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Music

A percussion concerto with legs

A percussion concerto with legs

It's a rare contemporary piece that gets dozens of performances around the world in the first couple years of its life, but that's the case for Jennifer Higdon's 2005 Percussion Concerto. She wrote it for Scottish percussionist Colin Currie, who is playing it with the Minnesota Orchestra.
by Brian Newhouse

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Students make music and instruments

Students make music and instruments

Thousands of people are expected over the next couple of days at the Flint Hills Children's Festival at the Ordway Center in St Paul. Students from Webster Magnet School in St Paul created one of the many performances at the event.
by Euan Kerr

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New Classical Tracks: A 'new' Rachmaninoff concerto

New Classical Tracks: A 'new' Rachmaninoff concerto

What if Rachmaninoff's most popular symphony were rewritten, as a piece for piano and orchestra? In the hands of a contemporary Russian composer, Rachmaninoff's second symphony has now become his Piano Concerto No. 5.
by Julie Amacher

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Percussion in the spotlight

Percussion in the spotlight

Percussionists have a vital, but under-appreciated role in symphonic music. Over the next three weeks they're being showcased in the Crash! Bang! Boom! Festival.
by Karl Gehrke

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Ann Reed: Song for Minnesota Concert

After hundreds of miles, e-mails and eager people Ann Reed's quest to write a new song for Minnesota is over. Or is it? On May 3, 2008 Ann got together some of her favorite musicians to present a concert that was the culmination of the tour.
by Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole

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Gordon Johnson on "GJ4"

Gordon Johnson on "GJ4"

Twin Cities bassist Gordon Johnson is out with another "Trios" album. This is the fourth in a series of recordings featuring Gordy, along with a variety of different jazz pianists and drummers.
by Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole

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Steven C works his piano

Steven C works his piano

St. Paul musician Steven Anderson, or Steven C., as his stage name goes, has built a thriving behind-the-scenes career in the "New Age" music industry as a producer and pianist. Now he's stepping out of the shadows with a new CD.
by Chris Roberts

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Osmo Vanska composes a musical 'bridge'

Osmo Vanska composes a musical 'bridge'

The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra is premiering a new work by Minnesota Orchestra conductor Osmo Vanska, called "The Bridge." It's inspired in part by the collapse of the I-35W bridge last summer.
by Marianne Combs

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1858, in music

1858, in music

Spend an hour listening to the music of 1858, and discovering some interesting connections between the music and Minnesota's history and landscape.
by Rex Levang

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Ordway Center plans expansion

Ordway Center plans expansion

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra could have a new concert hall at the Ordway Center, under a new proposal from the St. Paul Arts Partnership.
by Euan Kerr

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