2018-19 Concert Season
OCTOBER 2018
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)
October 30, 2018--10:30am
Melyssa Rice, soprano; Sarah Lockwood, piano & Pat Dymacek, piano
Some spooky music is scheduled for this seasonal concert featuring Melyssa Rice, soprano, and pianists Sarah Lockwood and Pat Dymacek. Come join us for coffee and treats while listening to the concert, and plan to tour the art gallery afterwards. Donations for our "Keys to Success" fundraising campaign are always welcome and appreciated.
Pat Dymacek
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Melyssa Rice
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Sarah Lockwood
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NOVEMBER 2018
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)
November 13, 2018--10:30am
Hannah C. Flowers-Harp
Our Tuesday coffee concert series continues with sounds of the harp!
Hannah Flowers is an award winning Traditional singer and harpist from St. Paul, Minnesota. Classically trained from a young age, she discovered Traditional Irish music as a teenager. Known for her sensitive and lyrical accompaniment of songs as well as her syncopated and rhythmic accompaniment of dance tunes, Hannah enjoys exploring the full depth of traditional Irish music and song.
The program will include selections from Hannah's debut album “Amhrán na Cruite” (“Song of the Harp”).
We will have coffee available and perhaps some treats. Stick around afterwards to visit with Ms. Flowers and view the gallery exhibit. Donations for our "Keys to Success" fundraising campaign are always welcome and appreciated.
Hannah Flowers is an award winning Traditional singer and harpist from St. Paul, Minnesota. Classically trained from a young age, she discovered Traditional Irish music as a teenager. Known for her sensitive and lyrical accompaniment of songs as well as her syncopated and rhythmic accompaniment of dance tunes, Hannah enjoys exploring the full depth of traditional Irish music and song.
The program will include selections from Hannah's debut album “Amhrán na Cruite” (“Song of the Harp”).
We will have coffee available and perhaps some treats. Stick around afterwards to visit with Ms. Flowers and view the gallery exhibit. Donations for our "Keys to Success" fundraising campaign are always welcome and appreciated.
Annie Humphrey
A free concert sponsored by Dakota County Libraries
Saturday-November 17, 2018-2:00pm
Enjoy music and poetry that honors Native American culture performed by singer and song writer Annie Humphrey.
About Annie
Growing up on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota, Annie lived in a home filled with voices made of thunder and nothing could stop it. Her parents were brilliant people individually. Her father, a singer and musician and her mother an artist and poet. Together they made sadness. Each of her parents taught Annie the beautiful things they knew. They showed her that she carried their gifts in her hands too. This is how creating art and music came about for her. This is what saved her. This is how she lives now.
Things my dad taught me:
skin a deer, set net, clean fish, make maple syrup, harvest wild rice, play basketball, ride motorcycle, go without if you can't afford it, play guitar
Things my mom taught me:
draw, paint, sew, write, laugh, wonder, forgive
Annie has 4 children and 2 grandsons. She has a handsome, Indian, horseman husband. They inspire her spirit and her art.
Growing up on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota, Annie lived in a home filled with voices made of thunder and nothing could stop it. Her parents were brilliant people individually. Her father, a singer and musician and her mother an artist and poet. Together they made sadness. Each of her parents taught Annie the beautiful things they knew. They showed her that she carried their gifts in her hands too. This is how creating art and music came about for her. This is what saved her. This is how she lives now.
Things my dad taught me:
skin a deer, set net, clean fish, make maple syrup, harvest wild rice, play basketball, ride motorcycle, go without if you can't afford it, play guitar
Things my mom taught me:
draw, paint, sew, write, laugh, wonder, forgive
Annie has 4 children and 2 grandsons. She has a handsome, Indian, horseman husband. They inspire her spirit and her art.
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)
November 27, 2018--10:30am
Nancy Soteroplos, soprano and Sarah Lockwood, piano
with Dr. Bernard Carpenter, narrator
"Remembering the Great War through Music and Verse"
Nancy Soteroplos
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Dr. Bernard Carpenter
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Sarah Lockwood
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Our final fall 2018 Tuesday coffee concert features songs and prose from around the time of the end of WWI. We will have coffee available and perhaps some treats. Stick around afterwards to visit with the performers and view the gallery exhibit. Donations for our "Keys to Success" fundraising campaign are always welcome and appreciated.
