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Our 2023-24
​season


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RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé, with Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
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Thursday, September 28 – 11:00am – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Friday, September 29 – 8:00pm – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Saturday, September 30 – 2:00pm – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Minnesota Orchestra’s new artistic director, Thomas Søndergård guides the Orchestra through evocative music of daring adventure, mythical creatures, sorcery, and romance by Auerbach, Debussy and Barber, culminating in Ravel’s atmospheric Daphnis and Chloé with the Minnesota Chorale.

Tickets available through minnesotaorchestra.org

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​Join us October 16th,
InChoir
for an open rehearsal
of six pieces we will record as a gift to Helmuth Rilling and Alberto Grau.
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Free will offering
Suggested Donation $20/person

Pre-registration requested - CLICK HERE
BRIDGES: Expanding the Canon 1 – featuring new work by Venezuelan composer, Alberto Grau
Kathy Saltzman Romey, Dr. Shekela Wanyama and Paolo Debuque, conductors

​Monday, October 16, 2023 at 7:00pm - ​InChoir open rehearsal - Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

​Expanding the Canon 1 will explore familiar and new choral octavos from North and South America, Asia and Europe. The program will feature a new work by Venezuelan composer Alberto Grau written this year for the 90th birthday of German conductor Helmuth Rilling – a setting of Psalm 26, which will be recorded by the Chorale and other international choirs as a gift to Helmuth Rilling and Alberto Grau. ​
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Dr. Shekela Wanyama
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Kathy Saltzman Romey
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Paolo Debuque
For more information about the 2023-24 Season of Bridges please click HERE.

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HANDEL: Messiah Sing
with guest organist Lynn Trapp
Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor


Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 6:30pm; St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis
It’s the 14th year of a beloved holiday tradition:  Singing Handel’s Messiah at St. Olaf Catholic Church with the Minnesota Chorale! Join friends, family, Chorale soloists and organist Dr. Lynn Trapp in a joyous Sing Along performance as led by artistic director Kathy Saltzman Romey.

Event is FREE - Scores will be provided
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​Free will offering - Suggested Donation $20/person

Pre-registration requested - CLICK HERE
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HANDEL: Messiah, with Minnesota Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
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Friday, December 8 – 8:00pm – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Saturday, December 9 – 7:00pm – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Minnesota Orchestra welcomes back British conductor Christopher Warren-Green in two performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Chorale and international soloists soprano Georgia Jarman, counter tenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Toby Spence and bass Jordan Bisch.
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Tickets will be available through minnesotaorchestra.org

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Scores will be provided

​$20 donation per person suggested
Carmina Burana InChoir in collaboration with Minnesota Dance Theatre dancers, Minnesota Chorale and YOU!
Thursday, January 11 – 7-9:45pm – Westminster Hall

Barb Brooks, conductor

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MDT company dancers join the Minnesota Chorale and YOU for an electrifying dance and musical sing along set to Carl Orff's brilliant score. Drawing inspiration from the silent songs of the 13th century vagrant monk's poetic homage to passion, Carmina Burana brings the earthly rumblings of love and lust, mixed with the human pangs of fortune and fate, to a fully expressive celebration in a hedonistic romp of bodies, music, and movement.

Registration in advance requested - CLICK HERE
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, with Minnesota Dance Theatre
Barbara Brooks, conductor

Friday & Saturday, January 26 & 27 - Time TBA - Luminary Arts Center, Minneapolis
Sunday, January 28 - Time TBA - Luminary Arts Center, Minneapolis

Friday & Saturday, February 2 & 3 - Time TBA - 
Luminary Arts Center, Minneapolis
Sunday, February 4 - Time TBA - Luminary Arts Center, Minneapolis
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Love and lust spill from the stage in this sensuous, gritty romp set to the powerful music of Carl Orff. Returning for its sixth consecutive year, this Minnesota Dance Theatre favorite features Loyce Houlton’s sizzling choreography as brought to life with the dynamic mix of MDT dancers, acclaimed vocalists, the Minnesota Chorale, and stellar musicians led conductor/pianist Barbara Brooks.

Tickets available through Minnesota Dance Theatre

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SIDE BY SIDE with Tenors and Basses of St. Paul Public School Partners
Jon Lahann, Conductor

Saturday, March 2; Location TBA

The Side By Side program supports and encourages the choral singing experience of high school tenors and basses.  In collaboration with selected high school choirs from the greater Twin Cities metro area, Chorale tenors and basses collaborate with partnering schools to prepare diverse repertoire, which is rehearsed and performed side-by-side.

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BRIDGES: Expanding the Canon 2 - a joint program with Border CrosSing
Dr. Anthony Trecek-King, guest conductor

Saturday, March 16 - 7:30pm -  Unity Church - Unitarian, St. Paul

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Anthony Trecek-King has earned an international reputation as a choral conductor, scholar, pedagogue, and media personality. He is passionate about cultivating artistically excellent ensembles that explore socially relevant issues through emotionally immersive programs, challenging both artists and audiences to feel and think deeply. Expanding the Canon II will continue our presentation of thought-provoking repertoire as led by Dr. Tracek-King in collaboration with the Twin Cities professional ensemble Border CrosSing.


Ticket information coming soon.
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ALBERGA: Rise Up, O Sun!  (US premiere)
BRAHMS: Schicksalslied
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with Minnesota Orchestra

Thomas Søndergård, conductor
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Thursday, April 11 – 11:00am – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Friday, April 12 – 8:00pm – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Saturday, April 13 – 2:00pm – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Robert Schumann composed his Spring Symphony during the wintertime, dreaming of warmer days to come and the signs of life that would soon abound in nature. Thomas Søndergård conducts this bright, joyful symphony and also, collaborates with the Minnesota Chorale in the U.S. premiere of Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga’s Rise Up, O Sun! and Johannes Brahms’ dramatic Schicksalslied as paired with Max Bruch’s elegant First Violin Concerto featuring Orchestra Concertmaster Erin Keefe as soloist.

Tickets will be available at minnesotaorchestra.org
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​Join us March 25th for
InChoir
for an open rehearsal
of the US premiere of Rise Up, O Sun! and Schicksalslied

Kathy will share all of the fascinating history of the Brahms and give us insight into the exciting new work by Eleanor Alberga.
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Free will offering
Suggested Donation $20/person

Pre-registration requested - CLICK HERE

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FAMILY CONCERT
Minnesota Chorale with Voices of Experience,
​Minneapolis Youth Chorus, & Prelude Children’s Choir

Kathy Saltzman Romey, Jerry Rubino, Nicole Lambrecht, conductors

Saturday, May 18; St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis

In this final concert of the season, we bring together our family of choirs – the Minnesota Chorale, Voices of Experience Seniors Choir, Minneapolis Youth Chorus, and Prelude Children’s Choir in a joyous celebration of choral singing led by Kathy Saltzman Romey, Jerry Rubino and newly-appointed MYC/Prelude artistic director Nicole Lambrecht. 

This event is free to attend.
Pre-registration is requested - coming soon
Suggested donation is $20/person
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