Courtroom Concert: Copper Street Brass
2025-01-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Hosted by composer Abbie Betinis, our popular Courtroom Concerts take place at noon most Thursdays in the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. This series features accomplished musicians and composers from the Twin Cities and surrounding area, as well as occasional musical newcomers to the area. These one-hour concerts are free and open to the public.
About the Artists:
A native of Wisconsin, Allison Hall earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Trumpet Performance from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and completed her Master’s degree at The University of New Mexico studying with Dr. John Marchiando. Allison is an S.E. Shires Performing Artist.
She is a founding member of the Copper Street Brass (CSB), performing more than 150 concerts and educational programs each season. In addition to her work with CSB, she has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, VocalEssence, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Symphony, the new music ensemble “Chatter” and dozens of other groups. She has served as Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet at St. Olaf College and has taught more trumpet lessons than one can count from beginners through college students to adults.
Allison serves as the Executive Program Director for CSB. She has a passion to share what she has learned in her career as an arts entrepreneur with young people. She has given masterclasses at the University of Minnesota, University of New Mexico, St. Olaf College, Valley City State University, Minot State University, and the Longy School of Music at Bard College.
In addition to her work with CSB, Allison is the owner of Bird in the Sky Design, a branding, marketing, and consulting company. She is experienced working in graphic and web design as well as sound engineering, recording and production. If she’s not playing trumpet or designing awesome graphics she’s probably gardening, camping, hiking, on a walk with her giant Great Pyrenees/Rottweiler mix named Bernard, or watching the Packers/Badgers/Brewers win!
A graduate of Anoka High School (go Tornadoes!), north of the Twin Cities, Josh Cameron is the only native Minnesotan in Copper Street Brass. He earned his Bachelor of Music Degree at St. Olaf College, under the tutelage of Dr. Martin Hodel, and his Master of Music at the University of Minnesota where he studied with Dr. David Baldwin and Gary Bordner, formerly with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Josh has also studied jazz/commercial styles as well as other performance techniques with trumpeters Kelly Rossum, Eric Jacobsen, and opera vocalist Audrey Stottler.
Widely known as a versatile freelance performer in the Twin Cities and Upper midwest, Josh also spends many of his evenings getting his high note workout in (and also workin’ his dance moves!), playing lead trumpet with the funk/soul group High and Mighty. On the other side of the horn, he has appeared with several regional orchestras and chamber ensembles such as the Wisconsin Philharmonic, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Minneapolis Civic Orchestra.
Josh is also a dedicated and passionate educator, formerly teaching at MacPhail Center for Music and Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and currently maintaining a home studio including students of all ages and ability levels. He welcomes the challenge of meeting each student where they are and helping them develop and achieve their goals. Josh is an active clinician in the Midwest and offers sectional coaching and masterclasses covering a wide array of topics from his broad, diverse career in music.
In addition to being a performing artist in Copper Street since 2016, Josh also lends his fundraising, marketing, logistics, and other administrative expertise in the non-profit field to the staff of CSB. He has been an integral part of growing the organization’s fundraising efforts over the past several seasons and loves to put his energy into an organization where he can be an essential piece of the production both on stage and behind the scenes.
Tim Bradley is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, performer, educator, producer, music creator, and entrepreneur. Tim is co-founder and Artistic Director of Copper Street Brass, a full-time brass ensemble based in Minneapolis, MN, where he performs on horn, guitar, piano, synthesizers, and percussion.
With Copper Street, Tim has created well over 300 unique arrangements and compositions for brass, and is passionate about evolving instrumental music into modern day relevance. He molds music typically not originally written for brass (i.e. orchestra, piano, voice, jazz combo, rock band, etc.) into artistically entertaining and exceptional arrangements for instrumental performers. This music spans the majority of music history: from Gregorian chant to Mozart, Dave Brubeck to Pat Metheny, Led Zeppelin to Queen, the Beatles to David Bowie, Paul Simon to Stevie Wonder, Radiohead to Adele, musical theater to movie soundtracks, and much more.
