Thank you to everyone for your support of EMSO this season! We are so grateful to have completed a full season for the first time since the pandemic. This season has been a huge success and so much fun and we couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you to our members, audiences, volunteers, and donors. Thank […]
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Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Admission to this concert is free. Donations in support of the orchestra’s work in the community are always appreciated. This is one of the few times EMSO has had a single symphony be the focus of an entire concert. Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony is a grand orchestra piece with a cyclical style but no clear program. […]
East Metro Chamber Ensemble Completes Grant Concert Program
EMSO’s string ensemble, East Metro Chamber Ensemble, has completed all the Symphonies for Seniors concerts covered by a grant received by EMSO from the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) in March 2022. EMSO’s Symphonies for Seniors concerts are free, live performances presented at senior living facilities around the East Metro and are designed to support access to live orchestra music […]
Support EMSO by Joining our Board of Directors
East Metro Symphony Orchestra is looking for orchestra and community members to join our Board of Directors. EMSO is an independent, non-profit community organization. The Board of Directors consists of 6-10 volunteer members who work to pursue and maintain the orchestra’s purpose and mission, maintain financial responsibility, and support creative development. EMSO Board members are elected […]
Worlds of Adventure
Admission to this concert is free. Donations in support of the orchestra’s work in the community are always appreciated. Worlds of Adventure is an ambitious collection of classical pieces and modern scores creating a musical journey that will take the audience through adventures both on Earth and to the stars. The concert will include The […]
Shan Jiang – Cello
Shan joined EMSO in 2019 as a cellist after she moved to Twin Cities from Boston. She learned about EMSO from a friend and decided to be a player right after her first concert with EMSO – as an audience member. Shan appreciates the great opportunity to play with a diverse group of talented musicians […]
Robin Waller – Percussion
Robin Waller joined EMSO in 2021, after a 13 year hiatus from playing percussion music. She was thrilled that EMSO graciously let her jump right back in to performing. She is a Microsoft Dynamics consultant and lives in St. Louis Park, MN. Her hobbies include tennis, pickleball, golf, xc skiing, volleyball, traveling, and trivia Robin […]
Janice Wenker – Violin
Janet Boots Larson – Percussion
Janet Boots Larson joined EMSO’s percussion section in 2022. Boots taught music in public and parochial schools. She has a master’s in theology and is now retired clergy. She previously played clarinet in the Minnesota State Band and currently plays clarinet in the Leichtennein Nein Polka Band. Her husband, Ron, plays viola for EMSO. She […]
Hannah Drake – Harp
Hannah Drake joined EMSO in fall 2022. She plays a 2007 Venus Penti Concert Harp. Hannah is originally from Charleston, IL and started playing harp in her childhood. During her undergraduate studies in chemistry at Western Illinois University, she played and toured with the WIU orchestra, played for the WIU opera, and accompanied for recitals. […]