Press Releases

MINNEAPOLIS—February 16, 2012—Award winning pianist and doctoral graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Music, Dr. Loren Fishman is to perform with the Minnesota Sinfonia in St. Paul and Minneapolis on March 16 and 17.  This will be Dr. Fishman’s third engagement with the Minnesota Sinfonia.  A brilliant Sinfonia audience favorite, this season he will be performing Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major, the Emperor”.

Also on the program, a Minnesota Sinfonia commission, “Romp between Serious Thoughts” by American Composer Jay Fishman and “Symphony No. 2 in B Flat Major, D. 125” by Franz Schubert.

Concerts will be held 7 p.m. Friday, March 16 at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East Seventh Street, St. Paul and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Basilica of Saint Mary at 88 17^th Street North, Minneapolis. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated. (full concert info)

Dr. Fishman has won top awards in several national competitions.  He has also been a soloist with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and the Northern Kentucky Chamber Orchestra. He has recently appeared in solo recitals at important Minnesota venues, including the Schubert Club at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, and Minnesota Public Radio’s 2011 Bach Anniversary Concert at the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel.

Dr. Fishman received his master’s and doctorate degrees in piano performance from the University of Minnesota, where he studied with the distinguished pianist Lydia Artymiw. He was the recipient of a Berneking Fellowship in 2007. He currently teaches piano in the Twin Cities, and is an Adjunct Professor of Piano at St. Cloud State University. (full bio)

Additional Minnesota Sinfonia concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

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The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Minnesota Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information, to make a donation, or for a list of upcoming performances, visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

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FOR CALENDARS: Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series IV: featuring Loren Fishman, piano. Friday, March 16, 7pm at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East 7^th Street, St. Paul and Saturday, March 17 at 2pm, Basilica of Saint Mary at 88 17^th Street North, Minneapolis. FREE. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701 | emily@mnsinfonia.org

MINNEAPOLIS — January 31, 2012 — This spring, the Minnesota Sinfonia is to hold their annual competition for string musicians up to age 21. This includes violin, cello, bass and viola. The competition is divided into two categories, the Junior Division for musicians up to age 14 (born on or before 1/1/98) and the Senior Division for up to age 21 (born on or before 1/1/91). The winner of the Senior Division will be awarded the Claire Givens Violins cash prize of $500 as well as a solo appearance with the full Minnesota Sinfonia orchestra at their Summer Youth Outreach Concert to be held at Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis in July of 2012. The Junior Division winner will be granted a solo with the full Minnesota Sinfonia orchestra at this year’s Holiday Concert in December of 2012 to be performed in both St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Participants are welcome to apply if they are residents of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa or Wisconsin. This year’s competition will be held on March 25, 2012 at 12 pm at St. Thomas University in St. Paul. The entry deadline is March 14, 2012. To download an entry form or to fill an entry form out online visit: www.mnsinfonia.org/about/programs/yac

Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
emily@mnsinfonia.org
612-871-1701

MINNEAPOLIS—January 3, 2012—International award winning cellist, Soo Bae to be featured with the Minnesota Sinfonia in St. Paul and Minneapolis on February 10 and 12.  This will be Ms. Bae’s second engagement with the Minnesota Sinfonia.  This February, Ms. Bae will be performing “Cello Concerto No. 1” by Camille Saint Saens.

First on the program, a Minnesota Sinfonia commission and world premiere, “Bad Things Happen (to Tiny Toy Wind-ups) by American Composer Randall Davidson.  Also on the program, Puccini’s “Two Minuets and Crisantemi” and Kabalevsky’s “Suite from the The Comedians.”

Concerts will be held 7 p.m. Friday, February 10 at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East 7^th Street, St. Paul and 4 p.m. Sunday, February 12 at Temple Israel at 2324 Emerson Ave. S., Minneapolis. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated. (full concert info)

Canadian cellist Soo Bae, was recently praised by The New Yorker as “superb”, and by The Strad for being “rich and romantic with crisp incisive technique.” Recently honored in March 2009 as the musician of the month in Musical America Magazine, Ms. Bae is also a winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. In 2006, the Canada Council of the Arts awarded her First Prize in its Instrument Bank Competition, resulting in a three-year loan of the ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello. Earlier that same year, she became the first Canadian ever awarded a prize at the Adam International Cello Festival & Competition in New Zealand. (full bio)

Randall Davidson works have enjoyed hundreds of performances throughout the U.S. and Europe and have attracted the attention of critics, performers and audiences alike for their dramatic and accessible musical language. Davidson’s catalogue encompasses nearly every genre: dozens of choral works, an opera, four ballets, an oratorio, a guitar concerto, chamber works, three orchestral works that have received over 200 performances, television commercials, incidental music for theater and puppets, a major sound installation to inaugurate the Minnesota Children’s Museum, and music for jazz and wind ensembles.

