Thank you for your support during the 2023-2024 concert season! Our 16th season starts in September, and we hope you plan on joining us again for another year of music and community! Save the Date! East Metro Symphony Orchestra 2024-2025 concert dates Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM at King of Kings in WoodburySunday, December […]
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EMSO Receives Grant from Minnesota State Arts Board
East Metro Symphony Orchestra is grateful to announce that the organization has again received an Arts Experience grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board, for our Symphonies for Seniors program. This grant will support programming running from May 2024 through April 2025. Symphonies for Seniorsis a unique program that brings EMSO orchestra members to senior living facilities in the east […]
EMSO Musicians Continue to Shine with Symphonies for Seniors
East Metro Symphony Orchestra is delighted to be in the middle of a very successful Symphonies for Seniors season. Symphonies for Seniors concerts are performances presented at senior living facilities around the east metro for residents who might otherwise be unable to attend a concert due to health, mobility, or transportation issues. EMSO’s Symphonies for Seniors offer residents the […]
Pastoral
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 2499 Helen Street North, North St. Paul, MN 55109 East Metro Symphony Orchestra (EMSO) is pleased to present Pastoral. The concert will be held Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 2499 Helen Street North, North St. Paul, MN. […]
Symphonie Espagnole
Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 3:00 PM King of Kings Lutheran Church, 1583 Radio Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125 East Metro Symphony Orchestra (EMSO) is pleased to present Symphonie Espagnole. The concert will be held Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. at King of Kings Lutheran Church, 1583 Radio Drive, Woodbury, MN. Admission to this […]
Abby Bormann – Violin
Abby joined EMSO in 2023. A long-time resident of Moorhead, MN, she grew up in Moorhead, started playing violin in 5th grade, and went to college at Minnesota State University Moorhead where she studied chemistry. Abby moved to St Paul to work as a Regulatory Associate at Ecolab. Her hobbies outside of EMSO include drawing […]
Michael Grasley – Violin
Michael began playing the violin in the 3rd grade and continued to play in orchestras during college and into adulthood. He began playing with the 3M Club Symphony Orchestra during their final season in 2008-2009 and then continued with EMSO when it was founded during the 2009-2010 season. He played with the orchestra until the conclusion […]
Britt Peterson – Violin
Britt Peterson joined EMSO in the fall of 2023. Britt grew up in Black River Falls, Wisconsin and now resides in St Paul with her husband and two young children. She works as a project manager helping authors self-publish their books. Her hobbies include camping, hiking, sewing, and playing violin and bass in a Kate […]
Suki Sun – Violin
Before moving to Eagan, MN with her boyfriend in the winter of 2021, Suki spent 10 years living in Manhattan. During the isolated period of the COVID-19 pandemic, she picked up her violin again after a 25-year hiatus. She played the violin every day from 6-16 years old in China, but never had the chance […]