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The Chorale's much-applauded appearances as an
opera chorus usually come around the beginning of
August, at the close of Sommerfest. This year,
however, we're also waxing operatic in January. On
Thursday and Saturday, January 14 and 16, you can
hear
us in the vivacious choral parts of The Rake's
Progress, Igor Stravinsky's English-language
masterpiece, in a concert version with the St. Paul
Chamber Orchestra. The conductor is former
Minnesota Orchestra music director and SPCO artistic
partner-designate Edo de Waart (pictured
above), who this week is jetting between the Ordway
and the Metropolitan
Opera. Performances start at 7:30 - don't be
late! For tickets, call the SPCO box office at
651-291-1144 or click here.
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More fun than a barrel of... |
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The most family-friendly concert of the season? That
would be the release performances for The
Monkey
Dance: All the Kids Are Doin' It - the new CD
by Twin Cities folk-rock favorites The Sweet
Colleens, featuring the disc debut of our very own
Minneapolis Youth Chorus. Come
celebrate this latest MYC milestone on Saturday,
January 30, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., at the
Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave. S.,
Minneapolis). Call 612-338-2674 for tickets, or
visit
www.thecedar.org.
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Learning, Chorale-style |
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The Chorale's education programs have been in high
gear throughout the current season. But there's a
weekend of feverish educational intensity in February
that we'd like to alert you to. On Friday, February
19, our Men in Music program presents
singers from Como Park, Harding, and Irondale high
schools, together with members of the Chorale, in
New Brighton. And on Saturday, February
20,
our annual Emerging Conductor
performance, hosted by Kathy Saltzman
Romey and featuring University of Minnesota
doctoral student Christopher Owen, takes
place at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
Both
events begin at 7:30 p.m., and both are free. Further
details in next month's C-Notes.
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Cabernet Cabaret |
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Reserve your place now for our annual gala! This
year's event will take place on Saturday, May 15,
2010
at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis from 7-10 p.m.
Find out more!
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