2010 – 2011 Season

“an instrumental voice for the GLBT community”

Minnesota Philharmonic in the News

Mozart, Symphony No. 38 in D Major

This performance was recorded on March 14th, 2010 by Twin Cities Public Television for their MN Original television program! The segment MN Original produced about the Minnesota Philharmonic is available on their web site, as well. Thank you, MN Original!  Read More →

June 5, 2010

Appearance on TPT’s arts program “MN Original”

We’re being televised! If you attended our winter concert this year, you may have noticed the television cameras around the house. That performance (and some rehearsals earlier) were taped for use in a segment on Twin Cities Public Television’s weekly arts program MN Original. Our story... Read more »

May 27, 2010

MPO featured with Sarah Miller in MN Women’s Press

The Minnesota Philharmonic and composer Sarah Miller were highlighted in the Minnesota Women’s Press for our concert in November of 2009. The article talks about our collaboration with the composer to put together the orchestrated version of ‘She Just Wants.’ She Just Wants —... Read more »

November 13, 2009

Philharmonic’s Spring 2009 Concert in Lavender

Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), the first GLBT orchestra in America, will be spoiling us with a blissful spring concert, Hit Parade, on May 30, 7:30 PM, at Hamline University’s Sundin Hall. For the May performance, MPO will welcome violinist Andrew Sords, who will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin... Read more »

May 22, 2009

MPO performs for ILGCN World Cultural Conference

The 11th annual World Cultural Conference of the International Lesbian & Gay Cultural Network will be happening September 19th and 20th, 2009. The Minnesota Philharmonic’s  Read More →

September 4, 2008

Queer Music Consortium in “Lavender”

The Queer Music Consortium was highlighted in a recent Lavender Magazine article spotlighting Twin Cities organizations which “have gone above and beyond in supporting our community.” Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Joseph Schlefke remarks, “Through the establishment of... Read more »

August 2, 2008

Sounds of the GLBT Twin Cities: Part Three

Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra By Michael Davis (Originally published in Lavender Magazine) The conductor search committee of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) must have felt a little like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. After an exhaustive four-month search that included highly qualified candidates... Read more »

January 25, 2002