HORA: Mărțișor Spring Craft Workshop
2026-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota (HORA) and celebrate the arrival of spring with the cherished Romanian tradition of Mărțișor—a symbol of renewal, hope, and cultural pride. Observed in both Romania and Moldova, Mărțișor refers to both the custom and the delicate token exchanged at the start of March: a small ornament crafted from twisted red and white threads, often adorned with a tassel.
The name Mărțișor comes from marț, an old folk term for March (martie in modern Romanian), and translates to “little March.” Traditionally worn pinned to the chest like a brooch or lapel pin, this charming keepsake is shared from March 1st onward to mark the beginning of spring.
Join us in making your own Mărțișor! This hands-on activity is free and open to all ages, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. All materials will be provided—just bring your creativity and a sense of celebration!

Public Building Tour
2026-03-01 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-03-08 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-03-29 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-04-12 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-04-19 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-05-03 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-05-10 12:30 - 13:15, 2026-05-17 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.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Donna Stoering, piano, and Jane Cords-O’Hara, cello
2026-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Donna Stoering is an award-winning recording artist, concert pianist, and vocalist, touring worldwide as a soloist in major concert halls, music festivals, orchestral appearances, duo-recitals, chamber music concerts, and as special guest performer on the radio and television networks of numerous countries…..
She is also an international keynote speaker, educator, Marshall Scholar, author, journalist, television host/presenter and producer, award-winning social entrepreneur, an Artistic Ambassador for both the UK and USA, a sought-after performance coach at music conservatories worldwide, and the youngest-ever judge of music competitions in Russia, Italy, Canada, UK and USA.
Currently based in Minneapolis MN, Jane Cords-O’Hara is a busy freelance cellist who performs with a wide variety of groups. She is a member of The Knights, Fíora Ensemble (www.fioraensemble.com) and Ladyslipper Ensemble in Minneapolis. She has performed, toured and recorded with numerous other ensembles over the years including the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Argento, Da Capo Chamber Players, MN Opera, Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, String Orchestra of NYC and A Far Cry. Equally comfortable in many styles, Jane has played a large amount of new and spectral music, as well as baroque cello, and has performed with Lyra Baroque, Bach Society of MN and the WolfGang Ensemble. She is principal cello at the annual Bach Roots Festival, and has played the role of continuo in many large works such as St John’s and St Matthew’s Passion. She recently gave solo recitals at the Cellissimo Festival in Galway, Ireland (May 2024).
As a member of the The Knights, a NYC based chamber orchestra, Jane has been performing since 2004. Nominated for a Grammy in 2017 and 2024, The Knights have collaborated with artists such as Yo Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Susan Graham, Dawn Upshaw, Chris Thile, Aaron Diehl and Bela Fleck. Recent appearances have been at the Caramoor, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Stillwater and Ojai Festivals, Central Park’s Naumburg concert series, Trinity Wall Street and Carnegie Hall, where they are currently in residence. Internationally, Jane has appeared with The Knights in Germany, Denmark, Austria (at the Musikverein), Ireland and at the Canary Island’s Music Festival. She can also be heard on several recordings on the Sony Classical label, and also on the album Azul, featuring Yo Yo Ma as soloist.
Jane has a deep love of chamber music. A founder member of the Fíora Ensemble (formerly Jamison Ensemble) Jane performs all around the Twin Cities. Fíora is an ensemble flexible in size depending on repertoire. As a member of Ladyslipper Ensemble, Jane performs regularly around the Twin Cities and is featured on the album The World’s Highway, recorded at MPR. Jane performed many times at the LOFT Chamber Music series in Minnepolis and has also been a frequent guest artist with Chamber Music Society of MN. As a former member of Syrius Piano Trio, she performed all over Ireland, and internationally at London’s Conway Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Hall and Brazil’s Musica Nova festival in Sao Paulo. Syrius Trio recorded the complete piano trios of Saloman Jadassohn on the Toccata Classics label. She spent many summers performing at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Ireland. She is the core cellist of the Minneapolis quartet for Candlelight Concerts and plays many concerts a year at various venues in the Twin Cities.
Before relocating to the Twin Cities in 2014, Jane lived in NYC. She was Artist-in-Residence at International House from 2004-2005, and made her recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall in 2006 as a winner in the Artist’s International competition.
Jane is a devoted teacher. She has a private studio in Minneapolis and also teaches at Augsburg University. She was on faculty at the International Cello Institute at St Olaf college in 2017 and 2024 and at the Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute in 2018. She spent several summers mentoring young aspiring composers at the Walden School in New Hampshire. She recently gave a masterclass at the Cellissimo Festival in May 2024. She was on faculty at the inaugural Twin Cities Cello Camp in July 2025.
Born and raised in Ireland, Jane Cords-O’Hara began playing the cello at the age of 9. She studied with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK, before moving to New York to complete her studies with Timothy Eddy at Mannes College of Music. She has attended the International Musician’s Seminar at Prussia Cove, Holland Music Sessions, London Masterclasses and the Conservatoire Americaine at Fontainebleau, France. She was chosen to play at masterclasses at the World Cello Congress III and the International Cello Festival in Manchester, UK.
Jane lives with her husband, Dan, and daughter Aoife in Minneapolis.

