Calendar
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JANUARY 2020
Friday, January 24 – 7:30 p.m.
The Lyra Baroque Orchestra – Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Rochester – $5-$30
Our Passaggi concert features a modern-day master of passaggi on the cornetto, Bruce Dickey. He joins a special group of Lyra musicians for a concert of 16th- and 17th-century music featuring this beautiful and unusual instrument. Come early to hear the pre-concert talk! This time we will hear thoughts from Bruce Dickey at 6:30 PM.
Saturday, January 25 – 7:30 p.m.
Rochester Chamber Music Society – Christ United Methodist Church – free
Saxophone, Flute, and Piano. Rochester Chamber Music Society welcomes the New Year with fresh and young musicians. Enjoy a program of wonderful works for saxophone, flute and piano as presented by Twin City artists Sean Miller, SungAe Song and Casey Rafn. http://www.rochesterchambermusic.org/
Friday, January 31 – 12:00 p.m.
Guitar & Violin Duets with Ben Gateno & Kathleen Lamb – Christ United Methodist Church – Free
Rochester Music Guild Lunch & Learn
FEBRUARY 2020
Sunday, February 8, 7:30 p.m.
Organ Concert: Jan Kraybill — Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist — Freewill offering
Organist Dr. Jan Kraybill has been nominated to the 2020 GRAMMY® Awards for Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Classical Instrumental Solo, and Producer of the Year. More information is available at https://sj.org/announcement/jan-kraybill-concert/
Tuesday, February 11 – 7:00 p.m.
Zumbro Valley Chorus of Sweet Adelines and Rochester Barbershop Chorus “Music with Heart” – 125 Live – Free
“Music with Heart” will include a variety of music in a cappella four-part harmony barbershop style under the direction of Nancy Hayden and Merle Savage. The musical selections include “The Chordbuster’s March,” “Time After Time,” “The Bandstand in Central Park,” “Harmony,” and “Sunny Side Up.” For more information, call (507) 285-9915. www.zumbrovalleychorus.org
Sunday, February 16 — 3:00 pm
Rochester Pops Orchestra — Bethel Lutheran Church, Rochester – children are free, seniors $12, adults $14 and students $7
Contemporary Classics features modern contemporary classical music from the 20th and 21st century.
Monday, February 17 – 6:00 p.m.
Community Education Adult Enrichment – Kellogg Middle School, Room 115 – $9
Century of Cinema – Though movies began as silent, they had music with them even then. We explore the evolution of music in film over the last century, emphasizing the greatest and most popular scores. Has the best music of the last few decades been introduced in theaters rather than on concert stages? Rochesterce.org/register or 507-328-4000
Friday, February 21 – 12:00 p.m.
Randy Sabien, Jazz Violin – Christ United Methodist Church – Free
Rochester Music Guild Lunch & Learn
Friday, February 21 – 7:00 p.m.
Rochester Symphony – Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall – Free
Century of Cinema – Free Family Preview – Explore symphony music, scaled down for young audiences. Reservations required; rochestersymphony.org or 507.286.8742
Saturday, February 22 – 7:30 p.m
Sunday, February 23 – 2:00 p.m.
Rochester Symphony – Lourdes High School – tickets $5 (youth), $20, $30
Century of Cinema – Celebrating the evolution of film music from the early years to today, we dedicate this concert to all who love movie music and ask whether the greatest of music of recent times has been found more in theaters than on the concert stage. The program will be selected from requests of Rochester Symphony patrons and film lovers of our region. rochestersymphony.org or 507-286-8742
Saturday, February 29 – 7:30 p.m.
Rochester Chamber Music Society – Christ United Methodist Church – free
Hidden Treasures from the 19th Century. Rochester Chamber Music Society’s February concert will bring back guest cellist Laura Sewell to join pianist Horacio Nuguid and clarinetist David Townsend for a program of rarely heard masterpieces from the 19th century. This will be a very interesting program featuring unfamiliar composers — Frühling, Reinecke and Ries. http://www.rochesterchambermusic.org
MARCH 2020
Monday, March 9 – 6:00 p.m.
