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. […]
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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 […]
Rachel Knipfer – Cello
Joshua Diaz – Bass
Joshua’s love for music was cultured by his parents during his early childhood. He started piano and guitar lessons before gravitating to electric bass and double bass in high school. During high school, He performed double bass in symphonic band and Jazz ensembles under the direction of Vincent Aiello. He qualified for a music scholarship […]
Christmas Elegance
The orchestra will also perform several classical selections chosen to brighten holiday spirits, including selections from Handel’s Messiah, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite, and Waldteufel’s The Skater’s Waltz. All EMSO concerts are free and admission is at the door.
Heart Strings: Reflections of Love and Music
The orchestra will also perform Wagner’s Act I Overture from Die Meistersingers, an opera about the struggle between the forces of tradition and changes in music; selections from Copland’s cowboy ballet Rodeo; and Mozart’s romantic opera Abduction from the Seraglio Overture. All EMSO concerts are free and admission is at the door.