Teaching is a large part of Tim’s musical career. Since 1999, he has held an active horn studio of students of all ages, and has served on faculty at St. Olaf College, Concordia University (St. Paul), and the MacPhail Center for Music. In addition to private instruction, he also has over 20 years of masterclass and ensemble-coaching experience, and also frequently gives guest lectures and appearances about arts entrepreneurship and the business of music.
Tim is an active performing presence in the Twin Cities live music and recording scene, and is comfortable performing in classical, jazz, pops, and commercial styles. He is a member of the Minnesota Opera orchestra and is often seen performing with Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. His horn playing can be heard on many notable musicians’ records, and in 2015 Tim recorded for Prince.
Tim plays guitar in two rock bands (Treehorn and The MOB) who cover everything from the Beatles and Tom Petty to Alice in Chains and Rage Against the Machine. A long-time guitar tinkerer, Tim incorporated his own electric-guitar making business, Nightjar Guitars, in 2021, specializing in using reclaimed and salvaged materials to build hand-crafted custom electric guitars.
Tim was born and raised in Lawrence, KS, and holds music degrees from St. Olaf College and Southern Methodist University. Tim lives in Minneapolis with his wife Allison and their dog Bernard. In what spare time he has, he enjoys mountain biking, camping, watching college basketball (go Jayhawks!), and tending to his backyard chickens.
Alex Wolff has quickly gained a reputation as one of the Midwest’s most versatile trombonists. Principally a tenor trombone player, Alex also performs frequently on alto trombone and bass trombone. After graduating from high school in his hometown of Mandan, North Dakota, he earned his BM in Performance from the University of Minnesota.
Alex has performed with many diverse groups throughout the Midwest, including Copper Street Brass, Minnesota Orchestra, VocalEssence, and Davina and the Vagabonds. In the summer of 2008, Alex was selected as one of only 21 members of the Disney All-American College Band. He spent the summer performing with some of the world’s elite musicians including Alex Iles, Jiggs Whigham, Rick Baptist, and the Army Blues Band. In 2014, Alex was selected as a finalist for both the Eastern Trombone Workshops’s National Solo Competition and the prestigious Frank Smith Solo Competition at the International Trombone Festival. His multifaceted trombone sound can be heard on all of CSB’s recordings, as well as on legendary Grammy award winning blues artist Big Walter Smith’s album “Royal Blue Cadillac”. Alex is an S.E. Shires Performing Artist.
In his position as Copper Street’s Executive Director of Operations, Alex is responsible for many of the tasks that keeps the organization running. He is the primary contact for concert and educational booking and tour routing, and is the business manager for the group. Alex ensures that the organization meets its budget target for operational income and expenses, maintains all general ledgers and bank accounts, prepares taxes and year-end financial materials, and manages payroll. His skills in the business of music have made him a desirable consultant for other local arts organizations like VocalEssence.
With his performances described as “flawless”, tubist Nick Adragna has enjoyed a busy performing career across the country, performing in ensembles and as a soloist, as well as teaching tuba, euphonium, and trombone.
He began his musical studies in Texas and went on to complete his Bachelor of Music degree in Tuba Performance at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan with Dr. Kenneth Kroesche. While at Oakland University, Nick twice won the Pontiac Oakland Symphony Concerto Competition and served as the orchestra’s principal tuba for four years. He was also an active competitor outside of school and placed in the finals for three years running at the national level of the Music Teachers National Association’s Young Artist Brass Competition.
Nick finished his Master of Music degree in Tuba Performance in 2011 at the University of New Mexico in the studio of Dr. Richard White. At UNM he was awarded a graduate assistantship to perform in the graduate brass quintet, the Sandia Brass. While in New Mexico, Nick performed with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Roswell Symphony Orchestra, New Mexico Symphony Brass Quintet, and the Santa Fe Symphony Brass Quintet. He has performed live on TV and radio with Copper Street Brass and was featured in a tuba quartet on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion.
He joined Copper Street in June 2011 and holds an active low brass studio in the Twin Cities. When not performing or teaching, Nick can be found on many long walks around the many beautiful large bodies of water that Minnesota has to offer, come rain, shine, or snow…lots of snow! Nick is an avid reader and music lover. He also loves sports and has been known to hop on the bandwagon for any Detroit sports team when they’re doing well.

