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The St. Anthony Civic Orchestra, conducted by Carol Jensen, performed July 3, 2008, at Salo Park in St. Anthony, Minnesota. |
| Carol Jensen conducted the orchestra's performance at the St. Anthony Community Center, March 15, 2009. |  |
The St. Anthony Civic Orchestra is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide continued musical education and performing opportunities for area musicians and to enhance, enrich, and expand the musical experiences available to citizens in the area. It plays a variety of music each season, including classical concerts in fall and spring, Christmas concerts, and summer pops concerts. The orchestra performs at many locations, including the St. Anthony Community Center, St. Anthony High School, retirement and nursing homes, churches, shopping centers, and parks.
| Upcoming Benefit Concert | Saturday, May 9, 2009, 7:30 pm St Anthony Community Center 3301 Silver Lake Rd NE, St Anthony |
Summer Pops Concerts in 2009
| Thursday, June 25, 7:15 pm Chandler Ice Cream Social 3700 Chandler Drive NE St Anthony (behind Chandler Place - inside if rain) |
Sunday, June 28, 7 pm Como Park Lakeside Pavilion 1360 N Lexington Ave. St Paul |
| Thursday, July 2, 7 pm Salo Park Amphitheater 39th and Harding St NE, St Anthony |
Thursday, July 9, 7 pm Abiding Savior Lutheran Church 8211 Red Oak Drive, Mounds View (in the sanctuary) |
History
The orchestra's first rehearsal was August 12, 1975, and its first concert was a Christmas program played by the 34-piece orchestra at Apache Plaza Shopping Center, December 4, 1975. By November, 2000, when it gave its 25th Anniversary Concert, the orchestra had played 265 concerts. As of the 25th Anniversary Concert, conductor Carol Jensen and seven other charter members continued to perform with the orchestra.
One highlight of the orchestra's early years was the set of concerts and clinics in 1979 and 1980 with Rhadames Angelucci, oboe, and Julia Diner, violin, funded by a grant from the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities.
In 1991 the orchestra performed in St. Anthony's sister city, Salo, Finland. The program included Glen Newton's composition, "Passacaglia"; the orchestra had given the work its premiere performance at St. Anthony High School, March 4, 1979. The orchestra has also performed Newton's "Barely Bossa Nova," numerous compositions and arrangements by conductor Carol Jensen, and works by other contemporary composers living in and near St. Anthony.
Members of the orchestra are adults from all walks of life, including consultant, engineers, teachers, nurses, dentist, psychologist, accountant, lawyer, computer programmer, and homemakers. Their interests are many: music, hiking, languages, photography, sewing, gardening, theater, sports, computers, needlework, cooking, birds, cars, and antiques. They all have the common interest of making music.
For more information about the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra, send E-mail to Carol Jensen at cmj01a@msn.com.