The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) is a full-time professional chamber orchestra based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In collaboration with five Artistic Partners, the orchestra's musicians present more than 130 concerts and educational programs each year in over 14 venues throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. They are regularly heard on American Public Media's nationally syndicated radio programs "Performance Today" and SymphonyCast.
The SPCO Center, housing offices and rehearsal/performance space, is located on the third floor of the Hamm Building in St. Paul, MN.
Beginning with the 2004–05 season, the SPCO adopted a new artistic model by eliminating the position of music director and creating positions for several Artistic Partners, prominent established musicians. Under this model the SPCO musicians have a much higher degree of artistic control.
ASCAP awards for Programming of Contemporary Music, including 2011 and 2014[3][4]
2012-2013 lockoutedit
In October 2012, after months of negotiations between orchestra musicians and management, the SPCO locked out its union musicians.[5] Six months later, musicians approved a three-year labor agreement that cut their pay by $15,000 per year, reduced the SPCO from 34 to 28 players and offered buyouts to musicians 55 years and older.[6]
^"ASCAP "Adventurous Programming" Awards Presented at League of American Orchestras Conference in Minneapolis". 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
^"2013-2014 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 2017-11-19.
^Royce, Graydon (21 October 2012). "SPCO locks out union players, quieting 2nd orchestra". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^Combs, Marianne (29 April 2013). "SPCO lockout comes to an end". Minnesota Public Radio News. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Referencesedit
Kenney, Dave. 50 Years of Music: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Nodin Press, 2009.
External linksedit
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Musicians of SPCO
February 16, 2024
saint, paul, chamber, orchestra, spco, full, time, professional, chamber, orchestra, based, saint, paul, minnesota, collaboration, with, five, artistic, partners, orchestra, musicians, present, more, than, concerts, educational, programs, each, year, over, ven. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra SPCO is a full time professional chamber orchestra based in Saint Paul Minnesota In collaboration with five Artistic Partners the orchestra s musicians present more than 130 concerts and educational programs each year in over 14 venues throughout the Minneapolis St Paul area They are regularly heard on American Public Media s nationally syndicated radio programs Performance Today and SymphonyCast The SPCO Center housing offices and rehearsal performance space is located on the third floor of the Hamm Building in St Paul MN The orchestra s recording of Aaron Copland s Appalachian Spring at Sound 80 studios was one of the earliest digital audio recordings to see commercial release 1 Beginning with the 2004 05 season the SPCO adopted a new artistic model by eliminating the position of music director and creating positions for several Artistic Partners prominent established musicians Under this model the SPCO musicians have a much higher degree of artistic control Launched in 1995 the SPCO s CONNECT education program reaches 6 000 students annually in 16 Minneapolis and Saint Paul Public Schools The orchestra s activities are supported by the Friends of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Contents 1 Artistic partners 2 Artistic leadership 3 Awards and recognitions 4 2012 2013 lockout 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksArtistic partners editJoshua Bell 2004 07 Stephen Prutsman 2004 07 Nicholas McGegan 2004 09 Pierre Laurent Aimard 2006 09 Douglas Boyd 2003 09 Dawn Upshaw 2007 13 Edo de Waart 2010 14 Roberto Abbado 2005 15 Christian Zacharias 2009 16 Thomas Zehetmair 2010 17 Jeremy Denk 2014 present Patricia Kopatchinskaja 2014 present Martin Frost 2014 present Pekka Kuusisto 2016 present Jonathan Cohen 2016 present Artistic leadership editLeopold Sipe Music Director 1959 71 Dennis Russell Davies Music Director 1972 80 Pinchas Zukerman Music Director 1980 87 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Interim Music Advisor 1987 88 Christopher Hogwood Music Director 1988 92 Hugh Wolff Principal Conductor 1988 92 Music Director 1992 2000 Bobby McFerrin Creative Chair 1994 99 Andreas Delfs Music Director 2001 04 Kyu Young Kim Artistic Director 2016 present Awards and recognitions editGrammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance Dennis Russell Davies conductor amp The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for Copland Appalachian Spring 1980 2 ASCAP awards for Programming of Contemporary Music including 2011 and 2014 3 4 2012 2013 lockout editIn October 2012 after months of negotiations between orchestra musicians and management the SPCO locked out its union musicians 5 Six months later musicians approved a three year labor agreement that cut their pay by 15 000 per year reduced the SPCO from 34 to 28 players and offered buyouts to musicians 55 years and older 6 See also editBill McGlaughlin Compositions by Bill McGlaughlin Friends of the Saint Paul Chamber OrchestraNotes edit Kenney pp 58 61 Kenney pp 58 61 ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards Presented at League of American Orchestras Conference in Minneapolis 2 August 2011 Retrieved 2011 07 29 2013 2014 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming PDF Archived PDF from the original on 2017 11 19 Royce Graydon 21 October 2012 SPCO locks out union players quieting 2nd orchestra Minneapolis Star Tribune Retrieved 5 December 2018 Combs Marianne 29 April 2013 SPCO lockout comes to an end Minnesota Public Radio News Retrieved 5 December 2018 References editKenney Dave 50 Years of Music The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Nodin Press 2009 External links editThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Musicians of SPCO Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra amp oldid 1195019578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