Schubert Club KidsJam: Copper Street Brass
2025-01-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
KidsJam Workshops are interactive programs that connect kids and families with community teaching artists to learn about the people, cultures, and musical traditions from around the world as they make music, move, and enjoy other creative activities.
KidsJam participation is free!
Registration is required.
(suggested ages 5-12)
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Just like a builder builds a house for their job, musicians use tools (instruments) and materials (building blocks of music) to do their job of building songs! Come meet each brass instrument, learn its name and job, and hear these spirited musicians build songs using melody, harmony and rhythm!

Sundays at Landmark: Minnesota Boychoir Concert
2025-01-05 13:00 - 15:30 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Members of the Minnesota Boychoir perform their annual Winter Concert. Two concerts will be performed at 1pm and 3:30pm.
Minnesota Boychoir has four core ensembles and several outreach programs and includes over 120 singers ages 6-18, from more than forty communities throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The choir’s vast repertoire includes challenging sacred, classical, secular, folk and contemporary choral music sung in more than 30 languages and dialects. Each season they perform up to 30 concerts in churches, hospitals, schools, retirement homes and convert venues across the globe.
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, Hubbard Broadcasting, Travelers, Xcel Energy Foundation, and Ramsey County.

HORA: Romanian Winter Traditions
2025-01-05 13:00 - 15:00 | HORA – MN – Suite 319, 75 5th St. W., Suite 319, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Want to hear about Romanian winter holidays and traditions? Join us any Sunday in January from 1-3 pm to learn about our intricate dances, the significance of masks, what we put on our holiday tables and how we welcome the new year.

Courtroom Concert: Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
2025-01-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Hosted by composer Abbie Betinis, our popular Courtroom Concerts take place at noon most Thursdays in the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. This series features accomplished musicians and composers from the Twin Cities and surrounding area, as well as occasional musical newcomers to the area. These one-hour concerts are free and open to the public.
About the Artists:
Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski, who sings “from inside the music with unaffected purity and sincerity” (UK Telegraph), is an active soloist and chamber musician hailed for her “rich and radiant voice” (UrbanDial Milwaukee). She was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Upper-Midwest Regional Finalist, the winner of several competitions including Bel Canto Chorus Regional Artists Competition of Milwaukee, the Houston Saengerbund Competition, several time runner-up in The Schubert Club Bruce P. Carlson Scholarship Competition, and third place in the Madison Handel Aria Competition. Recognized for her excellence in Minnesota, Clara was a recipient of the prestigious 2018-2019 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music.
In international competition with pianist Tyler Wottrich, in March of 2017, Clara became the first ever American prize winner when she placed second at Thomas Quasthoff’s International Das Lied Competition in Heidelberg, Germany. Later that year, the duo was also one of four to reach the finals in the very prestigious Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation Song Competition in London, and Clara was awarded the Richard Tauber Prize for the best interpretation of Schubert Lieder. She recently won the Radio-Canada People’s Choice Award and third place in the song division at the 2018 Concours Musical International de Montréal.
Recent performance highlights include her debut with Minnesota Opera as Mrs. Herring in Britten’s Albert Herring, and active as a recitalist, she stepped in for Susanna Philips in The Schubert Club International Artist Series Recital with Eric Owens. She has also been a feature recitalist at the Enlightenment Festival of Seraphic Fire, The Pablo Center of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, and several universities. She has collaborated with many chamber musicians, including pianist Wu Han, The Lydian String Quartet, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Accordo, and Dark Horse Consort. Clara’s passion for contemporary music is exhibited in the song-cycles and chamber music she has premiered or commissioned by numerous composers including James Kallembach, Libby Larsen, David Evan Thomas, Linda Kachelmeier, Reinaldo Moya, Carol Barnett, and Juliana Hall.
Orchestral performance highlights include her soloist debuts of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee, B Minor Mass with the Back Bay Chorale of Boston, Christmas Oratorio with Bach Society of Minnesota, Mozart’s Requiem with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Bernstein’s Jeremiah with Mid-Columbia Symphony, and Dominick Argento’s orchestral song cycles Casa Guidi and A few words about Chekhov with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Minneapolis.
Active also as an educator, Clara has enjoyed giving masterclasses and convocations at several universities, including Syracuse University, Muhlenberg College, Seattle University, Concordia College (Moorhead), and North Dakota State University. She was also the guest artist in residence at Indiana State University’s 50th Contemporary Music Festival celebrating the music of Libby Larsen. Clara also served on the faculty at the Aspen Music Festival’s Professional Choral Institute in partnership with Seraphic Fire, and has been a panelist for SongFest and the Lakes Area Music Festival.
Previous season highlights include her Wigmore Hall debut recital with Julius Drake, debuts with Kansas City Symphony and Handel and Haydn Society, a premiere oratorio with the National Lutheran Choir by Steve Heitzig, and a premiere orchestral song cycle by Carol Barnett with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Please visit the schedule for more information.
In addition to performing, Clara serves as the Artistic Director of Source Song Festival, a week-long art song festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This festival strives to create and perform new art song, and cultivate an educational environment for students of song, including composers, vocalists, and collaborative pianists. In addition to her solo work, she participates in a number of ensembles, including Lumina Women’s Ensemble, Lorelei Ensemble, and Seraphic Fire.

