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
Thank you for supporting EMSO this season
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
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
EMSO’s Chamber Ensemble Brings Music to Seniors
East Metro Symphony Orchestra is excited to continue to present our Symphonies for Seniors concerts during the upcoming season. Symphonies for Seniors concerts are free performances at senior living facilities, designed to provide senior citizens with disabilities, health issues, and other mobility problems the opportunity to experience live music. EMSO was fortunate to get a grant
Welcome to the 2022-2023 EMSO Concert Season
We are nearly at the first performance of the EMSO’s 2022-2023 concert season! We look forward to welcoming everyone back for another great year of music and community! The orchestra returns to a full concert schedule this season – featuring two concerts in the fall and two in the spring. These four concerts will be unique
Thank You for Your Support in the 2021-2022 Concert Season
After a year and a half hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Metro Symphony Orchestra was thrilled to return to rehearsing and performing in late 2021. EMSO would like to thank all of our members and supporters for their continued dedication of our organization. Your commitment to the music and our community has made our 2021-2022
EMSO Receives Grant for Symphonies for Seniors Concerts
East Metro Symphony Orchestra is proud to be a recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board 2022 Creative Support for Organizations Grant! This grant will be used to present our Symphonies for Seniors ensemble performances at several senior residences in the East Metro area between March 2022 and February 2023, as well as to support EMSO’s administrative and