RCHS History Revealed: Lissie
2026-03-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
History Revealed – Lissie
Presented by Ramsey County Historical Society
Landmark Center, 75 West 5th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102
Suite 317
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Tickets – $25
RCHS is excited and honored to host Lissie for an evening of conversation revolving around her work in music and television. The conversation will be moderated by Youa Vang followed by a Q&A to give attendees the opportunity to ask the artist questions.
Conversation moderated by Youa Vang
Emerging at the dawn of the 2010s with her debut album Catching a Tiger, Lissie defied easy categorization. A singer/songwriter with a gift for soft melodies and delicate surfaces who nevertheless demonstrated a quiet strength at her core, Lissie is a native of the American midwest but found her greatest success in the U.K., which embraced not only Catching a Tiger but made her 2018 album, Castles, a Top Ten record nearly a decade later. Between those two albums, Lissie didn’t sit still. She teamed with Jacknife Lee for the glossy 2013 set Back to Forever, then began the process of stripping her music back to its emotional roots with 2016’s My Wild West, a journey that reached its apex with Carving Canyons, a 2022 album where she processed personal loss through the prism of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Youa Vang is Vice President of RCHS. She is a freelance journalist in the Twin Cities for over 15 years and has written for The Current, MSP Magazine, MN Monthly, Mn Artists and reports on music for MPR. In her free time, she creates art with her sister under the name Third Daughter, Restless Daughter. Vang lives in St. Paul with her family and their tiny dog. She is currently working on her first book about how she connects to being Hmong as a first-generation immigrant.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Ora Itkin, piano and Friends
2026-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Russia-born pianist Ora Itkin began her piano studies at age four under the guidance of her father, Igor Itkin, who became known as one of the pioneers of subversive Russian jazz. She is a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia; Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Rubin Academy of Music at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. In her musicianship she follows the legacy of her teachers who belong to the lineage of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus school of piano playing.
An active concert pianist and chamber musician, she performs in some of the major venues across the Twin Cities as well as internationally in Eastern and Central Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Ms. Itkin is a faculty member at both the Music Department of University of St. Thomas and MacPhail Center for Music. She also a founder of Reprise School of Piano and Musicianship in Saint Paul, Minnesota and an artistic director of a multi-disciplinary music series entitled Muse Salon, with successful programs since 2009 at The Schubert Club, the Weisman Art Museum, the University of Minnesota and the Alliance Française. For years Ms. Itkin was serving as the curator of a multilingual festival entitled Worlds between Words at the University of Minnesota.
As an educator and a life-long advocate of a holistic approach to learning, Ms. Itkin seeks to promote an interconnectedness of music with the arts, humanities, and sciences in everything she does, especially in her original multimedia productions ArtAffects, cultural ambassadorship initiatives, interdisciplinary seminars and presentations, and individual work with students of all ages.

Sundays at Landmark: Day of Irish Dance
2026-03-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Day of Irish Dance is an annual celebration of the vibrant community of Irish dancers across Minnesota produced by Irish Arts Minnesota (IAM) in partnership with Landmark Center. We bring together performance and competition teams for a day of performance-focused solely on the art form of Irish dance. In addition to the performances, the Decade of Dance Award is presented to dancers who have been actively studying and performing for ten or more years.
This event is open to the public and tickets are $7 for youth and seniors and $9 for adults. You may purchase tickets online in advance, or the day of the event at the door. More information coming soon!
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, Hubbard Broadcasting, Travelers, Xcel Energy Foundation, and Ramsey County.

