Upcoming Events
November 2019
Winona State University Orchestra Concert
The Department of Music will present a concert featuring the WSU Orchestra, under the direction of Paul Vance.
Find out more »Author Event: Kent Cowgill
Retired WSU English professor, Kent Cowgill, will read from his forthcoming book PurebRED: Confessions and Obsessions of a Nebraska Husker Superfan.
Find out more »WSU String Ensemble
The Department of Music will present a concert featuring the WSU Spring Ensemble, under the direction of Paul Vance.
Find out more »WSU Theatre: The Wolves
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
Find out more »February 2020
WSU Dancescape 2020
Celebrate with us the 30th anniversary of Dancescape 2020! The annual dance show will include choreography created and performed by students, faculty and guest choreographers exploring a variety of themes through the language of expressive movement.
Find out more »Winona Symphony Children’s Concert
WSO’S annual children’s concert is again dedicated to reaching young audiences in various elementary schools throughout the region. This year’s program will feature music from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, a norse play by Ibsen, made even more famous by Grieg’s incredible music. This concert is recommended for students in grades 2 – 5.
Find out more »March 2020
Winona Symphony Spring Concert
Joining the Winona Symphony Orchestra in March are members of the Apollo Chamber Music Festival, a group based in Houston, MN and widely regarded for their superb professional performances of chamber music classic and contemporary. They will join us as soloists for one of Beethoven’s lesser-performed concertos, the Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano as we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. The program opens with two works by prominent historic female composers, Ruth Crawford Seeger an important…
Find out more »April 2020
WSU Theatre: The Secret in The Wings
An adaptation of lesser-known fairy tales framed by a child and a not so nice babysitter who reads fairy tales in which the characters come to life – each tale breaking off just at its bleakest moment before giving way to the next one. Visually stunning and mesmerizing.
Find out more »June 2020
Great River Shakespeare Festival Season 17
Great River Shakespeare Festival from June 21 to August 2, 2020, is the premier place to experience Shakespeare’s stories as our own. GRSF enhances the play-going experience through musical performances, receptions, classes, workshops and programs for learners of all ages and backgrounds. Pre-Show Conversations will be taking place 30 minutes before every main stage performance, and 15 minutes before every black box performance in the Dorothy B. Magnus Black Box Theater.
Find out more »Minnesota Beethoven Festival: The King’s Singers
The King’s Singers were founded on 1 May 1968 by six choral scholars who had recently graduated from King’s College Cambridge. Their vocal line-up was (by chance) two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, and the group has never wavered from this formation since. With 2018 marking the 50th birthday of the group, The King’s Singers have been celebrating their GOLD anniversary, which acknowledges their amazing musical heritage, as well as the bright future of vocal music in…
Find out more »July 2020
MN Beethoven Festival: Joshua Bell
With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and conductor, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. An exclusive Sony Classical artist, he has recorded more than 40 CDs garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone and Echo Klassik awards, and is a recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, as well as the Lumiere Prize for his work in the sphere of Virtual Reality.
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