Performance Archive

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In these times of vigilance, MacPhail holds on to the importance of music: it connects us, calms anxiety and feeds our souls. Please enjoy these MacPhail performances.

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MacPhail Music for Life™

MacPhail on Madeline Island “Golden Age of Broadway”

Date: Thu Sep 22 2022

To ring out this inaugural year of “MacPhail on Madeline Island” on a high note, a tuition-based course/retreat entitled “Golden Age of Broadway” will be held from September 22-25.This MacPhail …

Faculty Performances

An Evening of Sondheim Songs – MacPhail Austin

Date: Thu Aug 18 2022

Genesis:  This program is a collaboration between MacPhail faculty, MacPhail students and community artists. It reflects MacPhail’s commitment to push educational boundaries and cultivate community as it creatively moves from …

Faculty Performances

An Evening of Sondheim Songs

Date: Tue Aug 16 2022

Genesis:  This program is a collaboration between MacPhail faculty, MacPhail students and community artists. It reflects MacPhail’s commitment to push educational boundaries and cultivate community as it creatively moves from …

Peter Oshtroushko with his mandolins
Madeline Island Chamber Music

MacPhail on Madeline Island: Night of Jazz

Date: Sat Aug 13 2022

Enjoy a night of jazz at the Clubhouse on Madeline Island with faculty from MacPhail. Featuring Christopher Rochester, Bryan Nichols, Greg Byers, Paul Babcock and more.

Free Family Music Series

Kidfest on Madeline Island

Date: Sat Aug 13 2022

Sing-Play-Learn™ one of MacPhail’s signature programs for children, will hold Kidfest in Russell Park, next to Grampa Tony’s, from 10:00 am to Noon. Children of all ages are invited to …

Student Performances

CANCELLED: MacPhail at Water Works “Summer Sing” Choir Concert

Date: Tue Aug 02 2022

Bring your lunch and join us as our “Summer Sing” community choir, directed by Jerry Rubino, performs a program of light-hearted music.

Antonello Hall stage with a piano on it
Student Performances

MacPhail Community Youth Choir led by J.D. Steele in Performance

Date: Fri Jul 29 2022
Antonello Hall stage with a piano on it
Student Performances

Rimshots! Concert

Date: Sat Jun 18 2022

Lars Ramgren Brandon Sattler William Arnold, Assistant Director Paul Babcock, director Selections will include a variety of percussion ensemble pieces including ragtime, jazz, orchestral arrangements and piece recently composed specifically …

Antonello Hall stage with a piano on it
Student Performances

New Horizons Orchestra Concert

Date: Thu Jun 02 2022

This concert will take place in Antonello Hall with a livestream available at https://macphail.zoom.us/j/86161389233

Line illustration of a person playing a cello
Spotlight Series

Sounds and Words of Healing

Date: Sat Apr 02 2022

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.  …

View of the lights on the ceiling of Antonello hall
Student Performances

Composition Recital January 2022

Date: Sun Jan 23 2022
Madeline Island Chamber Music

Julius Quartet Concert: A New Spring

Date: Sat Nov 13 2021

Inspired by the emotionally contemplative “Heiliger Dankgesang…” of Ludwig van Beethoven, this program dives into the struggles of the internal vs. external, culminating in a triumphant expression of the human …

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Spotlight Series

Bluegrass Rhapsody

Date: Sat Oct 23 2021

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 …

Two students performing at a baseball game
Student Performances

National Anthem at Twins Game

Date: Sun Aug 15 2021
Students standing in a line, playing violin
Student Performances

Summer Suzuki Cello Rock and Vivace Violin Camp

Date: Fri Aug 13 2021

Somewhere Over The Rainbow Hallelujah (Adele) Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson) Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve) Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) Happy (Pharrell Williams) The Wellerman (Tik Tok – Sea Shanty Tune)

5 people playing string instruments on stage
Madeline Island Chamber Music

String Young Artists Concert

Date: Sat Jul 10 2021
5 people playing string instruments on stage
Madeline Island Chamber Music

String Young Artists Concert

Date: Sat Jul 10 2021
Four people standing with instrument cases
Madeline Island Chamber Music

Brooklyn Rider plays Golijov and Schubert

Date: Sat Jul 10 2021

Madeline Island Chamber Music is pleased to present Brooklyn Rider in concert on Madeline Island. Brooklyn RiderJohnny Gandelsman, violinColin Jacobsen, violinNicholas Cords, violaMichael Nicolas, cello

5 people playing string instruments on stage
Madeline Island Chamber Music

String Young Artists Concert

Date: Sat Jul 03 2021
5 people playing string instruments on stage
Madeline Island Chamber Music

String Young Artists Concert

Date: Sat Jul 03 2021
Four people standing with instrument cases
Madeline Island Chamber Music

Brooklyn Rider plays Azmeh, Roberts, and Beethoven (Live Streamed)

Date: Sat Jul 03 2021

Madeline Island Chamber Music is pleased to present Brooklyn Rider in concert on Madeline Island. Brooklyn RiderJohnny Gandelsman, violinColin Jacobsen, violinNicholas Cords, violaMichael Nicolas, cello

