the members of the Horszowski Trio, who are also long-time friends, are Jesse Mills (violin), Raman Ramakrishnan (cello), and Rieko Aizawa (piano). Two-time Grammy-nominated violinist Jesse Mills first performed with Raman Ramakrishnan, founding cellist of the prize-winning Daedalus Quartet, at the Kinhaven Music School when they were children. In New York City, they met pianist Rieko Aizawa, who, upon being discovered by the late violinist and conductor Alexander Schneider, had made her U.S. debuts at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Their musical bonds were strengthened at various schools and festivals around the world, including the Juilliard School and the Marlboro Festival. Ms. Aizawa was the last pupil of the legendary pianist, Mieczysław Horszowski (1892-1993), at the Curtis Institute. The Trio takes inspiration from Horszowski’s musicianship, integrity, and humanity. Like Horszowski, the Trio presents repertoire spanning the traditional and the contemporary. Their program features Schumann’s Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, a Brahms Piano Quartet and Piano Trio by Charles Wuorinen.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.