Additional Minnesota Sinfonia concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

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The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Minnesota Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information, to make a donation, or for a list of upcoming performances, visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

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FOR CALENDARS: Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series III: featuring Soo Bae, cello. Friday, February 10, 7pm at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East 7^th Street, St. Paul and Sunday, February 12, 4pm at Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Avenue South Minneapolis. FREE. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701 | emily@mnsinfonia.org

MINNEAPOLIS—December 7, 2011—To ring in the new year, the Minnesota Sinfonia will feature American pianist, Andrew Staupe, an internationally lauded soloist hailed for his compelling virtuosity and poetic lyricism by audiences and critics alike.  Mr. Staupe has earned prizes in a number of competitions, including with the Minnesota Orchestra.  He has performed extensively across the United States and Europe, appearing in Russia, Holland, Latvia, Romania, France, Germany, and Bulgaria.  He will join the Minnesota Sinfonia January 6^th and 7^th for a performance of Mozart’s “Piano Concerto Number 7 in B Flat, K. 595”.

Also on the program are Mona Lyn Reese’s “Gusts of Snow” and Modeste Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.

Concerts will be held 7 p.m. Friday, January 6 at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University, 700 East 7^th Street, St. Paul and at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 7 at the Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 17^th Street North, Minneapolis. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

This season Andrew Staupe appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra, performing Mozart’s 2-piano concerto K. 365 with renowned pianist, and former teacher, Lydia Artymiw. He made his Moscow debut in February of 2011, and performed Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto with the Shepherd School Symphony in March 2011. He was a guest artist at the 2010 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and performed with acclaimed violinist Chee-Yun at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Since 2005 Andrew has been consistently re-engaged with the Minnesota Orchestra, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with conductors Osmo Vänskä , Andrew Litton, Mischa Santora, and Daniel Alfred Wachs. An avid chamber musician, Staupe has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Chee-Yun, Martin Chalifour, Anne Martindale Wililams, James Dunham, Leone Buyse, and Norman Fischer. For a full bio, please visit the Minnesota Sinfonia website.

Additional Minnesota Sinfonia concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

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The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Minnesota Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information, to make a donation, or for a list of upcoming performances, visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

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FOR CALENDARS: Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series II: featuring Andrew Staupe, piano. Friday, January 6, 7pm at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East 7^th Street, St. Paul and Saturday, January 7, 2pm at Basilica of Saint Mary at 88 17^th Street North, Minneapolis. FREE. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

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Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701 | emily@mnsinfonia.org

MINNEAPOLIS—November 2, 2011—The Minnesota Sinfonia is proud to announce its annual Fall Fundraiser.  The fundraiser will run until November 30, 2011.

Thanks to generous support, the Minnesota Sinfonia had a very successful past year and anticipates its best season yet.  Here are just a few highlights that show past donations at work.  In the 2010-2011 season, the Minnesota Sinfonia:

• Held 60+ free of admission concerts, many with world-class soloists from around the globe, to some of our largest audiences to date;

• Taught core subjects through music to 10,000+ elementary students, of which nearly 80% live under the poverty level, at no cost to the students or school districts that participated;

• Performed at Camp Courage for a second year using music from Harry Potter and Peter and the Wolf, to bring to life a wide range of magical moments and human emotions;

• Established a new partnership with Junior Composers and awarded three composers, between the ages of 14 and 19, live premieres of their work by the Sinfonia;

• Expanded their outreach with the Northside Music and Arts Festival, two days of festivities including 50 local children dancing, narrating and providing scenery for Peter and the Wolf;

• Continued their Youth Outreach Concert for 25 young musicians to experience a “week in the life” of a professional musician, and their Young Artist Competition where the winners received solo appearances with the Sinfonia;

The Minnesota Sinfonia needs help to keep the momentum going into 2012. All Sinfonia concerts are offered free of admission charges, but the concerts are not free. They also provide at-risk youth access to music education and performance opportunities at no cost to the schools or the communities.

To donate to the Minnesota Sinfonia’s cause, mail your check written out to the Minnesota Sinfonia to their office at: 901 North Third Street, Ste 112, Minneapolis, MN 55401 or donate online at www.mnsinfonia.org/support/donate.

