On Feb. 20, Orchestrate Excellence plans to unveil a 12-foot mosaic in which head shots of over 1,300 Minnesota Orchestra musicians, board, staff, and audience members combine to form an image of Osmo Vänskä conducting. The mural is meant to celebrate "the Minnesota Orchestra and its whole connected community."
The unveiling will take place during intermission at one of the orchestra's Shakespeare Winterfest concerts, featuring selections from Sibelius's The Tempest with narration by Guthrie Theater artistic director Joe Dowling.
The previous night, Feb. 19, will be the first in a new "Symphony, Suds and Cider" performances at Sociable Ciderwerks, with a brass quintet performing "flights" of musical selections. The program will be repeated on Feb. 26. Read more about this program, intended "to entice microbrewery patrons to attend an orchestra concert at Orchestra Hall," at orchestrateexcellence.org.
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