Public Building Tour
2024-12-29 12:30 - 13:15, 2024-12-22 12:30 - 13:15, 2024-12-01 12:30 - 13:15, 2024-11-24 12:30 - 13:15, 2024-11-17 12:30 - 13:15, 2024-11-10 12:30 - 13:15, 2024-11-03 12:30 - 13:15 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join a Landmark Center volunteer tour guide for a free building tour. Learn about the building’s history, gangster connections, and restoration. Tours are held every Sunday, walk-ins are welcome and no reservation is needed.
Tours begin at the Information Desk at 12:30 pm and are 45 minutes in length.

Landmark Live: Annie Mack
2024-12-20 19:30 - 21:30 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Annie Mack is a soulful singer and unflinching songwriter who writes from the gut and demands your attention. Raised in North Minneapolis and currently living in Rochester, MN, Annie Mack grew up in the 80s, influenced by the rich Twin Cities music scene. Working her way through the Midwest bar scene, Mack built a reputation as a powerhouse blues singer getting national recognition at some of North America’s top festivals, including The John Coltrane Jazz Festival, Thunder Bay Music Festival, Twin Cities Jazz Festival and the Bayfront Blues Festival for 6 years running. In addition to playing some of the top blues and jazz clubs like Buddy Guy’s Legends (Chicago) and The Dakota (Minneapolis), Mack has recently garnered the attention of indie rock tastemakers like The Current, landing her gigs at prestigious performing arts centers and rock venues like First Avenue.
Individual concert tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the door (available on Ticketleap). Tickets include admission to the cocktail hour from 6:45-7:30 pm.
6:45 pm – Cocktail hour // 7:00 pm – seating opens // 7:30 pm – Concert
Landmark Center presents “Landmark Live” in the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, presented with support from KFAI Radio and the Pioneer Press. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm and are preceded by a cocktail hour at 6:45 pm, giving audiences an opportunity to enjoy complimentary refreshments and a cash bar.

Woodturning Demonstration
2024-12-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-17 13:00 - 16:00 | AAW Gallery of Wood Art – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Suite 222, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, United States
A demonstration in the art of wood turning will be given by one of the members of the American Association of Woodturners. Learn about the craft and visit their current gallery exhibit. For more information call 763-226-5723.

Sundays at Landmark: Santa’s Workshop
2024-12-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Come for a free photo with Santa, stay for games, and gift making for loved ones.
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, Hubbard Broadcasting, Travelers, Xcel Energy Foundation, and Ramsey County.

Courtroom Concert: Songs of the Season – Celebrating MN Composers and Poets
2024-12-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Songs of the Season: Celebrating MN Composers and Poets
curated by Abbie Betinis
Don’t miss this year’s FREE Songs of the Season concerts at Landmark Center! This year’s program (12 noon and repeated 6pm).
Minnesota-based Kaleidoscope Quartet presents four-part vocal music with joy, range, and soul. The quartet’s four members Taylor Quinn (baritone), Dana Skoglund (bass), Jack Vishneski (tenor 1), and Ian Cook (tenor 2) bring far-reaching specialties, skills, and vocal timbres to create a kaleidoscope of sound across diverse genres and styles. All four members have their own musical and extramusical careers but are brought together by their friendship and passion for vocal chamber music.
The quartet began with in-home performances for Dana’s wife Cheryl, who was confined at home with complications from a heart transplant. Eventually, the quartet sang some of Cheryl’s favorite songs at her memorial service. Since this humble beginning, Kaleidoscope Quartet has performed across Minnesota, with regular performances in the Twin Cities. Each song and performance reveals a kaleidoscope of musical colors that emerges from their joined voices.

Courtroom Concert: Songs of the Season - Celebrating MN Composers and Poets
2024-12-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Star of the North Concert Band Holiday Concert
2024-12-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join us for a festive holiday concert at Landmark Center, featuring The Star of the North Concert Band. This non-profit organization, made up of over fifty talented musicians from the Minneapolis and St. Paul communities, has been enriching Minnesota’s musical tradition since 1994. The band provides a platform for local musicians to showcase their skills, grow their talents, and connect with performers from around the world through rehearsals, concerts, and tours. Don’t miss this wonderful celebration of music! This event is free and open to the public.

