Over the past several years, we've discovered that our real estate market activity has increasingly become centered on working with clients who happen to be employed in the performing arts or the visual arts. A surprising number of our clients fit into this category. For example, recent real estate clients we've assisted have included a member of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra who wished to sell his home and a symphony bass player who needed help finding a mortgage. Recent clients have also included the artistic director of a theater company, an art gallery owner, a sculptor, a portrait painter and a … (4 comments)
saint paul chamber orchestra: Pawlenty Budget Proposal Threatens to Decimate the Arts in Minnesota
- 02/07/09 03:32 PM
Govenor Tim Pawlenty's latest budget-balancing idea is sure to appeal to folks who are bad at math. The Governor has proposed phasing out funding of the Minnesota State Arts Board by 2011 to zero. The ten million reduction under his proposal won't do a thing to balance Minnesota's five billion dollar deficit, but the Governor wants to dismantle the State Arts Board anyway, turning it into a "privatized" nonprofit organization. Not only artists suffer from the plan (yes, artists pay income taxes too). Here's a partial list of who gets hurt by Governor Pawlenty's not-too-bright idea: The State and Orpheum theaters, the Guthrie … (7 comments)
The Ordway enjoyed a boost in total attendance, with 359,000 patrons for 2006-07. And the Ordway also reported a surplus of $422,000 for the season. The three principal tenants for the Ordway included the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera and the Schubert Club. The Center also presented a number of touring Broadway shows and productions, including Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", "Rent", "Chicago", "Love, Janis" and Matthew Bourne's"Edward Scissorhands". The Irving Berlin production alone brought in over $5.5 million in a six-week run at the … (4 comments)
saint paul chamber orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra Nominated for a Grammy Award!
- 12/10/07 11:21 AM
The Minnesota Orchestra, directed by Osmo Vanska, has earned a Grammy nomination for its much-acclaimed recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The nomination, in the "Best Orchestral Performance" category, was announced last Thursday. The recording was part of a five-disc set, recorded on the BIS label in January of 2006. Artists participating in the recording included Helena Juntunen (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo soprano), Daniel Norman (tenor), Neal Davies (bass/baritone) and the Minnesota Chorale. The New Yorker magazine praised the Minnesota Orchestra recording of Beethoven's Ninth as "some of the most vivid Beethoven playing on the market". Other nominations in the same … (2 comments)
saint paul chamber orchestra: Twin Cities Catholic Chorale Brings Glorious Music to Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 12/10/07 10:34 AM
Many visitors to the Church of Saint Agnes on a Sunday morning think of the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale as an organization working to preserve the treasury of sacred music for orchestra and full choir. For over three decades, the Chorale has regaled listeners with performances of the greatest orchestral Masses of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Founded by its original director, the late Monsignor Richard Schuler, the Chorale has performed a 10 a.m. High Mass (in Latin) since 1974. Instrumentalists participating in the accompanying orchestra are professional musicians from the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area, including members of the Minnesota Orchestra, … (0 comments)
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