Birge's Picks

This week on Birge’s Picks, vocal ensembles Voces8 and VocalEssence prepare to deliver choral performances at venues in St. Michael and Northfield. Find out more in John Birge’s weekly picks.

This weekend, lots of orchestras around the region celebrate their place in the world — geographical and musical — with concerts spotlighting their environs, their history and their country. Find out more in John Birge’s weekly picks.

If you’re a fan of Sergei Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf,’ you’ll be excited to know that the classic musical children’s story is getting an update from Bono. Find out about that and more in this week’s Birge’s Picks.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Minnesota Orchestra, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and St. Cloud Symphony hold their opening season concerts. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra welcomes Richard Egarr, the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra opens it season and ‘Star Trek’ actor George Takei shares his story in St. Paul. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Duluth Chamber Music Festival returns for it’s second season and pianist Osip Nikiforov celebrates Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary at the Museum of Russian Art. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, events in Minneapolis, Brainerd and Fargo bring singing to the community in a variety of forms. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Vintage Band Festival returns to Northfield, the Great River Shakespeare Festival presents two plays and the Lakes Area Music Festival begins its 2023 season. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Northern Lights Music Festival presents Pucchini’s classic ‘La Boheme’ and the Minnesota Orchestra features a wide range of artists at its annual International Day of Music.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Northern Lights Music Festival celebrates ‘Festive Fourth!,’ MacPhail Center for Music presents ‘Sounds of Summer,’ the Minnesota Orchestra performs at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival and much more!