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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!

FACEBOOK: FLOW: Northside Arts Crawl
TWITTER: FLOWNorthside
DONATE AT: http://www.razoo.com/story/Flownorthside

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.

MINNEAPOLIS—July 8, 2011— The Minnesota Sinfonia reserves one week of its Summer Concert Series for the annual Youth Outreach Concert. This program provides 25 of the area’s most talented young musicians the opportunity to experience a “week in the life” of a professional musician. Students participate in a week of intensive orchestra rehearsals, culminating in a joint concert with Minnesota Sinfonia musicians at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis.

This year’s program will also feature John Belk, Senior Division Winner of the 2011 Young Artist Competition and the Claire Givens Violins Cash Prize, performing the first movement of Haydn’s Concerto in D Major, plus the Sinfonia has also partnered with Junior Composers to feature the winning overture from their Junior Composer’s Contest to be held this summer. The 25 Youth Outreach students will be performing Symphony No. 3, the Schottish by Felix Mednelssohn with the Minnesota Sinfonia.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 22 at Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 55419.  Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

John Belk, 2011 Young Artist Competition senior division winner, studied cello with Kirsten Whitson for nine years. John has played in Minnesota Youth Symphonies for five years and was the soloist with them this year for the Dvorak Cello Concerto, and has also has won prizes as a soloist in the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition, the Thursday Musical Scholarship Competition, and the YPSCA Young Artist Competition. John plays in the Malik String Quartet under Ray Shows, with Matt Lammers, Melissa Deal, and Mark Hatlestad, and together with Melissa he performed in the showcase round of the MPR Minnesota Varsity competition.

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

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JUNIOR COMPOSERS is ….For more information visit www.juniorcomposers.org

THE YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION is an annual competition held by the Minnesota Sinfonia for musicians up to age 21. Held every spring, the contest attracts residents of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin, who compete in a friendly environment. Both the junior and senior division winners are awarded solo appearances with the Sinfonia, and the senior division winner also receives The Claire Givens Violins $500 cash prize. The competition is held at the University of St. Thomas campus in St. Paul.

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: Summer Concert Series II: Youth Outreach Concert. Friday, July 22 at 7:30pm. Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 55419. 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—July 5, 2011— Join the Minnesota Sinfonia at North Minneapolis’s Farwell Park for some light and fun favorites featuring the story of Peter and the Wolf put on by local North Minneapolis children. Also scheduled to perform prior to the Sinfonia is the Unlimited Next Level Dance and Drill Performing Arts.  This concert as well as the instruction of North Minneapolis children is sponsored by The Minnesota State Arts Board and the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation.

The program will focus on how we use music to describe magical moments and a wide range of our emotions. Music will be taken from Harry Potter, Peter and the Wolf, and favorites from ragtime, marches, dances and more.

The concert will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 27th at Farwell Park, 1201 Sheridan Ave N, Minneapolis, 55411. *Rainsite at Bethune Elementary, 919 Emerson Ave. N, Minneapolis, 55411. Admission as always is free. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

Located on Farwell Place between Sheridan Ave. N and Thomas Ave. N, Farwell Park is in the Willard-Hay neighborhood, just a few blocks east from Bassett’s Creek and the Theodore Wirth Golf Club. For more information visit their website at http://ow.ly/5bhpW

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: Northside Children’s Concert. Wednesday, July 27 at 1:00pm. Farwell Park, 1201 Sheridan Ave N, Minneapolis, 55411. *Rainsite at Bethune Elementary, 919 Emerson Ave. N, Minneapolis, 55411. 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—July 1, 2011—Join us at the Mississippi. Check out the East Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center and then head over to the performance pavilion for an evening of classics.  The Minnesota Sinfonia’s Coon Rapids Family Pops Concert will feature entertaining, lighter musical fare including Broadway and movie tunes, marches, and much more.