St. Patrick's Day Celebration
2026-03-17 09:00 - 17:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Celebrate all things Irish with activities for the whole family!
Irish Arts Minnesota (IAM), in partnership with Landmark Center, proudly hosts its annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on Tuesday, March 17, 2025! This event features local and regional music on four different stages, traditional Irish dancing from local dance schools and adult performance groups, an Irish Marketplace with authentic Irish merchants, artisans, and informational resources, and traditional Irish and American food and drinks. Children’s craft activities are offered free of charge.
This event is open to the public and tickets are $7 for youth and seniors and $9 for adults. You may purchase tickets online in advance or the day of the event at the door.
More information to come!

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: MN Opera Resident Artists
2026-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
One of North America’s premier training programs, the MN Opera Resident Artist Program offers a full season of employment for talented artists beginning their professional careers. From September through May, Resident Artists gain valuable experience through mainstage productions and community performances, while refining their skills off stage and mentoring with guest instructors and staff.
Masterclasses with guest clinicians, individualized language work, acting, and professional career development are just a few benefits of the program. The program is designed for artists in the early stages of their performance careers. Ideal Resident Artists have completed their graduate education and may have some professional experience.
For 27 years, the Resident Artist Program has been a critical part of MN Opera’s mission to advance the art of opera for today and future generations. Your gift makes it possible for us to continue the work of preparing these artists for successful careers in the opera industry, both here in Minnesota and beyond. Thank you for your commitment to securing the future of opera.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Purple Orange – Michelle Kinney and Jacqueline Ultan
2026-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Michelle Kinney’s career began in Minneapolis, MN, when she returned home after receiving a BA in music from Northwestern University. During this early phase in her career, she was recognized and frequently funded as a composer & cellist, collaborating with Twin Cities choreographers (Laurie Van Wieren), filmmakers (Chris Sullivan, Chicago) and theater artists (Michael Sommers), in addition to composing for her own new music ensembles (IMP ORK, Aphid Bloodbath Consort). In 1989, she moved to New York City to pursue an MA in Performance Studies at New York University. Michelle lived in NYC for 13 years, recording and touring Europe and the US with several of her mentors; bridging musical genres and scenes, from art music (Henry Threadgill, Butch Morris, Myra Melford), to pop (Sheryl Crow, Natalie Merchant, Lou Reed); and composing for dance (Cyrus Khambatta), film (Debra Dickson) and theater (Richard Schechner).
Michelle returned to the Twin Cities in 2002, to raise her young family. In addition to again becoming very actively engaged in the community as a composer and performer, Michelle is the Musician in Residence for the Dance Program within the University of Minnesota’s Theater Arts and Dance Department. In this perfect “day job” for a musician/composer, Michelle improvises compositions in daily dance classes, with her cello played through a looping device. Each day Michelle spends hours reading bodies in motion as if they were sheet music, spontaneously creating and layering multiple cello parts, starting from a rhythmic foundation and building harmony, texture and melodic phrasing.
Jacqueline Ultan is a singularly creative cellist, composer and improvisor and has taught cello at MacPhail since 2000.With more than 20 years’ experience, she teaches according to the needs of each individual student. Serious, focused and detail oriented, Jacqueline is also flexible and laid back. She stresses good physical form and relaxation and enjoys teaching many styles of music. She has also taught at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, West Bank School of Music, and Yale University.
Jacqueline’s unique versatility is reflected in the diversity of her artistic collaborations: urban groove trio Saltee; drum/cello quartet Purple Orange; Persion fusion trio Mirrorlands; pop band The Starfolk; improvising collective iNMiGRATiON; flute/cello duo J2J; world music trio Ottie The Mink and The Beatles tribute band The Shabby Road Orchestra. In demand locally and nationally, Ultan has recorded and collaborated extensively with theater, pop, rock and new music artists, including: Ondara, Kill The Vultures, Roma di Luna, The Jayhawks, Chan Poling, Dan Wilson, E. Carlos Nakai, Huun Hur Tu, The Jorgensens, and Kevin Kling.
She has received several awards and commissions including a McKnight Performing Artist Fellowship; MacPhail Artist & Commissioning Grants; MRAC’s Next Step Grant and a State Arts Board Arts Tour MN grant. Ultan co-composed music for and participated in TED Talks Conferences in Minneapolis and L.A., and in June 2019, co-wrote a duo cello score for Theater Latte Da’s production of ‘To Let Go And Fall’, a play by Harrison Rivers. In October 2019, Ultan participated in The Jazz In the City Festival in Salzburg, Austria where she collaborated with Volker Goetz (composer/trumpet) and dance artist/choreographer Rosy Simas as well as Berlin based singer/composer Almut Kuhne, cellist Chris Dahlgren and contemporary dance artist Nayana Keshava Bhat.
Jacqueline holds a Masters Degree in Performance from Yale University.

