Conductor

This concert is your opportunity to walk through time with the BSO! We will honor the BSO’s past by bringing former Music Director Steven Amundson to the podium to open the program with one of his own works, Handprints, that was written to honor the BSO’s 50th anniversary. Amundson will then lead the orchestra through the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra by Michael Gilbertson, with current Music Director Manny Laureano taking the soloist’s spotlight! After intermission, we’ll reach back into time by performing the First Symphony in C Minor of Johannes Brahms, as Maestro Laureano takes the podium as conductor.

Past, Present, and Future

Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center

Featuring the Virginia Beach Chorale, KEYS Percussion Ensemble, and captivating Japanese violinist Risa Hokamura, the concert begins with Amundson's "Grand Fanfare," created for King Harald V of Norway. It is followed by one of the most famous concertos for violin, the Brahms Violin Concerto in D, then a Japanese martial arts drumming experience with special effects in a piece written by our own Daniel W. Boothe, finishing with Yasuhide Ito's epic tone poem for orchestra and chorus, "Gloriosa.”

Steven Amundson

Conductor

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 13, 2024

East Meets West · Symphonicity

Past events

Oct 15, 2023

Past, Present, and Future · Bloomington Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphony No. 1 by Brahms

Bloomington Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Handprints by Amundson

Bloomington Symphony Orchestra

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