For Immediate Release Contact: Joe Burling Phone: 612.384.1589 Minneapolis-St. Paul—September 29, 2011 — The Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), America’s first GLBTA orchestra, welcomes a new Music Director and Conductor for the first time in more than a decade. Jacob Sustaita will take... Read more »
Press Releases and Announcements
Jacob Sustaita is hired as new conductor for Minnesota GLBTA orchestra
Violinist Andrew Sords to perform with MPO in “Hit Parade”
The Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), Minnesota’s GLBT symphony orchestra and the first GLBT orchestra in America, will welcome violinist Andrew Sords to Minnesota in a concert on Saturday, May 30, 2009, 7:30 p.m., at Sundin Hall, Hamline University. Sords will be the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s... Read more »
Lullaby Commission Project
Deadline: July 1, 2002 (postmark) The Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra, the nation’s first and only GLBT community orchestra, announces a commission opportunity for composers regardless of age or nationality. The commission is in honor of the MPO’s 10th anniversary, and will be premiered on its spring... Read more »
MPO Appoints New Music Director
Following a four month search, the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota’s queer/ GLBT symphony orchestra, is pleased to announce the selection and appointment of Joseph Schlefke as its new principal conductor. Mr. Schlefke is already well known to the orchestra, having served as its apprentice... Read more »
