Who will replace Osmo Vanska when he steps down as the music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in 2022? Here are 10 qualities that one longtime fan would love to see in the next person on the podium.
Have you ever drummed your fingers impatiently on a laptop, mulling how to word an important email or waiting for a lazy download? If so, you are an inspiration to composer Jay Afrisando, whose interactive sound exhibit 'Music of Your Office' is playing free May 7 and 8 in downtown St. Paul.
Soojin Lee discusses traditional Korean instruments and how they have changed over time, along with Korean classical music.
Minnesota Orchestra clarinetist Tim Zavadil will be giving the North American premiere of 'Prometheus,' a work featuring bass clarinet, by Geoffrey Gorden. Hear it live at 8 p.m. Friday on Classical MPR.
Minneapolis composer Jocelyn Hagen will have a new work, 'The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci,' premiered with the Minnesota Chorale and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra this weekend. An exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art offered the perfect subject matter for her multimedia symphony.
The Hennepin County Library is looking for a few good musicians -- especially classical musicians -- for its MnSpin program to stream their recordings.
What do you get when you gather 40 trombones at once? The Minneapolis Trombone Choir. The group will give its annual concert this weekend before participating in Schmitt Music's Twin Cities Trombone Day on April 6.
Minnesota Opera's world premiere of 'The Fix' captures the 1919 Chicago 'Black Sox' scandal through Joel Puckett's score and Eric Simonson's libretto. They see more than a little similarity between baseball and an opera production.
This weekend the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra presents a free event for families called Spirited Strings, in which storytelling and music go hand in hand. Hear the violin, viola and cello in a new version of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears.' Crafts, games and other activities will be available, too.
The 65-member Apollo Club of Minneapolis is gearing up for its 125th anniversary in 2020. And, just as it was in 1895, the chorus still is an all-guy thing.
