THE ROE FAMILY SINGERS
September 18, 2022 at 11:00AM
Outdoor, family friendly performance with the award-winning bluegrass band The Roe Family Singers, featuring original music and contemporary takes on old-time, traditional, and gospel tunes. Enjoy fresh baked pizza from the brick oven, watermelon, chalk art, a bounce house, dancing, and more. Free will offering. http://www.roefamilysingers.com
RISING STARS OF THE ORGAN
October 23, 2022 at 4:00PM
American Guild of Organists (AGO) 2022 Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists winners Katie Gunn & Aaron Looney present an eclectic program highlighting their artistry, skill, and Hamline Church’s Casavant Pipe Organ. Katie and Aaron are students of Catherine Rodland at St. Olaf College. Free will offering. https://tcago.wildapricot.org/page-1502679.
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN IN CONCERT
November 6, 2022 at 4:00PM
The Cross Community Players celebrate the music and lyrics of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. This musical revue concert “A Grand Night for Singing” will feature choral and solo selections from Oklahoma!, Cinderella, The King & I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Carousel and more. Directed by David Kozisek. Free will offering. https://www.crossplayers.org.
SINGERS IN ACCORD: SOUND OF SONG
November 12, 2022 at 7:30PM
Guest conductor Stephanie Trump leads this unique 40-voice singer-led choral ensemble with repertoire exploring the impact of sound and singing on the soul and human spirit, featuring “A Silence Haunts Me,” by Jake Runestad, expressing Beethoven’s journey to deafness. The program will also include pieces from Dale Warland, Moses Hogan, and more. Tickets available at the door or at http://www.singersinaccord.org.
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY A CAPPELLA CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT
December 4, 2022 at 4:00PM
The Holiday Tradition continues under the direction of Dr. George Chu! Come experience a cappella singing at its finest in a beautiful space that’s fully decked for the season. Free will offering. https://www.hamline.edu/academics/undergraduate/music/ensembles.
CHRISTMAS WITH CANTUS: INTO THE LIGHT
December 18, 2022 at 3:00PM
Cantus, the premier men’s choral ensemble in the USA offers a contemporary take on the beloved British lessons and carols tradition elevated by the Choir of King’s College at the University of Cambridge. The program centers on nine themes both intimate and universal, using poetry that speaks to a modern audience and repertoire that reflects a range of contexts and cultures. Tickets available at the door or at https://www.cantussings.org.
FRANZ SCHUBERT’S DIE WINTERREISE
January 22, 2023 at 4:00PM
Award winning baritone Justin Spenner & pianist Carson Rose Schneider perform Franz Schubert’s monumental song cycle that explores the human need for connection and acceptance. Their unique interpretation of this beautiful and dramatic work with poetry by Wilhelm Müller asks the question: “What drives a person to be convinced that they are unloved,” resulting in a deep exploration of the human psyche. Free will offering. https://www.barispen.com & https://www.carsonrosestudios.com.