46th Annual Holiday Bazaar
2024-12-08 12:00 - 17:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
‘Tis the season for holiday cheer and shopping! Starting Friday, December 6 and running through Sunday, December 8, guests can find beautiful and unique handcrafted gift items by the area’s finest artists. The Bazaar features quality handcrafted items including, jewelry, woodwork, paintings, décor, woven and wearable art, handmade lotions, soaps and more! Festive music and delicious treats add to the enjoyment of holiday shopping.
$5 admission (Cash or Check Only!) | 12 & under free
NEW SCHEDULE THIS YEAR!
Friday, December 6: 10am-7pm*
Saturday, December 7: 10am-5pm
Sunday, December 8: 12pm-5pm

46th Annual Holiday Bazaar
2024-12-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
‘Tis the season for holiday cheer and shopping! Starting Friday, December 6 and running through Sunday, December 8, guests can find beautiful and unique handcrafted gift items by the area’s finest artists. The Bazaar features quality handcrafted items including, jewelry, woodwork, paintings, décor, woven and wearable art, handmade lotions, soaps and more! Festive music and delicious treats add to the enjoyment of holiday shopping.
$5 admission (Cash or Check Only!) | 12 & under free
NEW SCHEDULE THIS YEAR!
Friday, December 6: 10am-7pm
Saturday, December 7: 10am-5pm
Sunday, December 8: 12pm-5pm

46th Annual Holiday Bazaar
2024-12-06 10:00 - 19:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
‘Tis the season for holiday cheer and shopping! Starting Friday, December 6 and running through Sunday, December 8, guests can find beautiful and unique handcrafted gift items by the area’s finest artists. The Bazaar features quality handcrafted items including, jewelry, woodwork, paintings, décor, woven and wearable art, handmade lotions, soaps and more! Festive music and delicious treats add to the enjoyment of holiday shopping.
$5 admission (Cash or Check Only!) | 12 & under free
NEW SCHEDULE THIS YEAR!
Friday, December 6: 10am-7pm*
Saturday, December 7: 10am-5pm
Sunday, December 8: 12pm-5pm
*Friday, December 6: Twilight Shopping Special – Enjoy a complimentary refreshment, 4 – 7 pm

Coffee with a Climatologist: Presented by the Landmark Center Volunteer Association
2024-11-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The Landmark Center Volunteer Association is proud to present a morning talk with Dr. Mark Seeley, a widely recognized and esteemed UofM climatologist, to discuss how specific events and climate episodes have had an ever-lasting effect on Minnesota’s cultures, landscapes and historical events. Weather has played a key role in shaping human history and continues to do so. We will also touch on the implications of climate change and more intense weather events we have been experiencing. Coffee and light breakfast treats will be provided. If you enjoy Landmark Center and our programming, consider becoming a volunteer. The Volunteer Director and several volunteers will stick around after the program to engage with anyone interested in learning more about becoming a volunteer at Landmark Center.
To learn more about Dr. Seeley’s work, visit his website.

Sundays at Landmark: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra
2024-11-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Enjoy the music of this old-world string instrument in a concert of pops, classical and more. The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra is a community orchestra formed in 1991 to preserve and foster the enjoyment of mandolin music. They have about 30 musicians, playing mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, and bass. Their repertoire includes old and new compositions for mandolin ensembles, transcriptions of classical music, and arrangements of popular tunes.
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, Hubbard Broadcasting, Travelers, Xcel Energy Foundation, and Ramsey County.

Landmark Live: The Foxgloves
2024-11-15 19:30 - 21:30 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The Foxgloves are an all-female band with songs you won’t be able to stop humming. Their engaging presence, rich instrumentation, compelling storytelling songwriting, three-part harmonies, and creatively reimagined covers render them a force to be reckoned with. This powerful band is making moves you’ll want to witness. A little bit of country, a little bit of folk, a little bit of classical, and a whole lot of heart — your toes will tap of their own accord.
Individual concert tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the door (available on Ticketleap). Tickets include admission to the cocktail hour from 6:45-7:30 pm.
6:45 pm – Cocktail hour // 7:00 pm – seating opens // 7:30 pm – Concert
Landmark Center presents “Landmark Live” in the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, presented with support from KFAI Radio and the Pioneer Press. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm and are preceded by a cocktail hour at 6:45 pm, giving audiences an opportunity to enjoy complimentary refreshments and a cash bar.

