The long, strange trip of Cloud Cult's riveting new album could be summed up by one of those "How it started / How it's going" memes. How it started: Bandleader Craig Minowa holed up by himself in a ...

The musicians of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra have unanimously voted to authorize a strike as they continue negotiating for a new contract just weeks before the Opera opens its 2026-27 season.

The Minnesota Orchestra and its musicians have come to terms on a new two-year contract that will take effect on Sept. 1, 2026, and run through Aug. 31, 2028. The contract, which gives musicians a 2.5 ...

The Minnesota Orchestra posted a $3.8 million loss in its fiscal year 2024 due largely to the end of pandemic-era grants, the organization announced Wednesday. Despite the deficit, the orchestra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the doorstep of its 125th year, the Minnesota Orchestra has unveiled its sprawling 2026-27 season. In music director Thomas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longtime Minnesota Orchestra board member Nancy E. Lindahl has stepped down from her position as the chair and, with her husband, ...

Minnesota Orchestra principal trombone Doug Wright works with a young trombonist at Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. Courtesy of the Minnesota Orchestra, by Travis Anderson A visit by the ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. Doug Wright will not soon forget the conflicted feelings he had a year ago today, when the Minnesota Orchestra and its musicians announced the end of an ...

The Minnesota Orchestra plays Havana this weekend. It's the first professional U.S. orchestra to perform in Cuba since the United States and the island nation began the process of normalization last ...

The Minnesota Orchestra will play one of its most important gigs of the year this month — at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto, South Africa. In doing so, it will become the first major U.S.

Members of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra could be going on strike. The 46-member ensemble performs with the Minnesota Opera at the Ordway in St. Paul. Their four-year contract expired in June and the ...