Minnesota Sinfonia program and concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

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The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Minnesota Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information, to make a donation, or for a list of upcoming performances, visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

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FOR CALENDARS: Minnesota Sinfonia Fall Fundraising Drive: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 to Wednesday, November 30, 2011. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

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Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701 | emily@mnsinfonia.org

SAINT CLOUD — November 6, 2011 — The Minnesota Sinfonia is proud to announce it’s first ever concert to be held in Saint Cloud. The concert will be a Sinfonia Holiday Family Pops Concert and will feature Evelyn Nelson, soprano soloist native to Saint Cloud, performing a variety of light favorites in works by Mozart, Gonoud, Puccini, and Strauss. The concert will be held in conjunction with the Paramount Theater with funds from the Legacy Amendment.

Also on the program is a winning composition “Chicago!” by Max Shin, one of the Minnesota Sinfonia’s 2011 Junior Composers competition winners.

The concert will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, December 4 at Saint Mary’s Cathedral at 25 8th Ave S., in Saint Cloud. Admission is free and children are always welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early as all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

Minnesotan native soprano Evelyn Nelson is a versatile and creative performer whose experience and abilities span Bach to Broadway. She has sung several leading operatic roles, most recently making her debut at Indiana University Opera Theater as Adele in Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus”. A full bio for Evelyn Nelson can be found on the Sinfonia’s website.

Saint Mary’s Cathedral of Saint Cloud was founded in 1855 by Fr. Francis Xavier Pierz. For more information please visit www.stmarystcloud.org .

Additional Minnesota Sinfonia concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

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Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
emily@mnsinfonia.org
612-871-1701

The Minnesota Sinfonia is proud to announce it’s annual Holiday Family Pops Concert featuring 2011 Junior Young Artist Competition winner Brandon Duffy, who will be performing the first movement of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto no 1. Also featured this year, Evelyn Nelson, soprano soloist, performing a variety of light favorites in works by Mozart, Gonoud, Puccini, and Strauss. Both soloists will be performing with the Minnesota Sinfonia in St. Paul and Minneapolis on December 2 and 3. Evelyn Nelson will also be performing on December 4 with the Sinfonia in St. Cloud at St. Mary’s Catherdral. This additional concert is held in conjunction with the Paramount Theater with funds from the Legacy Amendment.

Also on the program is a winning composition “Chicago!” by Max Shin, a Sinfonia’s 2011 Junior Composers competition winner.

Concerts will be held 7 p.m. Friday, December 2 at Founder’s Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East 7th Street in St. Paul, and 2 p.m. Saturday, December 3 at Basilica of St. Mary at 88 N. 17th Street Minneapolis. Admission is free and children are always welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

Brandon Duffy is an eighth grader at Chippewa Middle School in North Oaks. He began violin studies at the age of five with his current teacher, Yuko Heberlein. Brandon has studied chamber music with Tom Rosenberg and the Artaria Chamber Music School.

Minnesotan native soprano Evelyn Nelson is a versatile and creative performer whose experience and abilities span Bach to Broadway. She has sung several leading operatic roles, most recently making her debut at Indiana University Opera Theater as Adele in Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus”.

Additional Minnesota Sinfonia concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

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FOR CALENDARS: Minnesota Sinfonia Holiday Family Pops: featuring Brandon Duffy, violin and Evelyn Nelson, soprano. Friday, December 2, 7 p.m. at Founder’s Hall, Metropolitan State University at 700 East 7th Street in St. Paul and Saturday, December 3, 2 pm at Basilica of St. Mary at 88 N. 17th Street Minneapolis. FREE. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

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Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701  |  emily@mnsinfonia.org

MINNEAPOLIS—September 14, 2011—The Minnesota Sinfonia will begin its Winter Concert Series early this season so that acclaimed violist Gary Levinson can return to perform with the orchestra this October in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. Gary Levinson is a celebrated chamber musician and the Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony. A Minneapolis native, Levinson is son of former Minnesota Orchestra bassist Eugene Levinson. He will join the Minnesota Sinfonia October 14 and 15 for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Melodie, Meditation and Scherzo” and Vivaldi’s “Winter from The Four Seasons”.  This concert series will also feature organist Lynn Trapp performing Proulx’s “St. Olaf’s Sequence”.

Also on the program are Elgar’s “Nimrod from The Enigma Variations” and Haydn’s “Symphony No. 101, The Clock”.