Courtroom Concert: Maria Jette, soprano; Stephanie Arado, violin; Sonja Thompson, piano
2024-11-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Hosted by composer Abbie Betinis, our popular Courtroom Concerts take place at noon most Thursdays in the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. This series features accomplished musicians and composers from the Twin Cities and surrounding area, as well as occasional musical newcomers to the area. These one-hour concerts are free and open to the public.
About the Artists:
Maria Jette, soprano, has appeared with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra: the Symphonies of Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Charlotte, Santa Rosa and Buffalo; Vocalessence (formerly The Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota), the Handel Choir of Baltimore, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, and Los Angeles Master Chorale; and with original instrument ensembles Angelica Cantanti, Portland Baroque Orchestra and The Lyra Baroque Orchestra. She has been a regular guest at the Oregon Bach, Victoria Bach and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festivals, the Oregon Festival of American Music, and on Public Radio International’s A Prairie Home Companion. With conductor Helmuth Rilling, she has sung Bach, Mozart and Monteverdi in Germany, Spain, Japan, and Canada, as well as in Minneapolis, New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. In a 20+ year association with conductor Philip Brunelle, she first appeared as the coloratura dog, Fido, in Britten’s Paul Bunyan; and has gone on to sing everything from fully-staged operas by Mozart opera and Virgil Thomson through oratorios by Handel, William Bolcom and Francis Grier, and most recently, Dominick Argento’s glorious Evensong (2009).
Her 45+ operatic roles range from Monteverdi’s Poppea and Handel’s Cleopatra through Mozart’s Pamina, Countess and Fiordiligi, many of them with the late, lamented Ex Machina Antique Music Theatre in the Twin Cities. With The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, she starred as the Mrs. in the May 2002 premiere of Garrison Keillor’s operatic excursion, Mr. and Mrs. Olson. She has performed her own production of Seuss/Kapilow’s Green Eggs & Ham for more than 50,000 kids, with symphonies and music festivals around the USA.
Sonja Thompson enjoys a varied career as a chamber, church and theater musician, conductor, vocal coach and educator. Having received her formal education at the University of Minnesota and The Juilliard School, she has spent decades teaching, performing, improvising, collaborating, and assisting with the development of new works. Performing credits include solo recitals, chamber music and Art Song as well as new music, Music Theater/Opera, and programs that mix genres and styles. Recent projects include La Boheme with Theater Latte Da, Moonlit Walk Home with Nautilus Music Theater, “Transformations,” a collaborative performance combining poetry with paintings by Carolyn Brunelle and music by David Evan Thomas; a recording of piano music by David Evan Thomas; and new works of music theater with Nautilus Music Theater, MN History Theater, Theater Latte Da, Augsburg University and various independent collaborators.
Violinist Stephanie Arado’s career encompasses a wide range of performance and teaching experience. She most recently completed a year of teaching at the Interlochen Arts Academy, an institution she graduated from in 1982. She occupied the Loring M. Staples Chair as Assistant Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1991 to 2013. During the 1995/96 season, Ms. Arado served as Concertmaster of The Colorado Symphony under the baton of Marin Alsop. While in Minneapolis, she maintained a private teaching studio and was a founding member of the Bakken Trio, a premier chamber music organization in the Twin Cities. Through her work with the Bakken Trio she has collaborated with many living composers and commissioned numerous chamber compositions. Ms. Arado continues to serve as a Co-Artistic Director of the Bakken.
Ms. Arado played her first solo recital at the age of eight. She went on to debut with the Chicago Symphony as a 12 year old; following that she has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras throughout the US, including the Detroit, St. Louis, and Minnesota Orchestras. As a 21-year-old Ms. Arado was the first American ever invited to play with the European Union Youth Orchestra led by Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein. She was also invited to perform as a part of the prestigious chamber music festival Musiktreffen in St. Moritz, Switzerland with Paul Tortelier and Yuri Bashmet, two of the most renowned chamber musicians of the century.
She was born and raised in Chicago. She began playing the violin at the age of five using the Suzuki method with Sister Mary Ricardo of La Grange. She was fortunate to have worked with many fine violin pedagogues in her youth including Paul Rolland, Eugene Gratovich and David Cerrone at the famous Meadowmount School. She spent five summers as a Fellowship student at the Aspen Music School. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music at Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL) studying with Almita and Roland Vamos, and completed her Masters Degree at Juilliard in New York City under the tutelage of Dorothy Delay and Paul Kantor.

Ballet Tuesdays
2024-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Landmark Center hosts FREE lunch-hour ballet performances and demonstrations, from 12-1pm, in partnership with Ballet Co.Laboratory. On November 12, enjoy excerpts from Nutcracker in Wonderland featuring the professional dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory. This enchanting twist on a holiday classic weaves together two timeless stories, The Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland, for a kaleidoscopic meeting of magic and whimsy.
After the performance, audience members are invited to participate in an optional mini-dance lesson, make a nutcracker puppet, and take photos with the dancers.
2024/2025 season dates:

October 8, 2024
November 12, 2024
February 11, 2025
March 11, 2025
April 8, 2025

Once Upon a Time Gala: Rio de Janeiro
2024-11-08 17:30 - 21:30 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The Once Upon A Time Gala is a vibrant celebration in support of Landmark Center and its free and inclusive arts and cultural community programming. For the second year, we are transitioning from celebrating decades to immersing guests in the cultures of various countries and cities, much like our popular Urban Expedition program series. Our second city of focus will be Rio de Janeiro!