Community Education Adult Enrichment – Kellogg Middle School, Room 115 – $9
Cheers to 40 Years: Rarely does a conductor stay with an orchestra through four decades. But the Rochester Symphony’s maestro has. We explore what music has been the most rewarding to conduct in those decades, from Wagner’s Overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg to Walton’s films score from Henry V and Brahms’ Second Symphony. Rochesterce.org/register or 507-328-4000
Friday, March 13 – 12:00 p.m.
Rochester Symphony Preview with Jere Lantz – Charter House (Northview Room) – Free
Rochester Music Guild Lunch & Learn
Saturday, March 14 – 7:30 p.m.
Rochester Symphony – Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall – tickets $5 (youth), $20, $30
Cheers to 40 Years – Celebrating Maestro Lantz’s 40th season with Rochester Symphony, we present works that have meant the most throughout his career in conducting. From the first piece he led while earning his advanced degree in conducting at Yale, to pieces he’s found to be most dramatic, emotionally moving and glorious, this concert is a toast to a landmark achievement for both conductor and orchestra. Wagner, Walton and Brahms: rochestersymphony.org or 507-286-8742
Monday, March 16 – 6:30 p.m.
Dover-Eyota Schools Choirs – DEHS Auditorium, Eyota
March Choir Concert featuring all choirs: 6:30 (6th gr) 7:00 pm (MS) 7:45 (HS) https://sites.google.com/a/deschools.org/dover-eyota-choir/
Saturday, March 21 — 7:30 p.m.
Choral Arts Ensemble – Christ United Methodist, Rochester – Adults $25/Students $10
“Where We Love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. We’ll sing of the joys of home and join Rochester’s Mayor, Kim Norton, and others who are working to eliminate homelessness. CAE will premiere a new work by Janika Vandervelde.
APRIL 2020
Friday, April 3 – 12:00 p.m.
Artu Duo – Christ United Methodist Church – Free
Rochester Music Guild Lunch & Learn
Sunday, April 19, 2020 – 3:00 p.m.
Mayo Clinic Chamber Symphony – Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Rochester – tickets at the door: $7 adults, $3 children
The Mayo Clinic Chamber Symphony will present its Spring Concert at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Please join us!
Monday, April 20 – 6:00 p.m.
Community Education Adult Enrichment – Kellogg Middle School, Room 115 – $9
The Spirit of Us: The Rochester Symphony caps its centennial season with a program exploring how music brings people together. Walt Whitman’s poetry as set by Howard Hanson shows how America became unified. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony revives community with its message of all people becoming one family. Rochesterce.org/register or 507-328-4000
Saturday, April 25 – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 26 – 2:00 p.m.
Rochester Symphony – Lourdes High School – tickets $5 (youth), $20, $30
Rochester Symphony: The Spirit of Us – Featuring the Rochester Symphony Chorale performing Beethoven’s Ninth – We close our centennial season reflecting on the power of music to break down barriers and unify people. We open with Song of Democracy, based on poetry of Walt Whitman that calls on Americans to consider how we live in community together. Our first century ends with Beethoven’s revolutionary vision calling for universal community in his triumphant Ninth Symphony. rochestersymphony.org or 507-286-8742
MAY 2020
Sunday, May 3 — 3:00 pm
Rochester Pops Orchestra — Bethel Lutheran Church, Rochester – children are free, seniors $12, adults $14 and students $7
European Invasion – With the Rochester Pops Women’s Chorale, we celebrate the music of Abba, Queen & the Beatles
Saturday, May 9 — 7:30 p.m.
Choral Arts Ensemble – Christ United Methodist, Rochester – Adults $25/Students $10
Half the Sky Marking the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 2020, this will be a concert of all female composers. According to a Chinese aphorism, “women hold up half the sky,” and we celebrate this with a new premiere by Karen P. Thomas, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Seattle Pro Musica. We will also highlight the work of the Jeremiah Program which supports single mothers in our community.
Monday, May 11 – 6:30 p.m.
Dover-Eyota Schools Choirs – DEHS Auditorium, Eyota
May Choir Concert featuring all choirs: 6:30 (6th gr) 7:00 pm (MS) 7:45 (HS) https://sites.google.com/a/deschools.org/dover-eyota-choir/
Friday, May 15 – 12:00 p.m.
Brahms Trio for horn, violin & piano: Ronald Beitel, Kevin McMahon, and Li-shan Hung – Christ United Methodist Church – Free
Rochester Music Guild Lunch & Learn
