Our next performance....

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Join us on Sunday May 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM, for the fifth concert of our 2024-25 season: Metamorphosis. Under the baton of Matthew George, the orchestra will perform a wide-ranging program featuring several pieces that transform elements of one tradition into something wholly new. The program includes Weber's Overture and March from Turandot.  This piece is referenced later in the program as the foundation of Paul Hindemith's marvelous symphonic suite, Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber. Lili Boulanger's D'un Matin du Printemps recalls a spring morning, and Aaron Copland's Rodeo weaves American folk tunes into a reimagining of the American West. The program also features a very new piece rooted in Latin American and Indigenous musical traditions, Maso Ye'eme by the Mexican composer Nubia Jaime Donjuan. 

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Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

4801 France Avenue

Minneapolis, MN

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Like all of our concerts, this one is FREE and open to the public. However, seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Arriving 15-20 minutes before the concert will help ensure that you are comfortably seated for the program.

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To accommodate a broader audience, this concert will be livestreamed. Click here to reach Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd's streaming page. This page will open in its own browser window. Scroll until you find the Civic Orchestra Concert. The stream will go live a few minutes before the 3:00 PM concert time on April 6. 

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An electronic copy of the concert program can be found here.

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A Season of Possibility...

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On May 19, Cary John Franklin completed his 30 year tenure as the music director of the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis. Grateful for three decades of strong leadership, the orchestra sent him out with a rousing and celebratory performance of Mahler's Symphony #5, closing one chapter of the orchestra's history and beginning a new one. 

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Since late 2023, the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis has been searching for a new music director, and is pleased to report that five finalists for the position have been selected and confirmed. To see photos and thumbnail biographies of each finalist, visit the information on our Leadership Transition on the About Us page.

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Each finalist will conduct a cycle of rehearsals and a concert program of their own choosing on the 2024 - 25 season. The programs have been finalized and the season features a fantastic mix of standard repertoire, really new music, new spins on older music, and surprising musical gems from different eras. To get a glimpse of what's in store for the new season visit our Concerts page. ​​​​