Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra Blog

Concert sponsored by the Society for the Doctrinal Affectation of Baroque Music :

David Jenkins, organ and harpsichord, and Christopher Kachian, guitar, will present a faculty recital from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in St. Mary’s Chapel, located on the School of Divinity campus at Summit Avenue and Mississippi River Boulevard. Here's a map: http://www.stthomas.edu/campusmaps/stpaul/stpaul2D.pdf

The recital is free and open to the public.

Jenkins and Kachian will perform works by Bach, Couperin and Lully. Joining them will be Thomas Schonberg (Dean, Lidigo School of Music, Sweden), violoncello, and art historian Michelle Nordtorp-Madsen.

I went to last year's concert featuring Chris (head, guitar program at STU), David, and Michelle, and it was great -- a very non-stuffy approach to classical music performed by excellent classical musicians. If it is like last year's concert, Michelle will provide commentary and visual aids to put the music in historical and cultural perspective.

For a change of pace after the show, you might want to head to the Minnesota Music Cafe (449 Payne Ave., St. Paul) to listen to Power of Ten, a ten-piece R&B band: http://www.powerof10.com/full.htm . The show starts at 9:30. My son Andy is now their drummer, but his picture is not yet on their website. Here's a link to the MMC website http://minnesotamusiccafe.com/ .

-Ray Artz