Courtroom Concert: Linda Chatterton, flute; Maja Radovanlija; Matthew McCright, piano
2024-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Hosted by composer Abbie Betinis, our popular Courtroom Concerts take place at noon most Thursdays in the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. This series features accomplished musicians and composers from the Twin Cities and surrounding area, as well as occasional musical newcomers to the area. These one-hour concerts are free and open to the public.
About the Artists:
LINDA CHATTERTON, Flute
“The kind of performance that sparks wild standing ovations. Definitive” says the American Record Guide of flutist Linda Chatterton. Ms. Chatterton has performed in New York at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, was a featured recitalist on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago and has been heard throughout the US many times on National Public Radio’s Performance Today. A Minneapolis-based artist, Ms. Chatterton has performed with numerous groups including the Minnesota Orchestra, and she tours regularly as a duo performer with harp, guitar and piano. As a concerto soloist, highlights include many performances of traditional and contemporary repertoire in the US and Europe. She has served as a US State Department Arts Envoy overseas.
Ms. Chatterton has commissioned, recorded and premiered dozens of new works, including music by Edie Hill, Lu Pei, Abbie Betinis, Jocelyn Hagen, David Kechley, Wendy Wan-Ki Lee, Aaron Travers, Takuma Itoh and Roberto Sierra. She gave the world premiere of Chen Yi’s “Southern Scenes” flute and pipa concerto with the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, conductor JoAnn Falletta and pipa player Gao Hong, as well as the world premiere of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s work for flute and guitar quartet, with the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, in St. Paul. She and guitarist Maja Radovanlija premiered a major new work written for them by Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad, through a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning grant.
Past projects include concert tours in China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan; a concerto performance with the State Hermitage Chamber Orchestra in Moscow, Russia, with a master class at the Moscow Conservatory; concerts and master classes in the UAE, Spain, France, Cuba, Montenegro and Romania; a concert tour of Australia with pianist Matthew McCright; and a sold-out concert at the DiMenna Center in New York City of contemporary chamber music by Hong Kong composers. Her London concert at the famous St. Martin-in-the-Fields concert series with McCright garnered the review: “Throughout the concert Chatterton displayed lovely tone and a fine sense of line, with technical prowess which was always understated, resulting in some involving and intelligent performances.”
She is the first and only two-time flutist to win a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Musicians, and she has received many awards from the Jerome Foundation, Chamber Music America, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the American Composers Forum.
In addition to her concert schedule, Ms. Chatterton is highly regarded for her insightful master classes, and she has served as a mentor to music students at the University of Minnesota’s School of Music. In a related realm, Ms. Chatterton often can be heard giving her “It Sounded Better at Home!” workshop series based on her extensive work on the psychology of optimum performance.
Ms. Chatterton has recorded on the CBS Masterworks, Innova, and Gothic labels, and has also independently released seven recordings, including her most recent recording, “Songs and Dances for Solo Flute.”
She received her Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota, studying with Julia Bogorad, and her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music as a scholarship student of Bonita Boyd. A native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, her first flute studies were with Robert Webb.
Ms. Chatterton is a Powell Flute Artist and plays a custom made platinum Powell flute.
www.lindachatterton.com
MAJA RADOVANLIJA, Guitar
An international performer, improviser and teacher, Minneapolis-based guitarist Maja Radovanlija has been Instructor of Guitar at the School of Music, University of Minnesota since 2011. She tours nationally and internationally as a member of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet and as part of a flute-guitar duo with flutist Linda Chatterton. She has also collaborated with other chamber musicians such as the Szilard Mézei trio, oboist Yasna Brandstäter, ImprovIsAndDo project, Improvised Ecosystems, OneVoice mixed chorus and Ansambl Studio 6.
Her concerts have taken her across the United States and to China, Thailand, Canada, Bulgaria, Greece, Tunisia, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Belgium and the former Yugoslavia. Festival performances include Plovdiv Guitar Festival in Bulgaria, the International Festival of Contemporary Music in Cuba; the Mid-America Guitar Festival, the Underwater-Overground Multimedia Festival in Croatia, the Ethno-Flanders Music Festival in Belgium and the GuitarArt Festival in Montenegro.
Since her early performing years in Belgrade, Maja has a strong interest in contemporary music. She has premiered new pieces by Aaron Travers, Clarice Assad, Leo Brouwer, PQ Phan, Szilard Mézei, Alex Lubet, Joey Crane, Ben Abrahamson, Jeffrey Van, Ian Krouse, Mary Ellen Childs, Catherine Dalton, Richard Barret and many others. In solo recitals Maja often performs her own pieces inspired by Balkan music, improvised pieces and arrangements of traditional Balkan songs.
Maja’s commitment to music education and community outreach is shown by her creation of the Minneapolis-based Powderhorn Music Project, a guitar program that offers free lessons, workshops and performances to for BIPOC children and their families. Her guest artist events at universities include solo recitals and masterclasses at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Hawaii, the University of Georgia and Indiana University. In addition to her teaching, she serves as an adjudicator in national and international competitions. Maja is proponent of music improvisation and is on the board of the International Society for Improvised Music.
Maja received her Master and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees from Indiana University as a student of Ernesto Bitetti and Nigel North. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Belgrade in Serbia.

