Beta Version is a creative family band that lovingly integrates East and West. “Somethin’ always happens whenever we’re together. We get a happy...
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Performing Arts Nonprofit HEREandTHERE.live Opens Space at Southdale Center
A new Southdale Center showcase offers performances, a recording space and more. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Introducing...
The Overdressed Duo Bring Opera To Everyone
Local professional musicians are making opera accessible to all. It’s not every day you hear opera music. But two best friends and professional...
Performances on the Plaza Returns to Nolan Mains
A mix of prominent and emerging musicians bring the community together through this summer music series. Is there anything better on a beautiful...
Revolutionary Music Education
Academy of Prince offers training and opportunities to a new generation of musicians. The idea for Purple Playground sparked among Prince fans at a...
Morningside After Dark
Winter storytelling and live music series celebrates 10-year anniversary. Rion In the 1800s, writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau,...
Getting in the Groove
The Violet Nines’ lead vocalist Hayley Lewis laughs when asked how one trades an Edina High School choir robe for a set of tattoos, purple hair and...
History Preserved
Local Author Releases New Book, The Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod. Some much in the world is constantly evolving, and music is no different. Styles...
Musician as Messenger
Zooming in on Ryan Liestman. The first time I encountered local recording artist Ryan (Rion) Liestman was at a Morningside After Dark event in 2017...
This Edina High School Grad is an Opera Wunderkind
Edina alumnus Thomas Glass was a Metropolitan Opera finalist. Edina resident and Edina High School alumnus Thomas Glass represented one of five...
Edina’s Most Musical Couple Finds Success with Carpenters Tribute Show
Aimee and Boyd Lee's Rainy Days & Mondays–Music of the Carpenters is performed during a three-show weekend twice a year at the Chanhassen Dinner...
Local Jazz Artist Cade Bittner’s First Album Will Support Charity
In September, local recording artist Cade Bittner will release his first full-length album titled I’ve Gotta Be Me. As you’ve likely read about...
Edina High School Concert Band Headed to Hong Kong
The Edina band has traveled to Hong Kong before, but it has been nearly two decades since the last trip. This year the Edina Concert Band will spend...
Recording Artist Releases Vocal Jazz Album in 2019
Listen to Cade Bittner Merry Christmas on iTunes With $50 dollars in his bank account, 19-year-old Cade Bittner left Minneapolis in 1999 to attend...
Edina Choir Director Prepares for Retirement
Edina High School choir director David Henderson since 1998 will be changing careers to focus on private vocal lessons. It’s said all good things...
John Denver at Home in Edina
Singing with Minnesota sunshine on his shoulders. Before he achieved fame and fortune, John Denver performed at Edina High School gymnasium in 1969...
