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Pre-concert reception at 10:00 am

Reservations are required and can only be made by subscribers.

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Program

To be announced...

Performer Information

Susan Jones, oboe

Susan Jones is a graduate of Minnesota State University, where she studied oboe with Dr. Clayton Tiede. She also studied with R.J. Angelucci of the Minnesota Orchestra and at the University of Northern Iowa with Thomas Barry. Susan performs as a soloist, in a trio, and in a woodwind octet. She has been a member of the St. Paul Civic, Minnetonka, Augustana, Mankato Symphonies and The Larry Dalton Orchestra. She teaches private lessons and ensemble classes at Chaska Music Studios.

Nancee Soteroplos, soprano

Nancee Soteroplos studied voice with Mabel Jacobs at the University of Minnesota and continued her studies at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. She married an Englishman and moved to London where she continued performing in concerts, recitals and theatre. While in Germany she sang in German opera houses. After moving to Arizona with her husband, she sang leading roles with the G & S Society and the Chamber Music Society. She continued German studies and sang lieder recitals at the Goethe Institute in Boston. Currently she is studying with Leon Thurman and singing with CORO.

Autumn Zander, piano

Autumn L. Zander, piano, is a piano faculty member at MacPhail Center for Music and the International Music Camp at the International Peace Gardens, Dunseith, ND. In addition to teaching and performing, she is a frequent contributor to American Music Teacher magazine. You can find one of her feature length articles, Ruth Crawford Seeger: An American Original in the October/November 2015 issue of Uptempo.