Concerts will be held 7 p.m. Friday, October 14 at First Covenant Church at 1280 Arcade Street, St Paul, and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 15 at Saint Olaf Catholic Church at 215 8th Street South, Minneapolis. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

Gary Levinson joined the New York Philharmonic in 1987 at age 21, and made his New York Philharmonic solo debut under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf in 1991, the same year he earned his Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School. A laureate of the Jaçques Thibaud and Romano Romanini International Violin Competitions, he is a sought-after recording artist and chamber soloist. His music has been featured on NPR’s Performance Today.  Gary will join the Sinfonia later this fall in making recordings of the three Tchaikovsky pieces and all four of the Vivaldi Seasons.

Dr. Lynn Trapp has served as Director of Worship & Music, Organist/Pianist, at St. Olaf Catholic Church in downtown Minneapolis since 1996 where he directs an extensive liturgical program including television and radio broadcasts.  At St. Olaf he directed the installation of the 67 rank Lively-Fulcher pipe organ in 2001 and made its first cd recording, “Recital in the City”.  Dr. Trapp has won many awards and is the co-director of the Twin Cities Pilgrimage Choir.

Additional Minnesota Sinfonia concert information is available at 612-871-1701 or www.mnsinfonia.org.

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The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Minnesota Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information, to make a donation, or for a list of upcoming performances, visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

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FOR CALENDARS: Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series I: featuring Gary Levinson, violin and Dr. Lynn Trapp, organ. Friday, October 14, 7 p.m. at First Covenant Church, 1280 Arcade Street, St Paul and Saturday, October 15, 1:30pm at Saint Olaf Catholic Church, 215 8th Street South, Minneapolis. FREE. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

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Contact:
Emily Matejcek, Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701  |  emily@mnsinfonia.org

MINNEAPOLIS—September 13, 2011—This winter, the Minnesota Sinfonia will offer six weekends of free chamber orchestra music during its 2011-2012 Winter Concert Series in Minneapolis and St. Paul. All concerts are free to the public (first-come, first seated), and children are welcome to attend.

Minnesota Sinfonia 2011-2012 Winter Concert Series Schedule:

Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series I:
featuring Gary Levinson, violin and Lynn Trapp, organ
Friday, October 14 at 7 p.m. | First Covenant Church, 1280 Arcade Street, St Paul
Saturday, October 15 at 1:30 p.m. | Saint Olaf Catholic Church, 215 8th Street South, Minneapolis

Minnesota Sinfonia Holiday Family Pops:
featuring Brandon Duffy, violin and Evelyn Nelson, soprano
Friday, December 2 at 7 p.m. | Founder’s Hall, Metro State University, 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul
Saturday, December 3 at 2 p.m. | Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th Street, Minneapolis
Sunday, December 4 at 3 p.m. | Saint Mary’s Cathedral, 25 8th Avenue South, Saint Cloud

Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series II:
featuring Andrew Staupe, piano
Friday, January 6 at 7 p.m. | Founder’s Hall, Metro State University, 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul
Saturday, January 7 at 2 p.m. | Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th Street, Minneapolis

Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series III:
featuring Soo Bae, cello
Friday, February 10 at 7 p.m. | Founder’s Hall, Metro State University, 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul
Sunday, February 12 at 4 p.m. | Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis

Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series IV:
featuring Loren Fishman, piano
Friday, March 16 at 7 p.m. | Founder’s Hall, Metro State University, 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul
Saturday, March 17 at 2 p.m. | Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th Street, Minneapolis

Minnesota Sinfonia Winter Concert Series V:
featuring Hye-jin Kim, violin
Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. | Founder’s Hall, Metro State University, 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul
Sunday, April 1 at 4 p.m. | Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis

The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra whose mission is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, especially families with children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited financial means. The Sinfonia plays concerts for over 25,000 people each year, and is the only professional orchestra of its kind, offering all concerts free of admission charges, welcoming children to every performance, and dedicating over half its services to inner-city schools. Founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Jay Fishman, the Sinfonia is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization supported by corporate, foundation and individual contributors. For more information visit www.mnsinfonia.org or call 612-871-1701.

Contact:
Emily Matejcek. Marketing & Development
The Minnesota Sinfonia
612-871-1701 | emily@mnsinfonia.org

Since 2006, FLOW has become the premier art event in North Minneapolis.  This free, family event is a unique collaboration between business and arts organizations that showcases artists of all ages from the North Minneapolis community. FLOW is a self-guided art tour featuring visual and performing artists showing at businesses, studios and organizations along West Broadway in North Minneapolis.

