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06/07/2013

Here's our video promoting the efforts of the Young Musicians of Minnesota!

Twin Cities teens have organized as the Young Musicians of Minnesota to urge an end to the management-imposed lockout of musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra.

05/31/2013

The Schubert Club has yet another new concert series!

05/30/2013

Our video of the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra takes you to a rehearsal on the eve of the orchestra's spring 2013 concert.

Among the Twin Cities' many community orchestras, many consider the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra in the top tier. In this MNuet video, we take you inside a reh...

05/20/2013

ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm soon moving for a new job in Cincinnati and will discontinue publishing MNuet at the end of May.

I'm proud of what I accomplished in just over a year from the initial concept to now, but I believe someone deeply rooted in the Twin Cities classical/choral music scene can take MNuet much further. Anyone interested in purchasing and operating the site (the domain and all the assets associated with it), please contact me. I'd like to see it continue rather than quietly go away.

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— matt

05/17/2013

The Minnesota Chorale is cutting staff pay and hours—a direct ripple effect of the Minnesota Orchestra lockout, says the Chorale's executive director.

The Minnesota Chorale is cutting staff pay and the hours in its work week in half. Executive Director Bob Peskin, in a letter to “singers, fans and friends” of the Chorale, cited the ongoing lockout of the Minnesota Orchestra for draining "virtually all the earned income we'd projected for the seaso...

05/16/2013

A busy weekend includes a collaborative program with Zeitgeist and Flying Forms, a CD-release show with Jocelyn Hagen and concerts by the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Minnesota and something to look forward to Tuesday with VocalEssence.

Our weekly roundup of all things classical.

05/14/2013

Is there a violinist who needs some fantastic work this August and early September? Mixed Precipitation is looking for you!

We are open to subbing out or splitting the position, if a candidate has some conflicts with the performance schedule. In other words, IF YOU’RE INTERESTED AND CAN ONLY DO SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES, GET IN TOUCH!

05/08/2013

A lot happening in classical music this Mother's Day weekend: University of Minnesota, School of Music, Minnesota Bach Ensemble, Oratorio Society of Minnesota, The Valley Chamber Chorale-VCC, Magnum Chorum and Twin Cities Women's Choir.

Here's our weekend roundup of all things classical in the Twin Cities.

05/08/2013

Conductor Bill Eddins, who worked for several years with the Minnesota Orchestra, on Monday posted this piece, which serves as an interesting corollary to my Opine Season column yesterday. Here, Eddins urges a realignment of nonprofit governance that gives equal weight to all stakeholders: http://www.insidethearts.com/sticksanddrones/2013/05/06/billeddins/13905/

05/07/2013

In today's Opine Season column, I compare the salaries of orchestral musicians with those of other local professional artists and urge the Musicians of the SPCO and Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra to launch their own artist-led orchestras.

The musicians of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra don’t realize the sweet deal they just signed. With their new contract, they have three years of salaries and benefits that will be the envy of 99 percent of working artists in the Twin Cities. More important, this contract gives them the time to do ...

05/06/2013

Sounds like a fantastic VocalEssence program and performance ...

VocalEssence celebrates the vibrant culture and music of Mexico with two performances of a program called “¡Cantaré! (I Will Sing!),” both of them May 21 at Wayzata Community Church.

05/03/2013

The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet has a new album out through innova Recordings!

A new platter from the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet is among three recent recordings released through Innova Records, a division of the American Composers Forum.