My friends at MNKINO and I have been organizing a night of new short films with original scores. We teamed up filmmakers and composers from around the world to collaborate. The most exciting part is that we’ve assembled an orchestra to play these scores live at the film screening.

Here’s a teaser trailer for the event:

Hope you can join us!

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Thursday, August 14
7pm
Landmark Center’s F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium
75 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102
$5 suggested donation for the performers
Facebook Event

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We’ll also be streaming the concert at composerquest.com (7pm Central Time).

Thanks to Minnesota Landmarks, Minnesota Music Coalition, and Wells Pianos for sponsoring!

The Orchestra

• Yuri Ivan, conductor
• Bethany Gonella, flute
• Julie Brusen, oboe
• Mary Beth Huttlin, clarinet
• Scottie Wright, saxophone
• Maia Hamann, bassoon
• Teresa Herbert, french horn
• Christine Palmer, trumpet
• Nick Syman, trombone
• Eric Ebeling, tuba
• Pete James Johnson, drums
• Tyler Tholl, percussion and keyboard
• Dylan McFarling, guitar
• Franco Holder, piano
• Lydia Lui, violin
• Ann Bur, viola
• Korynne Bolt, cello
• Simon Sperl, bass

The Filmmaker and Composer Teams

• Andrew Ranallo and John Brian Evans
• Ann Thompson and Charlie McCarron
• Beth Peloff and Jon Brantingham
• Brenda Bell Brown and Darrell St.Blaine
• David Koesters and Liam Moore
• Jean-Marceau Sécheret and Brady Hearn
• Jeffrey Schwinghammer and Nick Syman
• John Akre and Marisa Carr
• Joseph Hoenig III/Brandon Floyd Boyles and Oakley Lyon
• Kab Kaniess and Will Robertson
• Keith Braafladt and Michael Maiorana
• Larry Wydra and Michael Chergosky
• Mary Beth Huttlin
• Matthew Magdefrau and Josh Mitchell
• Nick Nelson and Joey Pettit
• Oanh Vu and Daniel Bailey
• Robert Masen and Bobby Ryden/Mike Wisneski
• Theo Hoglund and J Wilson

More about the original challenge here, and on the MPR Classical Blog. Here’s the Pioneer Press writeup about it:

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