Urban Expedition: Uruguay
2026-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The 2026 Urban Expedition series continues with a celebration of Uruguayan culture! Enjoy authentic music, dance, crafts, and cuisine during this immersive program favorite. Don’t forget to bring your passport and collect the final stamp of the season!
Landmark Center’s beloved Urban Expedition program invites families to experience global cultures right in the heart of Saint Paul. This event is presented in collaboration with Minnesota-Uruguay Partners of the Americas.
Urban Expedition is a part of Sundays at Landmark, an event series produced by Minnesota Landmarks, the nonprofit programming and management agency for Landmark Center. Urban Expedition is sponsored by Ecolab, Global Minnesota, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County, RBC Wealth Management, Travelers and Xcel Energy Foundation.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Jennifer Kreider, soprano & Andrew Sun, piano
2026-04-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Jennifer Kreider, soprano, is establishing herself as a performer of opera, new music, and song. Most recently, Jennifer performed a concert of world premiere chamber works at the 2025 Aldeburgh Festival. In summer 2024 Jennifer was a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theater of Saint Louis where she performed the role of Sagredo and went on as a cover to sing the leading role of Maria Celeste in Philip Glass’ opera Galileo Galilei. In September 2024, Jennifer was a Britten Pears Young Artist as part of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme in England. In competition, Jennifer won second place in the Upper Midwest region of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition after being named a winner of the Minneapolis district in 2023. At her alma mater, Indiana University, Jennifer premiered the featured role of Mrs. Frank in the world premiere production of Shulamit Ran’s and Charles Kondek’s opera Anne Frank.
In May of 2023, Jennifer covered the role of Erika in Samuel Barber’s Vanessa at the Spoleto Festival, USA in Charleston, South Carolina. Jennifer was also a young artist at the CoOPERAtive Program in 2015 and 2018, and at Opera in the Ozarks in 2019 where she sang the role of Musetta (LA BOHÈME) and covered Konstanze (DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL). Other performed roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Monica (THE MEDIUM), Ramiro (LA FINTA GIARDINIERA), Linfea (LA CALISTO), La Fée (CENDRILLON), Iolanthe (IOLANTHE), Nella (GIANNI SCHICCHI), Donna Elvira (act II of Don Giovanni), and Miss Jessel (TURN OF THE SCREW).
Jennifer is also well versed in art song and teaches Song Literature I and II for undergraduates at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. In 2016 she attended the Franz Schubert Institute in Baden bei Wien, Austria, where she intensively studied and performed German Lieder with master teachers such as Elly Ameling, Julius Drake, and Roger Vignoles, among several others. She is also especially passionate about the performance of new music — while studying at Rice University, she performed regularly with Rice’s Hear & Now ensemble and the Rice Chamber Series. Highlights include Crumb’s Madrigal Book I and III, String Quartet No. 2 by Schönberg, Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, as well as several premiere works by young composers.
In addition to placing at the Upper Midwest Region of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2023, she won the St. Louis district of the same competition in 2022. She also has had success as first place winner in her divisions at the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota National Voice Competition in 2016 and the National NATS competition in Greensboro, NC in 2015, and was a finalist in the National Opera Association’s Dominick Argento and Carolyn Bailey Vocal Competition in 2019. Jennifer also won the Clifton Emerging Young Artist Award in 2016, giving her the opportunity to perform Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, PA. Additional honors include receiving an Associate Instructorship at Indiana University and the prize for Best Supporting Actress in a Supporting Role for Musetta at Opera in the Ozarks.
​Jennifer received her Artist Diploma in Solo Vocal Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music where she studied with Jane Dutton. Previously, Jennifer attended Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, TX where she received her Master of Music under the guidance of Barbara Clark and Robin Rice, and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ where she received her Bachelor of Music while working with Laura Brooks Rice.
Andrew Sun is a Minneapolis-based pianist and arts administrator with a career that bridges performance, education, and nonprofit leadership. He has worked as an opera coach at NYU and the Manhattan School of Music, and appeared in featured performances with Carnegie Hall Citywide and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. He gave the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s song cycle Without Music in London, UK and has performed locally with the Jungle Theater and St. Croix Valley Opera. At Minnesota Opera, Andrew served as both a Resident Artist and later as Executive Manager, blending artistic insight with organizational strategy. A Merola Opera Program and Music Academy of the West alum—and winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition—he now brings his passion for the arts and community-building to his role at the St. Paul Downtown Alliance, supporting efforts to revitalize and reimagine the city’s urban core.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Georgia Jacobson, mezzo-soprano & Ryan Wolfe, baritone
2026-04-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
A native of Duluth, Minnesota, mezzo-soprano Georgia Jacobson’s recent engagements in the 2022-2023 season included debuts with Kentucky Opera as Tisbe (La Cenerentola) and Maggie (The Gift of the Magi), and Opera Santa Barbara, covering Lucilla (La scala di seta), and singing Margaret Johnson (The Light in the Piazza) and Waltraute (Die Walküre). Additionally, her 2022-2023 season included the roles of Hannah After (As One) and Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana) with Lyric Opera of the North. Jacobson returned to the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, as well as debuting with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Chris Thile’s Attention.