DECEMBER
Make plans this holiday season to enjoy a show at the Hastings Arts Center!
TWO SHOWS
Saturday-December 8 at 7:00pm
Sunday-December 9 at 3:00pm
More info about tickets and other details to come.
JANUARY 2019
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR NEXT FUNDRAISER!
Fiddles & Flapjacks!
January 26, 2019--Morning!
FEBRUARY
Karen Beacom, soprano & Sarah Lockwood, piano
Sunday-February 3, 2019
3:00pm
More details and info about tickets to come...
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)
February 5th, 2019--10:30am
Jennifer L. Gerth, clarinet & Mindy Eschedor, piano
Our free Tuesday Coffee Concerts continue in 2019 with Jen Gerth and Mindy Eschedor sharing clarinet and piano duets.
Jennifer L. Gerth, clarinet
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Mindy Eschedor, piano
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Joan Hutton, Saxophone & Laura Caviani, piano
Sunday, February 24, 2019
3:00pm
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Joan Hutton is an educator, performer and composer residing in Minneapolis and originally hailing from Toronto, Canada. She has been a member of the Ancia Saxophone Quartet since 1996, a group that performs and presents educational clinics nationally and internationally. Ancia is featured frequently on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” Joan plays saxophones and bass clarinet with the jazz-funk sextet Rare Medium, and composes many of their tunes. Her newest group, the Joan Hutton Jazz Project, was formed early in 2017 to feature her original compositions (www.joanhuttonjazz.com). Other performance activities over the years have included solo recitals, orchestral playing, pit orchestras, big bands, jazz combos and R&B/rock/blues bands. Joan holds music degrees from Ithaca College and the Eastman School of Music. She is the saxophone instructor at Augsburg University and has a large studio of private saxophone and clarinet students around the Twin Cities.
Laura Caviani is a veteran of over two decades of performing, recording and composing. She recently released two albums with her Minneapolis–based trio: Mysterious Thelonious and Confluence. The first celebrates jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk’s centennial, and is hailed by Britt Robson of the Minneapolis Star Tribune as “a masterful blend of… chordal complexity, innate sense of swing, and desire to live up to Monk’s intrepid spirit”. MNPost’s Pamela Espeland describes it as "a joyous romp". Andrea Canter, of The Jazz Police, says of “Confluence:” "Like the joining of the rivers, the individual artists intertwine musically such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts-- a confluence of melody and harmony." Recent commissions include works for Vocal Essence and the Great River Chorale. She holds degrees from both Lawrence University and The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. As a dedicated educator, she is the Director of the Jazz Area at Carleton College, where she directs the jazz ensemble, coaches chamber groups, and teaches jazz piano and improvisation. For more information, please visit: www.lauracaviani.com
Laura Caviani is a veteran of over two decades of performing, recording and composing. She recently released two albums with her Minneapolis–based trio: Mysterious Thelonious and Confluence. The first celebrates jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk’s centennial, and is hailed by Britt Robson of the Minneapolis Star Tribune as “a masterful blend of… chordal complexity, innate sense of swing, and desire to live up to Monk’s intrepid spirit”. MNPost’s Pamela Espeland describes it as "a joyous romp". Andrea Canter, of The Jazz Police, says of “Confluence:” "Like the joining of the rivers, the individual artists intertwine musically such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts-- a confluence of melody and harmony." Recent commissions include works for Vocal Essence and the Great River Chorale. She holds degrees from both Lawrence University and The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. As a dedicated educator, she is the Director of the Jazz Area at Carleton College, where she directs the jazz ensemble, coaches chamber groups, and teaches jazz piano and improvisation. For more information, please visit: www.lauracaviani.com
March
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)
March 12, 2019--10:30am
Konstantin Krasnitsky, piano
Croatian pianist, Konstantin Krasnitsky will be visiting the United States in March for a residency with University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He will be traveling with Croatian composer Davor Bobic and they are both scheduled to be the distinguished international guests for the University's Piano Festival and Competition scheduled for March 14-16, 2019.
The planned program for Tuesday's concert will feature compositions by Rachmaninoff and Bobic. |
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APRIL
The Wolfgang
Sunday-April 14, 2019
3:00pm
Program will be posted at a later date.