Researchers from the University of Minnesota conducted a series of experiments with Minnesota Orchestra wind and brass players this past summer to help us determine how to most safely bring musicians together onstage. Take a look at what they learned, and how these findings may be useful to music...

Composer Eleanor Alberga introduces her String Quartet No. 2.

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Principal Harp Marguerite Lynn Williams talks with host Sarah Hicks about Ravel's Introduction and Allegro.

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Conductor William Eddins talks with host Sarah Hicks about Beethoven's First Symphony.

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At the Minnesota Orchestra, we are committed to connecting with you, our audiences. We would like to share with you one way our musicians and volunteers recently reached some special folks who have been isolated.

Principal Oboe John Snow talks with host Sarah Hicks about Louis W. Ballard's Ritmo Indio, A Study in American Indian Rhythm.

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Principal Percussion Brian Mount talks with host Sarah Hicks about Nebojša Jovan Živković's Meccanico, mvmt. I from Trio per Uno.

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Did you miss the Minnesota Orchestra’s live broadcast on Classical Minnesota Public Radio on October 23? Don’t worry! You can now listen to the complete performance below. Check out this video of trumpet player Charles Lazarus introducing Paquito D'Rivera’s Four Pieces for Brass Quintet, and then...

American composer Jennifer Higdon invites you to listen this Friday, October 23 as our next live Minnesota Orchestra concert opens with a performance of her adaptation of Amazing Grace for String Quartet.

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Music Director Osmo Vänskä looks back on his experience conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in the September pilot concert and shares an update on what he has been doing the last few months away from the stage.

Following a performance of Mozart’s Serenade No. 12, Principal Clarinet Gabriel Campos Zamora joins host Sarah Hicks to share insights about the piece and what it's like to be back onstage with his colleagues.

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Composer and violinist Jessie Montgomery introduces her piece, Strum, and explains its folk-like groove and the acrobatics of both creating the work and performing it.

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Music Director Osmo Vänskä connects with host Sarah Hicks after his first performance leading the Minnesota Orchestra in eight months.