Following a decade of successes in performance competitions, and with her compositions increasingly in demand, Brenda Portman has established a well-respected dual career as both a concert organist and composer.

Osip Nikiforov is a Siberian pianist who studied under the tutelage of the world-renowned pianists－Alexander Braginsky, Yefim Bronfman, and Jon Kimura Parker. He is also a Third Prize winner of 2016 San Antonio International Piano Competition. This Macalester College professor will feature the music of Tchaikovsky and Liszt.

Acclaimed Minnesota Orchestra and former Canadian Brass trumpeter Charles Lazarus teams up with organist and former Director of the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien for an afternoon of exciting and virtuosic music making.

A well known and appreciated local trio presents a return concert. FOM welcomes back Donivan Hill (flute), Ruth Marshall (cello), and Garret Ross (piano), who promise a “fiery program, including the beloved Op.63 trio of Carl Maria von Weber.”

Founded in 2013, its mission statement is “Igniting passion for handbells.” Based in Red Wing, Minnesota, the group has entertained at a wide variety of venues in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Vocal Music Educators’ Quartet:

Colleen Chester (Rochester Symphony Chorus director), Ryan Deignan (Choral Arts Ensembles Artistic director), Alan Dunbar and Liz Pearse (Winona State University professors)