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About Us

Our events combine the company of other Twin Cities classical music lovers, wine and beer, and an enticing buffet with the opportunity to get to know musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra on a more individual, informal basis.

Throughout the season we are pleased to host members of the Orchestra for each ACCENT event and showcase their talent while getting to know them on a personal level.

We deliberately limit attendance to 125 people to keep ACCENT events intimate: come be one of the few to experience this opportunity unique to FRIENDS!

PROGRAM

We leave it up to our guests to decide on their musical programs, but typically they demonstrate their instruments, provide historical insights, discuss details of their approach and training, and of course share personal stories and anecdotes of their careers and travels with the Orchestra. Programs end with performances of pieces they’ve prepared for us – sometimes classical, sometimes modern, sometimes with other musicians joining them, but always special.

Please click here to see our upcoming season of Meet a Musician/ACCENTS (you won’t be disappointed).

2019-20 ARTISTS

This year’s ACCENT series was created to coordinate with the themes and programming of the Minnesota Orchestra and based on suggestions from the many FRIENDS members who graciously responded to our Future of ACCENT online survey in Spring 2019. We are delighted that ACCENT received a 2019 Roundtable Award from the League of American Orchestras as “an outstanding volunteer project based on originality, volunteer involvement, adaptability, and overall success.” Come see why ACCENT won gold!

LOCATIONS

This year we are hosting ACCENT events at either Orchestra Hall (Target Atrium or Veranda) or at HGA/Ford Building. Both are lovely spaces for intimate social and musical gatherings

INCLUDED WITH YOUR
TICKET

Tickets usually include a wine or beer voucher, an elegant catered buffet dinner, the musical presentation, and delightful conversation about music

2019-20 Lineup

Osmo Vänskä & Erin Keefe
November 14, 2019  6pm
Target Atrium, Orchestra Hall

Kristen Bruya & Kathryn Nettleman
February 6, 2020  6pm
HGA/Ford Building

Roger Frisch & Dr. Kendall Lee
March 12, 2020  6pm
HGA/Ford Building

Silver Ainomae & Susie Park
April 9, 2020  6pm
HGA/Ford Building

Fei Xie
May 7, 2020  6pm
HGA/Ford Building

Minnesota Orchestra Band (MOB)
featuring Brian Mount (percussion) and Matt Frischman (Bass)
Spring 2020 – Date TBD
Target Atrium, Orchestra Hall

Buy Tickets

Series tickets for the 2019-20 season are on sale now. Take advantage of this Early Bird promotion here.

Please note that this relates to the Series only (all six ACCENT programs) and that there are only 125 Series tickets available. Single tickets are on sale now, visit our shop to purchase tickets.

About Us

Our events combine the company of other Twin Cities classical music lovers, wine and beer, and an enticing buffet with the opportunity to get to know musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra on a more individual, informal basis.

Throughout the season we are pleased to host members of the Orchestra for each ACCENT event and showcase their talent while getting to know them on a personal level.

We deliberately limit attendance to 125 people to keep ACCENT events intimate: come be one of the few to experience this opportunity unique to FRIENDS!

PROGRAM

We leave it up to our guests to decide on their musical programs, but typically they demonstrate their instruments, provide historical insights, discuss details of their approach and training, and of course share personal stories and anecdotes of their careers and travels with the Orchestra. Programs end with performances of pieces they’ve prepared for us – sometimes classical, sometimes modern, sometimes with other musicians joining them, but always special.

Please click here to see our upcoming season of Meet a Musician/ACCENTS (you won’t be disappointed).

2019 ARTISTS

This year’s ACCENT series was created to coordinate with the themes and programming of the Minnesota Orchestra and based on suggestions from the many FRIENDS members who graciously responded to our Future of ACCENT online survey in Spring 2019. We are delighted that ACCENT received a 2019 Roundtable Award from the League of American Orchestras as “an outstanding volunteer project based on originality, volunteer involvement, adaptability, and overall success.” Come see why ACCENT won gold!

LOCATIONS

This year we are hosting ACCENT events at either Orchestra Hall (Target Atrium or Veranda) or at HGA/Ford Building. Both are lovely spaces for intimate social and musical gatherings

INCLUDED WITH YOUR
TICKET

Tickets usually include a wine or beer voucher, an elegant catered buffet dinner, the musical presentation, and delightful conversation about music

BUY TICKETS

Series tickets for the 2019-20 season are on sale now. Take advantage of this Early Bird promotion here.

Please note that this relates to the Series only (all six ACCENT programs) and that there are only 125 Series tickets available. Any remaining tickets will be offered on this site at a later date (to be determined).

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