In the spring of 2022, Jacobson covered the role Virginia Woolf in the world premiere/concert version of The Hours by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Gregory Pierce at the The Philadelphia Orchestra. Jacobson was to workshop the role of Virginia Woolf at The Metropolitan Opera, but it was cancelled due to COVID-19. Additionally, she made her debut as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the University of Cincinnati- CCM. In March 2022, Jacobson returned home to Minnesota to premiere two song cycles, both commissioned for her by The Schubert Club and composed by Carol Barnett (Young/Old Witches, Bat) and Linda Kachelmeier (Lake Superior Songs). In the summer of 2022, she covered the role of Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Des Moines Metro Opera.
In previous seasons, Ms. Jacobson covered Mary Johnson (Fellow Travelers) as an Apprentice Artist at Des Moines Metro Opera (2021), and premiered the role of Sage (Everything Comes to A Head) with Lyric Opera of the North (2021). Jacobson has been a Metropolitan National Council Encouragement Award winner in the South Carolina and Arizona districts. Additionally, Ms. Jacobson won 1st Place in the National Opera Association’s 2020 Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition. Jacobson has a special affinity for French repertoire, and she was proud to make her professional debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in their production of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges as Maman/Tasse/La libellule under the baton of Maestro Louis Langrée. A consummate musician and lover of new music, she workshopped the roles of Virginia Woolf (The Hours), Ruth (Awakenings) and Vesta (Fierce) with Opera Fusion: New Works and Cincinnati Opera. Her other recent roles include Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflote) and Endimione (La Calisto) with CCM Opera. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and Master’s of Music (Voice) from University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music, where she has recently received an Artist Diploma (Opera Performance).
Arlington Heights, Illinois native Ryan Wolfe has been commended for his “commanding presence”, “spot-on delivery”, and his “well-tutored, polished baritone”. During his two years as a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist at LA Opera, Ryan amassed over forty performances with the company from comprimario roles to leading roles including a morning-of jump in for the final dress rehearsal as the title role in El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Ryan has been seen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Wolf Trap Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Des Moines Metro Opera, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Richmond Symphony to name a few. He is a two-time District Winner and has won an Encouragement Award in the Central Region Finals of the Dominique and Eric Laffont Competition, is a two-time semi-finalist of the Lotte Lenya Competition, and won first prize in the 2022 University of Cincinnati – CCM Corbett Opera Scholarship Competition.
Ryan’s 2023-2024 season began by returning to the Los Angeles Philharmonic in his Hollywood Bowl debut singing in Chris Thile’s ATTENTION! A narrative song cycle. At LA Opera, he covered the title role in Don Giovanni and sang the roles of Ping in Turandot, Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marquis D’Obigny in La traviata, and Aldeano #1 in El último sueño de Frida y Diego. In the summer of 2024, Ryan made his house and role debut with Wolf Trap Opera singing Lt. Gordon in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night as a member of the renowned Filene Artist Program.​​
Ryan’s busy 2022-2023 season included Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with the Richmond Symphony followed by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Ryan made his LA Opera debut as the Jailer in Tosca, with additional credits including Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia, Golaud in Impressions de Pelléas, the title character in Henry Mollicone’s Moses, and the Harold in Otello. He covered the roles of Johnson/Owen in Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Omar, Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro, and Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande. In December 2022, Ryan debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic singing Der Steuermann in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and directed by Peter Sellars. In the summer of 2023, Ryan returned to Des Moines Metro Opera to sing Dancaïro in Carmen.​
During the 2021-2022 season, Ryan covered the role of Papageno in Barry Kosky’s internationally acclaimed production of Die Zauberflöte with Des Moines Metro Opera. He appeared as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Santa Cruz Symphony. In the summer of 2022, Ryan returned to the Apprentice Artist Program at Des Moines Metro Opera to cover Peter Quince in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
​Ryan won an Encouragement Award in the Central Region Finals of the Eric and Dominque Laffont Competition in 2021, won first prize in the 2022 University of Cincinnati – CCM Corbett Opera Scholarship Competition and is a two-time semi-finalist (2021, 2022) of the Lotte Lenya Competition. He has also won awards from the Pasadena Vocal Competition, Classical Singer National Voice Competition and the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition.
In the summer of 2021, Ryan joined the Des Moines Metro Opera as an Apprentice Artist where he performed Sen. Potter’s Assistant/Bookseller/Priest/Technician/ Party Guest in Gregory Spears’ Fellow Travelers, Narumov in Tchaikovsky’s Pikovaya dama, and covered Cithéron in Rameau’s Platée. February 2020 marked his professional debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as Le Fauteuil/Un chêne in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges under the baton of Louis Langrée. A strong proponent of new music and a consummate musician, Ryan collaborated with Opera Fusion:New Works – Cincinnati Opera to workshop Matt Aucoin’s Eurydice.
​​​Ryan holds a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati – CCM and a Bachelor of Music from DePaul University.

