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2019-2020 SeasonAll performances take place in the Masquerade Dance Theater at the Ames Center unless noted differently below.
Tickets: $30 adult, $20 senior, $20 student. Buy the full season and get one show free! Call 952-895-4680 for your season tickets. Single tickets on sale Wed, August 28 at 10am! Individual performance tickets may be purchased in person at the John and Betty Adamich box office, or online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone through ticketmaster at 800.982.2787. Groups of 10+ save, call 952-895-4681 |
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Evening at Pops: Symphony at the Cinema with Colleen Raye, Vocalist
Sunday, October 13 at 7pm Masquerade Dance Theater Colleen Raye, Vocalist The Dakota Valley Symphony presents your favorite songs from the silver screen with singer Colleen Raye (of Girl Singers fame!) and her trio in lush orchestrations of famous songs from movies, including: Casino Royale, The Greatest Showman, 9 to 5, The Wizard of Oz, Toy Story, Skyfall, A Star is Born, Despicable Me. The orchestra will also play film scores from The Magnificent Seven, The Pink Panther, Jaws, a world premiere of Morning Song by Minnesota composer Robert Maderich and Theme from Schindler’s List with our own Concertmaster, Erika Hoogeveen, as soloist. |
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A Burnsville Family Christmas with Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, Narrator
Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2pm Join the Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus and special guest narrator Mayor Elizabeth Kautz for a family friendly Christmas Celebration. Our own composer and principal trombonist, Randy Stokes, is preparing a delightful suite of pieces for the orchestra describing the scene at the Inn in Bethlehem. And our own Mayor Kautz will read us the story Twas the Night before Christmas, illustrated by the orchestra. We will also create our very own collection of pieces from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and will wrap it all up an audience sing-along of the Hallelujah Chorus. What a warm and inspiring concert to help us get into the spirit of the season! Rutter: Magnificat Stokes: Suite from A Child is Born O'Loughlin: Christmas Canticles Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Holcombe: Twas the Night Before Christmas, |
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Ode to Joy: A Beethoven Birthday Celebration
Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 3 PM Masquerade Dance Theater Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy) Join the Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus, and Soloists, in celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven with his magnum opus, the Ninth Symphony. Beloved all over the world, Beethoven’s Ninth has become a plea for us all to live as brothers and sisters. With sentiments decades ahead of their time, Beethoven sets a poem by Schiller with a hopeful vision for the future of the world. As befits a birthday celebration there will be a festival of activities in the lobby including a silent auction and a drawing for TWO walls of wine to make the day bright. |
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Young Artists’ Concert
Featuring the winners of the Young Artists Competition and Yuri Ivan, Guest Conductor Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 2 PM Masquerade Dance Theater Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 While Maestro Ramsey is away, the Dakota Valley Symphony welcomes Ukrainian/Minnesotan Conductor, Yuri Ivan, to the podium for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Raised in an environment that is rich with the traditions of Russian music, Yuri will surely bring us a performance of the Tchaikovsky that is true to the spirit of the composer: dramatic, powerful, and above all, captivatingly tuneful. This concert will also feature the winner of our Young Artists’ Competition. |
All programs subject to change without prior notice.
