Latest Past Events

BeerGo at Luce Line Brewing

Join us for this fantastic fundraiser to benefit the WSO! If you love bingo, beer and supporting the orchestra...this event is for you! We'll play 10 rounds for a minimum donation of $1 per card. You can purchase up to 4 cards per game. There will be prizes for the winner of each round. Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm Luce Line Brewing 12901 16th Ave Plymouth, MN 55441

Viaggio in Italy

The WSO Presents: Viaggio in Italy Hannah Schendel, Music Director Guest Artist: Cassie Pilgrim, Principal Oboe, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Luisa Miller Alessandro Besozzi: Oboe Concerto in G Major Cassie Pilgrim, Oboe Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano Ottorino Respighi: Fontane di Roma Hopkins High School 2400 Royals Drive Minnetonka, MN 55305 Free, no ticket required. Donations gratefully accepted. Cassie Pilgrim's performance is sponsored by Midwest Musical Imports.

Scottish Fantasy

Richard Haglund, Guest Conductor Ariana Kim, Violin MENDELSSOHN: Fingal’s Cave Overture, Op. 26 (Hebrides) BARBER: Essay No. 1, Op. 12 (1937) BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 for Violin and Orchestra Ariana Kim, Violin ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 (1957) Richard Haglund is the founder and Music Director of the Erato Chamber Orchestra in Chicago. As a guest conductor, Haglund has led professional ensembles across the country and around the globe. These include the Camerata Chamber Orchestra in Cluj, Romania, the St. Petersburg Hermitage Orchestra in Russia, the Varna Philharmonic and Gabrovo Chamber Orchestra in Bulgaria, Capella Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia and the National Symphony of Moldova in Chişinău. A native of Minnesota, Haglund holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and a Masters degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Bard College Conservatory of Music. He is often in demand as a guest conductor, performer and clinician. Noted by The New York Times for giving “the proceedings an invaluable central thread of integrity and stylishness,” violinist Ariana Kim made her New York recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall during her graduate doctoral studies at Juilliard and is now a tenured a professor at Cornell University. At...

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