Urban Expedition: Ukraine
2026-04-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The 2026 Urban Expedition series continues with a celebration of Ukrainian culture! Enjoy authentic music, dance, crafts, and cuisine during this immersive program favorite. Don’t forget to bring your passport and collect the final stamp of the season!
Landmark Center’s beloved Urban Expedition program invites families to experience global cultures right in the heart of Saint Paul. This event is presented in collaboration with the Ukrainian American Community Center.
Urban Expedition is a part of Sundays at Landmark, an event series produced by Minnesota Landmarks, the nonprofit programming and management agency for Landmark Center. Urban Expedition is sponsored by Ecolab, Global Minnesota, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County, RBC Wealth Management, Travelers and Xcel Energy Foundation.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Alma Brasiliera
2026-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Minnesota-based musicians Cléa Galhano (recorder) and Joan Griffith (guitar and cavaquinho) perform a vibrant Brazilian repertoire, highlighting diverse musical styles shaped by African and Portuguese influences.
Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music.
Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna, Lanzelotte/Galhano Duo and Kingsbery Ensemble. As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra Baroque Orchestra.
Among other important music festivals, Ms. Galhano has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Tage Alter Music Festival in Germany and at Wigmore Hall in London, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York and Palazzo Santa Croce in Rome, always receiving acclaimed reviews. Ms. Galhano was featured in 2006 in the Second International Recorder Congress in Leiden, Holland in 2007 and 2013 at the International Recorder Conference in Montréal and in 2012 at the ARS International Conference, Portland, Oregon.
She gave her Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall debut in May 2010 and her second Weil Hall recital on December 2013 with the international Cuban guitarist Rene Izquierdo.
Galhano studied in Brazil at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, the Royal Conservatory (The Hague), and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, earning a LASPAU, Fulbright Scholarship and support from the Dutch government. As an advocate of recorder music and educational initiatives, she served for six years on the national board of the American Recorder Society, and is the Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest. Ms. Galhano recently received the prestigious 2013 McKnight fellowship award, MSAB Cultural collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative.
Currently, she is a faculty member at Macalester College, Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest, and has being recently appointed Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Recorder at HPI, Jacobs School of Music, IU.
Ms. Galhano has recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado label and she is the recipient of the National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Joan Griffith never met a string instrument she didn’t like. Growing up in Bellevue, Nebraska, she fell in love with the guitar while listening to Stan Getz and João Gilberto on their breakout Brazilian album. She immediately got her mother to purchase the record and, at age 14, proceeded to figure out how to play all the songs! “This is what I thought the guitar should sound like” she remembers.
Joan went to the Conservatory at the University of Kansas City because it was one of the few schools that offered a guitar major. While she was there, she met another string instrument, the acoustic bass, and a whole new world of music opened to her. From there, the electric bass was soon introduced and she and friends from the Conservatory formed a disco/rock cover band called Airhart. Also in Kansas City, she was a part of the influential Women’s Jazz Festival. Her love of jazz was a constant, and became an integral part of her early professional working years.
After a musical stint in Arkansas, touring the state with a flute player, she moved to the Twin Cities in 1987, becoming an active player in the jazz/jobbing scene. As one of the all-woman trio, Naima, Joan and her band mates made their mark in the mostly male jazz scene, garnering honors and rave reviews. Joan also became a part of the musical theater world where her ability to play both bass and guitar fit in nicely. The Children’s Theater, the Guthrie, Theater Mu, Park Square and Bloomington Civic Theater (now known as Artistry) all were glad to have her in the pit. She has also played frequently with the Minnesota Orchestra.
It was at the Children’s Theater that a mandolin part was included as a double with the guitar book. Never having played one before, she looked it over for a minute or two and promptly ripped off a few scales. The mandolin surrendered. She has since added the violin to her string resume. Joan has also followed her composer voice’s calling. This is where her first love, the music of Brazil, is her biggest influence. As one can hear on her recordings, the choros, the bossas, the baiãos and the sambas live deeply in her soul. A visiting friend, a Brazilian guitarist, said “Joan plays Brazilian music without an accent.” Passing on her love of music, Joan has taught at the University of St. Thomas and St. Catherine’s University among other schools. She is currently ensconsed at Macalester College. She is a roster artist with COMPAS and the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Sundays at Landmark: Skylark Opera Theatre
2026-04-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Enjoy a free performance by the Skylark Opera Theatre on the beautiful cortile at Landmark Center!
Skylark Opera Theatre is known for a wide-ranging repertoire of opera and musical theater, while emphasizing strongly balanced musical and theatrical values. Their repertoire has included a unique mix of familiar favorites and new work, including many productions that are new to the Twin Cities’ stage.
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, Hubbard Broadcasting, Travelers, Xcel Energy Foundation, and Ramsey County.

