MacPhail Presents: Spectrum

Spectrum: A Faculty Showcase  A Spotlight Series variety concert featuring MacPhail faculty members Timothy De Prey, Roland Hawkins, Soojin Lee, Rosa Thompson-Vieira, Jaqueline Ultan, Carrie Vecchione, and Joan Wallace.  Experience …

8 Feet from the Stars: A Celebration of Songwriting A Spotlight Series performance by MacPhail faculty member Jacqueline Ultan and the Laurels String Quartet, featuring collaborations with some of the Twin …

All That I Was, I Carried Like a Candle: Echoes of History, the Sound of Survival  A Spotlight Series piano performance by MacPhail faculty member Richard Tostenson, this program illuminates …

Koa Sting Quartet  |  Madeline Island Chamber Music Emerging Artists Quartet-in-Residence  Join us for an inspiring evening with the Koa String Quartet, the 2025 Madeline Island Chamber Music Emerging Artists Quartet-in-Residence. Performing …

Concerto & Aria Concert  A Spotlight Series performance showcasing MacPhail’s most outstanding student soloists performing with orchestra under the direction of Mark Mandarano.  Experience the pinnacle of student artistry at …

A farewell concert for Spotlight Series Artistic Director Mischa Santora A memorable night is in the making as this farewell concert for Artistic Director Mischa Santora explores iridescence. Humans live …

MACPHAIL SPOTLIGHT CONCERT—OF BEAUTY WEDNESDAY JUNE 7, 7:30PM Join MacPhail string faculty, the Basilica Cathedral Choir and The Schola Cantorum for a night of beauty! The program will include works …

Program New soundtrack by MacPhail’s EMRA department Performers Asha Belk, photographer Asha is a successful event and food photographer in the Twin Cities (and MacPhail collaborator), and she has a …

Program Bach: Suite for solo cello #5, c-minor Rebecca Merblum, cello  Margaret Brouwer: Sonata for Horn and Piano Mike Alexander, hornMiryana Moteva, piano Electronic soundscapes/keyboard improv Michael Cain  Performers Eyenga …

Program La Valse by Maurice Ravel Seven Spanish Folk Songs by Manuel de Falla (transcription for two pianos by A. Bubelnikov)Armenian Rhapsody by Arutunian and BabajanianIrina Elkina, pianoJulia Elkina piano …

Performers JD Steele Fred Steele Rebecca Merblum – Cello Jacob Burkhart – Trumpet Paul Babcock  – Percussion Kenyari Jackson – Drum Set Yonathan Bekure  – Bass Spencer Bradley  –  Guitar

This Spotlight performance showcases the poetry of Rosetta Peters as the performers explore the poignant theme of overcoming loss & trauma and the healing power of music and the arts.  …

This program features contemporary compositions and poems by creators of diverse backgrounds. MacPhail’s virtuoso string players and guest narrator, poet Anthony Ceballos, share the stage as they weave a narrative …

This activity made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.