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If you know, you know—and if you don't, now you do. The Grand Piano Spectacular is an Orchestra Hall summer tradition that goes way back, but it's still going strong. Catch Jon "Jackie" Kimura Parker with a lineup of the nation's greatest recitalists (Gabriela Martinez, Osip Nikiforov and Szuyu Su) as they let loose on 88 keys x 4. Don't miss it > https://bit.ly/46cOXdz

📣 Day of Music Highlights 📣 ✨ Yoga on Peavey Plaza ✨ Chamber Music with MinnOrch musicians Jon Kimura Parker ✨ local music all day programmed by The Cedar Cultural Center (including FPA and Carnage The Executioner) ✨ Backstage tours (tickets required) ✨ Lobby vendors ✨ Activities for kids ✨ Two MinnOrch concerts (tickets required, Choose Your Price Available) Save the date—this Saturday, July 27—for our free Day of Music! Download the entire schedule > https://bit.ly/44vQV6D

If you could build an ideal summer program, it just might look like this: six minutes of riveting Mozart (Overture to Don Giovanni), a dazzling violin concerto to blow your socks off (Saint-Georges’ Violin Concerto in A major) and a joyously infectious Beethoven symphony (his Fourth) to round out the evening. To open our summer season, we’re bringing that program to you this Friday, July 19, and Saturday, July 20, led by Delyana Lazarova and spotlighting MinnOrch violinist Natsuki Kumagai. Come and experience Summer at Orchestra Hall > https://bit.ly/3SeAAj5

We want to hear your best Orchestra Hall stories! Did you have a great first date at the Hall? Meet a new friend? Have an experience that's stayed with you? Whether it happened last week or 50 years ago (or anywhere in between), we want to hear about it! We'll be sharing them throughout the 24-25 season as we celebrate 50 years of Orchestra Hall—email yours to [email protected].

Next week we launch Summer at Orchestra Hall and time travel back to the Roaring Twenties to explore music from Gershwin, Ravel and the dance halls of Harlem. Our Creative Partner Jon Kimura Parker is standing by at the piano to play and tell you all about it. Explore the summer season > https://bit.ly/3QFY4LQ

Meet a musician: Valerie Little You might recognize Valerie from her occasional appearances as host of pre-concert talks; otherwise, she's in our music library preparing scores, collaborating with conductors and making sure music is ready for MinnOrch musicians. Valerie originally came to our library while working on her doctorate in viola performance in 2009—and she's been here ever since! Get to know her > https://bit.ly/3xQ61t0

How to ease the pain of returning to work after a holiday week? Free MinnOrch concerts the week after! See you in Plymouth, Hudson Winona for Symphony for the Cities July 10, 11 13 > https://bit.ly/3Wd8Ptv

If we made this summer merch, would you buy it?

Congratulations to our President & CEO Michelle Miller Burns on her appointment as Dallas Symphony Orchestra's next President & CEO. Burns has been a tenacious leader during a pivotal six years for the Orchestra, and she will be deeply missed. She will continue her role with the Minnesota Orchestra through September 13, working closely with Board Chair Nancy Lindahl, musician leadership and senior staff to ensure a smooth transition. The Orchestra Board will begin a search for her successor soon. “Michelle has come to mean so much to this organization over the last six years,” said Board Chair Nancy Lindahl. “She has expertly navigated extremely challenging times, exemplifying collaborative leadership and demonstrating what it means to listen to colleagues and build and tend relationships with people. It has been my great pleasure to work alongside her in championing the Minnesota Orchestra and, on behalf of the entire organization, we share big congratulations and send her south to Dallas with our best wishes.” Read the full release > https://bit.ly/4cCGaUc

Happy Pride week, Minnesota! Visibility matters—we've seen how important it is right here at home. Three MinnOrch violists that all identify as LGBTQ , Jude Park, Rebecca Albers and Sam Bergman, sat down for a vulnerable conversation about Pride recently. Watch the whole thing over on our YouTube channel > https://bit.ly/3KXl0nV