Ballet Tuesdays: Mary Poppins
2026-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join us for a FREE dance program in partnership with Ballet Co.Laboratory! Enjoy excerpts from Mary Poppins, featuring the professional dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory. Take flight in an extraordinary adventure full of magic & whimsy with Mary, Bert, & friends.
After the performance, audience members are invited to participate in an optional mini-dance lesson, craft, and photos with the dancers. Ballet Tuesdays are free and open to the public, no reservations required!
2025/2026 season dates:

October 21, 2025 | Swan Lake
November 18, 2025 | The Snow Queen
February 17, 2026 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
April 21, 2026 | Mary Poppins
May 5, 2026 | Les Sirènes

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Julia and Irina Elkina, piano duo
2026-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
“Simply dazzling” is the way the American Record Guide has described the Elkina Piano Duo.
Having played together since the age of five, Russian-born identical twins Julia and Irina Elkina are praised for their “truly remarkable oneness” by critics who also recognize that “each is a formidable pianist in her own right.”
The Elkina twins won the top prize in The Fourth Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, where they also received a special prize for the best performance of a commissioned work by composer Paul Schoenfield. They have performed throughout the United States, making their New York debut in 1996 and playing return engagements there and in San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Miami and New Orleans, just to name a few.
The twins have appeared at numerous festivals including Ravinia, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest, and have performed with such conductors as Hugh Wolff and Bobby McFerrin.
The Elkinas have been heard on National Public Radio and many public radio stations nationwide including the award-winning weekly series Saint Paul Sunday, Performance Today, and A Prairie Home Companion. They have also been praised for their collaboration with acclaimed puppeteer Basil Twist’s production of Petrouchka, which returned for a much-awaited engagement at New York’s Lincoln Center in 2008 and has been performed throughout the United States.
The sisters studied under Professor Alexander Braginsky at the University of Minnesota, where they earned their Doctoral Degrees in Piano Performance.
They are both currently on the piano faculty of MacPhail Center for Music. Julia also teaches at Century college and Irina at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

Sundays at Landmark: BandWidth Community Band Festival
2026-04-26 12:00 - 18:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Enjoy an afternoon listening to marches, concert band classics, pop, Broadway, and jazz music performed by some of the top volunteer-based ensembles in Minnesota. This festival is part of Sundays at Landmark and is produced in partnership with the Lex-Ham Community Band. More information to come!
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, the Xcel Energy Foundation, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County and Travelers.