Event Highlights

New opportunities to promote biking and healthy choices

• Pick up a voucher and shuttle yourself along the route for FREE on a Nice Ride MN bicycle
• Decorate your bike at the Bike Walk Twin Cities booth
• Join the outdoor Zumba dance class hosted by Lundstrum Center

Other highlights include:

• Cookie Cart Summer Festival, featuring food from the Smack Shack, tours of the bakery and free cookies
• Live music at the KFAI stage
• The Goddess of Glass Artisan Market
• Fremont Clinic F.I.T. Force DT Life Break Dancers
• Open Mic hosted by Tish Jones featuring Power of our Voices youth
• Unlimited Next Level Drill Team
• Tropical Zone Orchestra and Tropical Charanga at the Capri Theater
• Northside 365 photography project
• BLO Stage & Beer Garden and FLOW Afterparty

Tornado Response

Many individuals, businesses and organizations in North Minneapolis have been affected by the tornado. In addition to exhibiting fine art, there will be multiple opportunities to make and experience art that responds directly to the Tornado.

• Live Chainsaw Carving with recovered trees sponsored by FORECAST Public Art (finished pieces will be auctioned off)
• Murals by Juxtaposition Arts on tornado damaged buildings
• Photography and field recordings of the aftermath by alleycat.mn
• Northside Community Poem writing project
• Art Sale to Benefit Northside Artists
• Artist Resource Panel with Springboard for Arts
• Reflection for Healing Prayer Flags by Lucy Craft Laney students display and activity

Tornado Volunteer Recognition at FLOW

From 5:00 – 6:00 on July 30^th, at Penn & Broadway there will be a special ceremony to recognize the 6,000+ volunteers who’ve been part of the massive clean up of North Minneapolis in the weeks and months following the Tornado. We want to make sure all who helped, formally or informally, are invited.

Working with Photography at the Center, a new nonprofit started by the founder of the Mpls Photo Center in North Minneapolis, we will be creating a large-scale group photo of the volunteers who have helped with tornado clean up.    The panoramic image will be exhibited in the community.  Additionally, the photo along with images taken on the ground of the process will be shared via the web and made available to the public.

This will be a living mosaic of neighbors, community members, volunteers, and organizations that came together in a valiant response to the tornados’ destruction. This ceremony and photograph is a tribute to the efforts of so many community leaders who represent so many different sectors through this Ceremony & Photograph.  It’s an invitation to Northsiders, Twin Citians, Minnesotans and beyond to stay engaged as we heal and move forward.

Other Northside Arts Events

Northside Music and Arts Festival,
Thursday July 28 5:00 -8:30pm, North Commons Park
In addition to hearing the Minnesota Sinfonia play, come enjoy displays from local artists, listen to local musicians, grab a bite to eat and enjoy a performance of Peter and Wolf put on by Northside children.

Monkey Mind Pirates: The Musical!
Friday July 29 7:00 p.m. and Saturday July 30, 11:00 a.m., The Capri Theater
Monkey Mind Pirates is a puppet rock yoga adventure! Starring Z Puppets Rosenschnoz and the Monkey Mind Pirates campers from Camden Music School, Tickets $7.00, admission is free for children 2 and under.

West Broadway Farmers Market
Sunday July 31^st 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, 2102 W. Broadway
North Minneapolis’ own Farmers Market will have the chainsaw carvings on display.  Silent Auction bidding on the sculptures closes at the end of the market.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES

•       Interviews and live appearances – Artists and representatives from businesses and organizations are available for in studio appearances
•       Photo Opportunities – Week of July 25th, work will be installed in FLOW sites – call to arrange a meeting
•       Live Remotes – any location along the route during the event on Saturday, July 30th 3-8 pm
•       Photos available on request of art, artists, sites, partners and past years

FLOW traditions include food, art for sale, a free shuttle service, art-in-real-time, outdoor stages, public art, and chances to meet the artists, businesses and community members of North Minneapolis. Other programming includes work from Asian Media Access, Hollywood Studio of Dance, Voice of Culture Drum & Dance, Obsidian Arts TAWU artists, Emerge Community Development, Carney Group photo booth, Sanctuary CDC, Minneapolis Community Education, KIPP Stand Academy and Catalyst Community Partners.

The rich fabric of Northside partnerships and resources is focused on rebuilding the community.  The youth are already asking to process this, artists are responding through their work and now, more than ever, the Northside needs creative energy.   FLOW 2011 invites the Twin Cities to help us paint this new canvas, sing the praises of a resilient community, dance the joys and fears of the aftermath, write down these stories and carve out a new Northside!

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TWITTER: FLOWNorthside
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FLOW is an arts crawl that shines a light on the Northside community through the arts. It unites, celebrates and transforms in collaboration with the broader communities that surround us.