5 people playing string instruments on stage
Madeline Island Chamber Music

String Young Artists Concert I

Date: Sat Jun 26 2021

Enjoy this free live-streamed concert featuring our talented student quartets performing selected movements from the following works. Beethoven: String Quartet Op.18 No.4Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op.44 No.1Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op.80Mendelssohn: String …

5 people playing string instruments on stage
Madeline Island Chamber Music

String Young Artists Concert II

Date: Sat Jun 26 2021

Enjoy this free live-streamed concert featuring our talented student quartets performing selected movements from quartets by Bartok, Hindemith, Schumann, Brahms, and more…

Four people standing holding instruments
Madeline Island Chamber Music

Arianna Quartet plays Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky

Date: Sat Jun 26 2021

Madeline Island Chamber Music is pleased to present Arianna String Quartet in concert on Madeline Island. Arianna QuartetJohn McGrosso, violinJulia Sakharova, violinJoanna Mendoza, violaKurt Baldwin, cello

Student playing flute
Student Performances

Spring II Honors vRecital

Date: Fri May 28 2021
4 students playing guitar on a stage
Student Performances

Jean Seils Student Guitar Quartet

Date: Thu May 27 2021

This performance was recorded in spring 2021 as a keepsake of the 2nd Street Guitar Quartet’s 2019 Spain tour.  This will be their last year together as Silvia Miller is graduating …

person playing flute
Spotlight Series

MacPhail Spotlight Series (Austin): Connections and Transformations

Date: Sun May 23 2021
Gregory Theisen resting his head on his hand
Spotlight Series

MacPhail Spotlight Series: A Tale of Three Cities

Date: Sat May 22 2021
Ceiling of Antonello Hall
Student Performances

Concerto & Aria Concert, Part 2

Date: Sat May 15 2021
Ceiling of Antonello Hall
Student Performances

Concerto & Aria Concert, Part 1

Date: Fri May 14 2021
Two people performing. One person playing cello and another playing flute
Free Family Music Series

Willow Brae

Date: Sat May 08 2021

Thank you to our sponsors!

Student playing a violin
Music Matters Luncheon

2021 Music Matters Luncheon

Date: Thu May 06 2021
Two people performing ballet
Spotlight Series

MacPhail Spotlight Series: Voyage

Date: Sat Apr 24 2021
Person playing a clarinet
Faculty Performances

Faculty Recital: Think Globally, Play Locally II

Date: Fri Apr 09 2021
Two people performing together
Faculty Performances

Faculty Recital: Think Globally, Play Locally I

Date: Fri Mar 26 2021
Student performing piano on stage
Student Performances

Spring I Honors vRecital

Date: Fri Mar 26 2021
Three photos side by side with EMRA logo underneath on a black background
Spotlight Series

MacPhail Spotlight Series: The Shape of Waves

Date: Sat Mar 13 2021

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.

Student playing piano
Student Performances

Junior Honors Recital

Date: Fri Mar 12 2021
A person playing piano and a person playing violin
Faculty Performances

Faculty Recital: American Composers & Arrangers

Date: Fri Feb 19 2021
Four students playing percussion instruments on a stage
Student Performances

MacPhail Rimshots! In Concert

Date: Tue Feb 09 2021
Student playing violin and looking at a computer
Student Performances

Composition Recital January 2021

Date: Sun Jan 31 2021
Five artists standing outside holding their instruments
Free Family Music Series

Chione Quintet

Date: Sat Jan 16 2021

Thank you to our sponsors!

Student playing violin on stage
Student Performances

Fall Honors vRecital

Date: Fri Dec 18 2020
Kavyesh playing piano
Master Classes

Twin Cities Jazz Fest Master Class Series with Kavyesh Kaviraj

Date: Wed Dec 02 2020
Faculty member sitting by a piano and blowing into a small instrument
Faculty Performances

Faculty Recital: Solos & Duos

Date: Fri Nov 13 2020
A photo of Greg and a photo of Ernest side by side
Master Classes

Twin Cities Jazz Fest Master Class Series with Ernest Bisong & Greg Byers

Date: Wed Nov 11 2020
Chris Smith
Master Classes

Twin Cities Jazz Fest Master Class Series with Chris Smith

Date: Wed Oct 28 2020
collage of cutout photos
Spotlight Series

Music For Change: Protest music through centuries and across continents

Date: Sat Oct 24 2020
Omar playing trumpet
Master Classes

Twin Cities Jazz Fest Master Class Series with Omar Abdulkarim

Date: Wed Oct 14 2020
Group of performers sitting together holding their instruments
Free Family Music Series

Jack Brass Band

Date: Sat Sep 12 2020

Thank you to our sponsors!

Student playing piano
Student Performances

Composition Recital

Date: Sun Jun 07 2020
Student playing piano
Student Performances

Spring II Honors Recital

Date: Fri May 15 2020
The Bazillions dancing and playing instruments
Free Family Music Series

The Bazillions

Date: Sat May 02 2020

Thank you to our sponsors!

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