MATTHEW MCCRIGHT, Piano
American pianist Matthew McCright has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific and on such prestigious stages as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and Ireland’s National Concert Hall. He has thrilled audiences and critics alike with imaginative programming that places the greatest piano repertoire alongside the music of today’s most innovative composers. A native of Pennsylvania, McCright now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is a member of the piano faculty of Carleton College. An accomplished recording artist, McCright has released eight solo recordings; his most recent Hanging by a Thread on the Proper Canary label, What is Left Behind also on the Proper Canary label, Endurance on the Vox Novus label, as well as three albums on innova Records (Second Childhood, A Waltz through the Vapor, and Blender), the piano works of Gene Gutchë on Centaur Records, and the piano music of Olivier Messiaen on Albany Records. His solo touring shows include Evening Preludes, The People’s Music, Contemplations: The Music of Olivier Messiaen, Connecting Flights, There and Back Again, Forward Looking Back, and Endurance.
A four-time winner of the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative, McCright’s affinity for contemporary music and curiosity in seeking new sound worlds has led him to premiere numerous pieces, and has collaborated with such composers as Pauline Oliveros, Augusta Read Thomas, Paul Dresher, Michael Gordon, Mary Ellen Childs, Julia Wolfe, Mark Anthony Turnage, Terry Riley, Alvin Lucier, Amy Williams, Kirsten Broberg, Daniel Nass, Laura Caviani, Andrea Mazzariello, Sean Friar, Justin Merritt, Dorothy Hindman, Robert Voisey, Christopher Coleman, Kyong Mee Choi, Ingrid Stölzel, Justin Rubin, Mike McFerron, Reinaldo Moya, Stephen Andrew Taylor, David Evan Thomas, Edie Hill, Linda Buckley, Garrett Sholdice, Razak Abdul-Aziz, Greg Hutter, and Judith Lang Zaimont among many others.
McCright’s festival participation includes Bang on a Can at MassMOCA, Printing House Festival of New Music (Dublin), Late Music Festival (UK), Vox Novus, SEAMUS, Hampden-Sydney Chamber Music Festival, Engelbach-Hart, Kodály Institute, Perilous Night, Fringe, Bridge, Spark Festival of Electronic Music, SPLICE, Festival of Lakes, Rayuela, Oh My Ears, Source Song, Seward Arts, Zeitgeist Early Music, Duquesne University’s Summer Music, Music 2000, CCM Village Opening, and Minnesota Composers Alliance, as well as programs for the American Composers Forum across the country. He has been featured in articles in the NewMusicBox, Tutti, and Voice magazines and in radio broadcasts across the globe. He has performed in collaboration with a variety of ensembles including Ensemble 61, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, dal niente, Mirandola Ensemble, Wild and Wulliman, La Bonne Chanson, Intersections, Gypsy Hocket, Renegade Ensemble, Zeitgeist, Taipei Trio, Balkanicus, New Sound, New Century Piano Duo, Dixie Five, Composer’s Ensemble, Westminster Triptych, WC Jazz Ensemble, and with countless other chamber music groups. He is currently the Director of Music at Saints Martha and Mary Episcopal Church. He tours regularly with violinist, Francesca Anderegg. Since 2009, he performs internationally with flutist Linda Chatterton as part of the Chatterton-McCright Duo. Their 2016 album French Connections was released on the Proper Canary label.
McCright completed his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Performance from the University of Minnesota, Master of Music Degree in Piano from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and earned his Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance, Magna Cum Laude, from Westminster College. His past teachers include Lydia Artymiw, Lisa Moore, Nancy Zipay DeSalvo, and Richard Morris. He is represented by Proper Canary Artist Services. For more information please visit: www.matthewmccright.org

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