The Sinfonia program will be taken from the following pieces: Strauss’s “Blue Danube Waltzes”, “Radetzky March”, “Thunder and Lightening”, Puccini’s “Fantasy on La Boheme”, Dvorak’s “Slavonic dance 3”, Williams’s “Music from Harry Potter”, Offenbach’s “Ballet Parisien”, Ricketts’s “A Tribute to Louis Armstrong”, Mozart’s “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro”, Joplin’s “The Fig Tree Rag”, Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”, Mascagni’s “Intermezzo from Cavallaria Rusticana”, Hammerstein’s “Medley from the King and I”.

The concert will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 14 at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park

Performance Pavilion, 9750 Egret Boulevard, Coon Rapids.  Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

The 446-acre Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park is one of the most popular in Anoka County. It is a year-round destination, especially during the cross-country ski season. Picnicking, fishing, in-line skating, walking and bicycling are favorite activities in the park. The boat launch is heavily used during the summer.  For more information visit their website at http://ow.ly/5thxP

Special thanks to The Pentair Foundation for helping fund this event.

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: Coon Rapids Family Pops Concert. Thursday, July 14 at 7:00pm. Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park Performance Pavilion, 9750 Egret Boulevard, Coon Rapids. 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—June 30, 2011— The Minnesota Sinfonia proudly presents the Northside Music and Arts Festival to be held at North Commons Park in North Minneapolis. Always committed to bringing the arts to under served communities free of charge, the Sinfonia has now expanded its outreach on the North Side to include an entire evening of family-friendly activities. Over fifty neighborhood children will join the Sinfonia to dance and narrate a performance of Peter and the Wolf. Other activities will include performances by vocalists from the Sounds of Blackness, the Unlimited Next Drill and Dance Performing Arts and displays of works by local artists The festival also will feature children’s activities from the Walker Art Center as well as treats for families and children donated from local establishments. The festival is sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Legacy amendment, the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation department, the Pohlad Family Foundation and Wells Fargo.

Local northside artists, teachers and the Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts have been hired to work with the children, to help make this a great, fun and educational experience.

“The confidence seen in at-risk children after having an experience and opportunity like this is life changing.”  Jay Fishman, executive and artistic director, Minnesota Sinfonia.

The festival will be held at starting at  5:00 p.m. Thursday, July 28 at North Commons Park, 1801 James Avenue North, Minneapolis, 55411. In case of rain, the festival will take place at North High School’s auditorium, 1500 James Ave. N, Minneapolis, 55411. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

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

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SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS is a Grammy Award-Winning ensemble of African American vocalists based out of Minnesota.  For more information or a list of upcoming performances, please visit www.soundsofblackness.com.

MINNESOTA STATE ARTS BOARD is a state agency that stimulates and 
encourages the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the state of Minnesota. For more information, visit www.arts.state.mn.us

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: Northside Music and Arts Festival. Thursday, July 28 at 5:00pm. North Commons Park, 1801 James Avenue North, Minneapolis, 55411.  Rain-site at North High School, 1500 James Ave. N, Minenapolis, 55411. 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—June 22, 2011— The Minnesota Sinfonia will perform their Magic of Music Children’s Concert at Camp Courage this July. While all Sinfonia concerts are open to children, their free-admission Children’s Concerts are particularly fitting. Families are invited to experience great favorites from the movies, the classics and everything in between – all chosen especially for children, and listen to the story of Peter and the Wolf narrated by local singer and actress Kathleen Hardy.  This concert is sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board.

The program will focus on how we use music to describe magical moments and a wide range of our emotions. Music will be taken from Harry Potter, Peter and the Wolf, and favorites from ragtime, marches, dances and more.

The concert will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 13 at Camp Courage, 8046 83rd St NW, Maple Lake, 55358. Admission as always is free. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

Courage Center Camps offer a variety of residential camping programs and services as well as conference and retreat services. For more than 50 years, Courage Center Camps have provided camping programs for people of all ages and all physical abilities. For more information visit their website at http://www.couragecamps.org/

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: Camp Courage Children’s Concert. Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00pm. Camp Courage, 8046 83rd St NW, Maple Lake, 55358. 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—June 17, 2011—Enjoy the City of Lakes. Take a walk around scenic Lake Harriet then stay for a performance by the Minnesota Sinfonia at Lake Harriet Bandshell.  Lake Harriet Family Pops Concert features entertaining, lighter musical fare including Broadway and movie tunes, marches, and much more.

