Today at 2 p.m., Dolce Wind Quintet will perform at the Minnesota State Fair on the stage at the MPR booth, located near the corner of Judson and Nelson. Classical MPR's Emily Reese hosts.
Since 1995 Dolce Wind Quintet has been performing for recitals, weddings, receptions, worship services, charity benefits and other public and private events, drawing from their repertoire of classical and contemporary wind quintet literature, transcriptions, ethnic music, dances, popular songs, show tunes and holiday music. Among the artists series for which Dolce performs are The Schubert Club Courtroom Concert series and Fridays in the Valley concerts in the Twin Cities, the Munsinger/Clemens Gardens summer series in St. Cloud, the Vintage Band Festival in Northfield, Minn., and Summer Mostly Thursdays series in Bayfield, Wis.
Dolce Wind Quintet was selected as one of Classical MPR's Artists in Residence for 2013 - 14. In 2010, Dolce was the house band for Classical MPR's Taste of the Holidays Concert at the Fitzgerald Theater, and in 2009, it was featured on MPR's Holiday Sampler broadcast. Dolce also performed live on-air during MPR Day in Rochester and for MPR's Music Alive event at Calhoun Square in Minneapolis.
The musicians are flutist Nancy Wucherpfennig, oboist Megan Dvorak, clarinetist Karen Hansen, bassoonist Ford Campbell, and horn player Vicki Wheeler. All teach perform in the Twin Cities area and hold positions with other chamber ensembles and several orchestras up and down Minnesota -- from Bloomington and Rochester to Mankato and Duluth.
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