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Gordon Sprenger elected chair of Minnesota Orchestra Board

Gordon Sprenger elected chair of Minnesota Orchestra Board

The Minnesota Orchestra Board of  Directors has elected Gordon Sprenger, former president and CEO of Allina Health System, as its new chair. Board members chose Sprenger this morning after a phone meeting that reportedly lasted only 20 minutes. Afterwards, Sprenger said his first job will be to rebuild trust between the orchestra’s board, musicians, administration and audience. Read more →
by Euan Kerr

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SPCO names Patricia Kopatchinskaja as new artistic partner

SPCO names Patricia Kopatchinskaja as new artistic partner

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra President Bruce Coppock is very excited to have enlisted Patricia Kopatchinskaja as the orchestra’s latest artistic partner. “We are catching the wave,” he says of the young Moldovan violinist who is taking Europe by storm, playing with the London and Berlin Philharmonics. She has only played in the U.S. a couple Read more →
by Euan Kerr

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Karen Bit Vejle cracks the code of paper cutting

Karen Bit Vejle cracks the code of paper cutting

Karen Bit Vejle’s paper cuttings involve that same process you learned as a kid, but the results are incomparably delicate and lovely.
by Marianne Combs

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Minnesota Dance Theatre Board of Directors unanimously resigns

Minnesota Dance Theatre Board of Directors unanimously resigns

Just as Minnesota Dance Theatre is about to launch into its second weekend of performances at The Lab in Minneapolis, the MDT’s Board of Directors has announced it’s resigned. In an announcement released Tuesday, the board stated that it was no longer able to serve the needs of the organization going forward. “The organization remains Read more →
by Marianne Combs

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Kate DiCamillo wins second Newbery

Kate DiCamillo wins second Newbery

Feeling a little cold this morning? Here’s some good news to warm you up: Minnesota author Kate DiCamillo won her second Newbery Medal this morning. DiCamillo won the medal for her book “Flora & Ulysses.” DiCamillo, who was recently named the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, won her first Newbery Medal Read more →
by Marianne Combs

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