The SPCO’s Northside Series

2026/2027 Season

Get ready for another incredible year of music with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Free Tickets for Northside Residents & Student Families
If you live in zip codes 55411, 55412, or 55430—or if your child goes to school on the Northside—your tickets are completely free. Children and student tickets are also always free for regular SPCO concerts.

How to Claim Your Free Tickets HERE:

Enter Code: Click the orange Promotional Code button and type in your Northside zip code (home or school).
Pick Seats: Select your seats on the chart.
Select Free Option: Choose the ticket option that lists your zip code for no charge.
Check Out: Click Add to Order and complete your reservation.

Bach’s Fifth Partita

Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 7 PM

Approximate length 1 hour 10 minutes

Hang on tight for a fast-paced program full of intricate, syncopated rhythms and melodies that overlap and intertwine. Though you’ll hear various groupings of musicians — bassoon and strings, violin and winds, string orchestra — every piece is connected, in some way, to the idea of musical puzzles. It’s easy to lose yourself in the winding journey — through spiraling harmonies and a circling bassoon as Demetra Alikakos stars in her first solo performance since joining the orchestra in 2024.

Celebrating 100 Years of the Capri

Friday, January 29, 2027 at 7 PM
Saturday, January 30, 2027 at 7 PM

Approximate length 2 hours

The Capri turns 100! In addition to this momentous centennial, the SPCO’s 2026.27 season also marks 17 years of partnership with the Capri. It’s with this celebratory spirit that we share a program of music from America and Minneapolis in a genre-bending concert featuring local jazz and funk artists.

EXPRESS CONCERT: Sibelius’ Intimate Voices

Friday, April 9, 2027 at 7 PM

Approximate length 38 minutes

Continuing the celebration of The Capri’s centennial, we share a program built around Jean Sibelius’ ruminating string quartet Voces intimae, Latin for Intimate Voices or Inner Voices. At times soft and contemplative, at others lively — even with folk-inspired fiddling — the five movements act like a window into a conversation between the two violins, viola and cello. “It turned out as something wonderful,” he wrote to his wife. “The kind of thing that brings a smile to your lips at the hour of death. I will say no more.”