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Save the Date! EMSO’s 2025-2026 Concert Season
EMSO would like to thank everyone for joining us this season and for supporting the orchestra! We hope you will join us again next time for our 17th season of celebrating music with our musicians, audiences, and community! East Metro Symphony Orchestra 2025-2026 concert dates Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in North St. PaulSunday, December 7, […]
Beethoven’s Sixth
Overture to L’italianan in Algeri; Alexander Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia; and Giovanni Bottesini’s Concerto 2 for Double Bass and Orchestra with a solo performance by EMSO bassist Travis Bruns. All EMSO concerts are free and admission is at the door.
Madeline Vogel – Cello
Madison Linke – Viola
Violist Madison Linke joined EMSO in 2025. She grew up in a family of musicians and started playing violin in kindergarten, but switched to viola in middle school at the suggestion of her music teacher. She has a master’s degree in computer science and is looking forward to all of her new career opportunities. Madison […]
Katherine Gallop-Strom – Violin
EMSO is proud to recieve a 2025 Arts Experiences Grant from MSAB
East Metro Symphony Orchestra is proud to share that the orchestra has received another Arts Experiences grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board for our Symphonies for Seniors program. This grant will support programming running from April 2025 through March 2026. Symphonies for Seniors is a unique program that brings EMSO orchestra members to senior living facilities in the east metro to perform in small ensemble groups or full orchestra performances, […]
Peter and the Wolf
Paul Dukas’ Fanfare from La Peri. The orchestra will also play Franz Schubert’s Ballet Music 1 & 2. In the second half the orchestra will present Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, the Russian folk tale told through the music with different instruments representing each character in the story. The story will be narrated by […]
Susan Barry – Cello
Susan Barry joined EMSO in 2024 after having attended a couple EMSO concerts. Susan is recently retired, formerly employed with the Minnesota Department of Revenue as a supervising attorney. She grew up in Northfield, Minnesota, and now resides in St. Paul with her husband. She enjoys playing her cello, making music with EMSO, spending time […]
Amanda Rodgers – Cello
Amanda joined the cello section of EMSO in fall of 2024. She was looking for an ensemble that would challenge her but had a friendly, non-competitive atmosphere. Although EMSO is far away from her hometown and current residence in New Brighton, she doesn’t mind making the trek. She lives with her family (parents and younger […]