It is an exciting time for the East Metro Symphony Orchestra. Not only is the organization celebrating its tenth anniversary, but this season also marks the twentieth year Dr. Elizabeth Prielozny Barnes has served as EMSO’s music director and conductor. Barnes joined the orchestra in 1999 when it was still the 3M Club Symphony Orchestra, a […]
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Dec 15- Holiday Sing-A-Long
Holiday Sing-A-Long Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 7:00 pm East Ridge High School, 4200 Pioneer Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129 As part of the Merrill Community Arts Center Holiday Festival Series, EMSO will be presenting a Holiday Sing-A-Long performance. Join a collaborative performance lead that is surely to get you in the festive spirit. You’re encouraged to sing […]
A Nutcracker Christmas – 12/16/18
In celebration of its 10th Anniversary Season, EMSO is thrilled to once again be working with long-standing artistic partner Woodbury Dance Center. The Nutcracker ballet has long been a staple of the holiday season. EMSO and WDC will present this beloved classic with a new twist, not only presenting the story through classical ballet, but […]
2017-18 Side-by-Side and Senior Concerts
February and March were full of Music and Community for the East Metro Symphony Orchestra Each season, the East Metro Symphony Orchestra performs various concerts and hosts learning opportunities throughout our community in an effort to share our love of music with eager audiences of all ages. In the months of February and March, EMSO […]
A Season to Remember
Joan Molloy looks back at her first season as EMSO’s concertmaster Serving as concertmaster for EMSO this year been an interesting, exciting and fulfilling experience. When I met with Elizabeth last summer to discuss this venture, I had absolutely no idea how it might go! I saw possibilities, but sometimes when I see what’s possible, not […]
EMSO at the Woodbury Expo
EMSO at the Woodbury Community EXPO The East Metro Symphony Orchestra joined more than 180 other local business and organizations at the 2018 Woodbury Community EXPO! We had a great time meeting a lot of our neighbors and sharing our love of music with the Woodbury community. It was wonderful to see so many of our […]
Ten Years of EMSO
The upcoming 2018 – 2019 concert season will be our tenth season since becoming an independent non-profit community orchestra and it’s time to party! In addition, we will be celebrating Dr. Elizabeth Prielozny Barnes’ twentieth year as music director and conductor of our orchestra. This season is going to be filled with some blasts from the […]
TACK! Swedish Concert
TACK! (THANKS!) Tack (thanks) to everyone who attended either (or both!) of our Svensk musik och dans (Swedish Music and Dance) concerts in May. It was a full house at both Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul on May 20th and the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis on May 23rd. EMSO’s first time having a performance shown multiple times […]
Dave Englund – Violin
Dave Englund joined EMSO in the spring of 2018. His violin was made in Germany in 1758. Age doesn’t make a violin good, but Dave appreciates how the centuries of playing contribute to the beautiful, mellow voice if the violin. Dave worked as a Minneapolis. Public Schools music teacher for 31 years, until retiring in 2015. Most […]
Barbara Englund – Cello
Barbara Englund joined EMSO in March of 2018. She plays a cello made by Michael Scoggins. Barbara grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa, where she started cello at age 7 and trombone at age 9. Her family moved to Edina, MN and she participated in Band and Orchestra in that excellent school system. She has a Bachelor […]