Announcing our 43rd Season:
Seize the Joy!
2024-2025
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra—Director Rick Benjamin
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, the world’s only year-round, professional ensemble performing the syncopated sounds of early musical theatre, silent cinema, and vintage dance. They have appeared at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, the Ravinia Festival, the American Dance Festival, the Kennedy Center and with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Vienna Boys Choir—Director Gerald Wirth
For six centuries, these young cultural ambassadors have been adored the world over for their wide-ranging repertoire, purity of tone, and generosity of musical spirit. The Vienna Boys Choir is the one of the best known choirs in the world, comprised of choristers between ages nine and fourteen. There are around 100 active members divided into four concert choirs. Each of these choirs spends nine to eleven weeks of the year on tour.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Neave Trio
Violin, Mikhael Veselov; Cello, Anna Williams; Piano, Eri Nakamura
Formed in 2010, Grammy-winning Neave Trio has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances that are embued with passion, sensitivity and grace. The Neave Trio has performed at many esteemed concert series and festivals worldwide, including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Alma Neuhaus, Mezzo-Soprano; Timothy Lovelace, Accompanist
A Minneapolis native and current resident of Vienna, Austria, Alma Neuhaus is a current member of the Vienna State Opera. She sings with a passion for opera, art song, and Golden Age repertoire. She is praised for a voice that is as velvety as it is voluminous. Timothy Lovelace, collaborative piano and coaching professor at the University of Minnesota, and conductor, has performed on four continents.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Hymn Festival with David Cherwien, Organist and the Bethlehem Chorale
As a renowned church organist, conductor, and composer, David Cherwien brings creativity to hymns of various traditions and styles. He has won national acclaim as a leader of congregational song with hymn festivals that transport us to an encounter with the sublime. Join the choir of voices as we sing some of the church’s beloved hymnody.