RONDO ’56: REMEMBERING ST. PAUL’S BLACK MAIN STREET
February 5, 2023 at 7:00PM
A portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the ‘40s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for Interstate 94. Starring T Mychael Rambo, Thomasina Petrus, Charmin Michelle and Dan Chouinard, plus a stellar band. Featuring songs from Louis Jordan, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole, Mahalia Jackson, Big Mama Thornton, Memphis Slim, the Drifters and more. Free will offering. Reservations requested at tinyurl.com/rondo56
A New Musical Revue written and created by Dan Chouinard in collaboration withT Mychael Rambo, Thomasina Petrus, and Charmin MichelleWith its four musical hosts, Rondo ’56 paints a portrait in music and stories of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the decade before the freeway sliced it down the middle for the sake of progress.Brimming with iconic R&B favorites from the ten years following World War II, Rondo ’56 captures the heart and soul of the two-mile long neighborhood on either side of Rondo Avenue, just west of the Minnesota State Capitol, that was a vibrant and tight-knit community – home to most of St. Paul’s Black population. Streets and schools were crowded. Businesses thrived. Doors were left unlocked and kids knew they were being watched by everybody else’s parents as well as their own. Stepping into the nascent Civil Rights era with dignity and determination, this community would find itself targeted — like so many other black and poor neighborhoods in the 1950s and ’60s — by massive government infrastructure projects touted as urban renewal.Rondo ’56 features the songs of such revered stars of the ’40s and ’50s as Louis Jordan, Nat King Cole, Ruth Brown, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson and many more. A stunning and timely evocation of a community decimated by the powers that be, and revisited from our own time of hope, protest and civic renewal.Rondo ’56 was created in 2010 by Dan Chouinard with the help of the MN Historical Society, Rondo elders and performer colleagues who lived in Rondo. The 2021 edition of the show is substantially updated in collaboration with co-hosts T Mychael Rambo, Thomasina Petrus and Charmin Michelle.T. Mychael Rambo, Thomasina Petrus and Charmin Michelle: vocals and narrationDan Chouinard: piano and narrationDaryl Boudreaux: percussionBill Chouinard: bassWalter Chancellor: saxophoneScott Johnson: saxophone
March 5, 2023 at 4:00PM
Internationally acclaimed concert organist Stephen Hamilton commemorates the 200th anniversary of Cesar Franck’s birth with his presentation of the Franck Pastorale on Hamline Church’s dynamic Frères Casavant organ. He’ll also honor the 50th anniversary of the death of the great French organist and composer Marcel Dupré with his performances of Dupre’s Prelude and Fugue in B Major, and Variations on a Noel. Other composers on the program include Reger, Lidon and Bach. Artist reception to follow. Free will offering. $20 Suggested Donation. http://www.stephenjonhamilton.com.
Stephen Hamilton Organ Recital Broadcast
Sunday, April 2 at 7:00pm on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZTBO5Uo4sqk
Music and Arts Series at Hamline Church
Internationally acclaimed concert organist Stephen Hamilton, gave a monumental recital at Hamline Church United Methodist as part of the Music & Arts Series on March 4. In case you missed it, a video recording will be broadcast on YouTube Sunday, April 2 at 7:00pm CST. Tune in then or anytime thereafter on demand. Stephen Hamilton, Organist – Presented by the Music and Arts Series at Hamline Church
Dr. Hamilton commemorated the 200th anniversary of Cesar Franck’s birth with his presentation of the Franck Pastorale on a Frères Casavant organ at Hamline Church United Methodist on March 5, 2023 at 4:00pm. He also honored the 50th anniversary of the death of the great French organist and composer Marcel Dupré with his performances of Dupre’s Prelude and Fugue in B Major, and Variations on a Noel. Other composers on the program included Reger, Lidon and Bach.
OPERA IN MOTION
With The Wolfgang Chamber Ensemble, St. Paul Ballet, and Dance Artists Penelope Freeh, Helen Hatch, And Darrius Strong
Sunday, April 30 at 4:00pm
Classical chamber music on period instruments featuring Paul Jacobsen’s newly transcribed overtures from Mozart’s Magic Flute and Marriage of Figaro, and Gluck’s transcendent Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo et Eurydice. St. Paul Ballet dances conceived and directed by Penelope Freeh with new choreography by the dancers. Additional collaboration and performances by Penelope Freeh, Helen Hatch, and Darrius Strong. Tickets: Adult $20, Student $5, and Pay what you wish at the door
Reservations encouraged at: tinyurl.com/operainmotion
A CHORAL CADENZA
May 21, 2023 at 4:00PM
Franz Schubert’s masterful Mass No. 2 in G, Charpentier’s Te Deum (selections), Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Copland’s The Promise of Living, and more performed by the Hamline Church Festival Chorus & Chamber Orchestra with vocal soloists under the direction on Dr. David Kozisek. Hear beautiful music in a beautiful space to conclude the 2023-2024 Music and Arts Series. Free will offering with reception to follow. Contact David Kozisek (dkozisek@hamlinechurch.org).