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Lux String Quartet
2026-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Lux String Quartet is a Twin-Cities based ensemble that brings a dynamic edge to performance and education. Since 2013, Lux has maintained an active presence in a wide array of musical spheres, from concert halls and churches to coffee shops and podcasts.
The members of this creative quartet contribute a wide spectrum of musical perspectives, and frequently collaborate with local and international artists. The group is committed to performing 20th and 21st-century repertoire, as well as works by living composers, including Twin Cities’ own David Evan Thomas and the Dean of Music at The Juilliard School, David Ludwig. During the 22/23 season Lux performed David Evan Thomas’s Trio innocente with Minnesota-based dancer and choreographer Danielle Ricci. In the 24/25 season, the quartet premiered the first work written for and dedicated to Lux, Confessions of a Pangolin by Australian composer, Nicholas Vines.
Lux performs in several concert series including the Schubert Club Courtroom Concert Series, the Waverly Chamber Music Series, the Lakes Chamber Music Society, Music Among Friends Series at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, and the Music @ Lynnhurst in Minneapolis. Dedicated to music education and instilling a love for art in the next generation, Lux regularly presents recitals and workshops at elementary schools, early music education programs, and middle and high school orchestra programs in partnership with Schmitt Music. The quartet has served as MPR ClassNotes Artist for four seasons and is currently quartet-in-residence at the Colorado Chamber Music Institute. This winter Lux entered its first competition, the Charleston International Music Competition, and was awarded First Prize.

Urban Expedition: Cambodia
2026-05-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The 2026 Urban Expedition series concludes with a celebration of Cambodian culture! Enjoy authentic music, dance, crafts, and cuisine during this immersive program favorite. Don’t forget to bring your passport and collect the final stamp of the season!
Landmark Center’s beloved Urban Expedition program invites families to experience global cultures right in the heart of Saint Paul. This event is presented in collaboration with the Cambodian American Partnership of Minnesota.
Urban Expedition is a part of Sundays at Landmark, an event series produced by Minnesota Landmarks, the nonprofit programming and management agency for Landmark Center. Urban Expedition is sponsored by Ecolab, Global Minnesota, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County, RBC Wealth Management, Travelers and Xcel Energy Foundation.

Ballet Tuesdays: Les Sirènes
2026-05-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join us for a FREE dance program in partnership with Ballet Co.Laboratory! Enjoy excerpts from Les Sirènes featuring the Junior Performance Ensemble of Ballet Co.Laboratory. Dive into a whimsical tale of mermaids, pirates, and love in unexpected places.
After the performance, audience members are invited to participate in an optional mini-dance lesson, craft, and photos with the dancers. Ballet Tuesdays are free and open to the public, no reservations required!
2025/2026 season dates:

October 21, 2025 | Swan Lake
November 18, 2025 | The Snow Queen
February 17, 2026 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
April 21, 2026 | Mary Poppins
May 5, 2026 | Les Sirènes

Schubert Club Courtroom Concert: Rod Kelly Hines, baritone
2026-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Rod Kelly Hines is a classically trained baritone and versatile artist who enjoys performing in a variety of genres. He feels most at home in choral ensembles, enjoying the spectrum of artistry that he is able to explore within a vast range of musical styles. From 2018-2021 he was a member of the Brooklyn-based ensemble Choral Chameleon, under the direction of Vince Peterson. In 2019 he became an inaugural member of EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, directed by Dr. Eugene Rogers. He received a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, where he performed roles such as: Papageno in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), Peter in Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck), and Masetto in Don Giovanni (Mozart). He was also a featured soloist in the opera Silent Night by Kevin Puts, presented by The Atlanta Opera in their 2017-18 season.

Sundays at Landmark: Saint Paul Civic Symphony Mother's Day Concert
2026-05-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The Saint Paul Civic Symphony presents their annual Mother’s Day Concert. Join us for an afternoon of wonderful music to celebrate important people in your life!
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, the Xcel Energy Foundation, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County and Travelers.
