Joan Osborne unleashes her sizable gifts as a vocalist and interpreter of Duluth-born Bob Dylan's celebrated canon with a performance just blocks from his boyhood home on the eve of the Bard's 78th birthday. The seven-time Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling singer and songwriter, whom The New York Times has called “a fiercely intelligent, no-nonsense singer,” winds her […]

Award-winning organist Dean Billmeyer is in his thirty-seventh year as University Organist and Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota. In this capacity, he teaches classes in Counterpoint, Thoroughbass, and Keyboard Skills, as well as Organ and Harpsichord. Billmeyer has appeared as a recitalist and clinician throughout the United States and Western Europe. Known […]

Thanks to a 2019 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, The Leap Ensemble will present its “Hapsburg House Party” chamber music program at five venues throughout Minnesota in September 2019, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and Owatonna. Soprano Andrea Leap and her seven-member ensemble will perform works by Mozart, Scarlatti, and Handel, as well […]

Enkindle Dance Theatre is a new nonprofit modern-and-contemporary dance company based in Duluth. The group is being led by two local artists whose mission is to bring a diverse group of dancers together to perform original dance works. "Dance to Ignite" performances will consist of a collection of 10-12 pieces created by 3-4 choreographers. Performances […]

Enkindle Dance Theatre is a new nonprofit modern-and-contemporary dance company based in Duluth. The group is being led by two local artists whose mission is to bring a diverse group of dancers together to perform original dance works. "Dance to Ignite" performances will consist of a collection of 10-12 pieces created by 3-4 choreographers. Performances […]

Enkindle Dance Theatre is a new nonprofit modern-and-contemporary dance company based in Duluth. The group is being led by two local artists whose mission is to bring a diverse group of dancers together to perform original dance works. "Dance to Ignite" performances will consist of a collection of 10-12 pieces created by 3-4 choreographers. Performances […]

The OM SHALOM TRIO is a group of award-winning internationally recognized World Music artists. They draw on rhythmic and melodic aspects from their Far Eastern and Middle Eastern roots to create a unique sound blending Indian, Western Classical and Folk music. The Sitar, Cello and Tabla of the Om Shalom Trio harmoniously bring together the […]

Blood Harmony. Whether it’s The Beach Boys, Bee Gees or First Aid Kit, that sibling vocal blend is the secret sauce in some of the most spine-tingling moments in popular music. The Cactus Blossoms – Minneapolis-based brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey – offer compelling evidence that this tradition is alive and well, with a […]

Carole King and James Taylor are the original singer/songwriter power couple. Together and solo the folk-rock icons have written and performed some of the biggest hits and most beloved songs of the 70s: “You’ve Got A Friend,” “I Feel the Earth Move,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” “Fire and Rain,” “So Far Away,” “Carolina On […]

Based in Minnesota, but with roots in Tennessee, Chastity Brown grew up surrounded by country and soul music. In the full gospel church of her childhood, she played saxophone and drums and found her singing voice and a passion for music. Her first show was in Knoxville, TN, and then it was on to Minneapolis. […]