May 25, 2019 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm — Kick off your Memorial Day weekend with an afternoon of folk music and cocktails! Hosted by Royal Foundry Craft Spirits, Aliro Voices presents “Old Tunes in New Bottles,” our second program focusing on folk and folk-adjacent music from around the world. Featuring selections by: Betz, Chavarria, Choi, Grainger, Harms, Holst, Lafontant, Larsen, Lyondev, Maiorana, Marrolli, […]
In a Place, Far Off
December 2, 2018 @ 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm — Please join us for our Winter 2018 Concert, “In a Place, Far Off”, featuring this season’s guest artist, marimba player Eri Isomura. Including works by Franz Biebl, Stephen Chatman, Dominick DiOrio, Peter Klatzow, Václav Nelhýbel, and more. The concert will also feature the premiere of our call for scores winner, “Two Cinquains” by Maxwell R. […]
To Be Sung of a Summer Night
June 3, 2018 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm — Join Aliro Voices for our spring concert, “To Be Sung of a Summer Night,” featuring pieces set in the many moods of summer. Including works by Clements, Delius, Elgar, Fishbein, and Rudoi, plus works by choir members Ian A. Cook and Michael Maiorana, and a premiere by Justin Lapierre. Featuring Audrey Slote, cello. The concert will […]
Caroling
December 15, 2017 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm — Aliro Voices will sing carols from around the world at the Historic Landing in Shakopee.
Journey Home
November 19, 2017 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm — Join Aliro Voices for Journey Home, a concert of travel and belonging. The performance will include music by Estonian composer Pärt Uusberg, German composer Josef Rheinberger, Minnesota composers Libby Larson, Michael Maiorana (Aliro tenor), and Kurt Hattenberger (Aliro director and bass), and others. This performance is free.
Between the Wars
May 27, 2017 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm — The Interwar Period (1918–1937) is a fascinating era. The world was grieving after the Great War, yet optimism for the future flourished. It was the time of prohibition, when bootleggers and speakeasies were common, yet just out of sight. There was a proliferation of the arts and a confluence of many different styles and ideas, […]
Lou Harrison’s “La Koro Sutro” with Zeitgeist
April 8, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm — On Saturday, April 8, Aliro Voices will join Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble for a collaborative performance of Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro. For more information, see Zeitgeist’s website
Old Wine in New Bottles
January 22, 2017 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm — On January 22, Aliro Voices will present their winter concert: Old Wine in New Bottles. The performance will feature folk music from all over the world in modern arrangements, including pieces from Finland, Estonia, India, Germany, Ireland, Appalachia, and the African American tradition. The program will include arrangements by singers Michael Betz, Kurt Hattenberger, and […]
Poulenc at the Schubert Club
January 19, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm — Aliro Voices will perform Francis Poulenc’s Huit chansons françaises at the Schubert Club’s Courtroom Concert on January 19th, 2017. The concert will entirely feature music by Poulenc.
Shakespeare in Song
June 28, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm — Join Academy of Voices in celebrating the life and works of William Shakespeare through choral music. 2016 marks the 400th year since William Shakespeare’s death. Widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, Shakespeare’s works have had an enormous influence upon the world even 400 years later. His plays are still commonly performed, […]