The Sinfonia program will be taken from the following pieces: Strauss’s “Blue Danube Waltzes”, “Radetzky March”, “Thunder and Lightening”, Puccini’s “Fantasy on La Boheme”, Dvorak’s “Slavonic dance 3”, Williams’s “Music from Harry Potter”, Offenbach’s “Ballet Parisien”, Ricketts’s “A Tribute to Louis Armstrong”, Mozart’s “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro”, Joplin’s “The Fig Tree Rag”, Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”, Mascagni’s “Intermezzo from Cavallaria Rusticana”, Hammerstein’s “Medley from the King and I”.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 8 at Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 55419.  Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

As one of the picturesque lakes in the renowned Chain of Lakes, Lake Harriet features 67 acres of land and 344 acres of water. It is noted for biking and walking trails, a variety of water activities and summer concerts at the stunning band shell.  For more information visit their website at http://ow.ly/58OF9

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: Lake Harriet Family Pops Concert. Friday, July 8 at 7:30pm. Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 55419. 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

ST. PAUL—June 12, 2011—Visit the Como Zoo’s wide collection of exotic animals or peruse their lovely gardens and then stay for a performance by the Minnesota Sinfonia at the park’s pavilion.  Their Como Park Family Pops Concert promises entertaining, lighter musical fare including Broadway and movie tunes, marches, and much more.

The Sinfonia program will be taken from the following pieces: Strauss’s “Blue Danube Waltzes”, “Radetzky March”, “Thunder and Lightening”, Puccini’s “Fantasy on La Boheme”, Dvorak’s “Slavonic dance 3”, Williams’s “Music from Harry Potter”, Offenbach’s “Ballet Parisien”, Ricketts’s “A Tribute to Louis Armstrong”, Mozart’s “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro”, Joplin’s “The Fig Tree Rag”, Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”, Mascagni’s “Intermezzo from Cavallaria Rusticana”, Hammerstein’s “Medley from the King and I”.

Como’s beautiful Lakeside Pavilion is home to concerts, musicals and plays throughout the summer.  For more information about Como Zoo, please visit their website at www.comozooconservatory.org.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3 at Como Park Pavilion, 1360 N Lexington Pkwy, St. Paul, 55103. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

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: Como Park Family Pops Concert. Sunday, July 3 at 7:30pm. Como Park Pavilion at 1360 N Lexington Pkwy, St. Paul, 55103. 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—June 9, 2011— Combining two unlikely music genres, DJ Inform to premier new composition composed for DJ and orchestra with the Minnesota Sinfonia this June at Lake Harriet.  This new and exciting concert will be a for sure hit for all ages.

The program will feature new composition, Fantasy for DJ and Orchestra, composed by Bernard Fishman and Jay Fishman as well as some more traditional classics; Georg Frederic Handel’s The Water Music and Louis Gottschalk’s Suite Americana.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24 at Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 55419.  Admission is free and children are welcome to attend. Audience members should arrive early—all concerts are first-come, first-seated.

DJ Inform hails from Columbus, Ohio, a city known as an underground hotbed for producing quality Jazz, Hip Hop, and Rock music, as well as having a good symphony orchestra. DJ Inform has been influenced by all this, but has been especially drawn to the Hip Hop and Jazz side, and has since toured the country multiple times and shared the stage with some of Hip-Hop’s largest acts, such as Talib Kweli and Minneapolis favorite Brother Ali. DJ Inform released his debut solo album, “The Cutting Room,” in 2010 to critical acclaim, making it onto Thetablist.net top 10 best of 2010, and launching the album with a release show that featured other highly respected Hip Hop acts, Blueprint and Prince Paul (of De La Soul). This instrumental album featured turntable scratching as the featured instrument, but also introduced DJ Inform as a producer, an area he has been working on with the same practice ethic instilled in him since his piano days.  For additional information about DJ Inform, visit his website at http://www.djinform.blogspot.com/

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: Summer Concert Series II: DJ Inform. Friday, June 24 at 7:30pm. Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 55419. FREE. 612.871.1701. www.mnsinfonia.org

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