The SPCO’s 2024/25 Northside Series

Exquisite music. Extraordinary musicians. The intimate setting of the Capri. Bravo!

Be @ the Capri for the last concert of the Northside Series season on April 4!

Northside Series #3 / Coleman, Ibert, and Beethoven

7pm Friday, April 4, 2025

Valerie Coleman, Shot Gun Houses (16 min)
Jacques Ibert, Three Short Pieces for Wind Quintet (8 min)
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quintet in C Major, Storm

Quintets made up of SPCO musicians perform a work written in tribute to a larger-than-life legacy, music inspired by New Orleans and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Storm quintet. Valerie Coleman is the Sandbox Composer-in-Residence during the SPCO’s 2024.25 season. Her work Shot Gun Houses, written in tribute to Muhammad Ali and his work as a global citizen, is “a conceptual offering to what a community and nation can be through social responsibility, deep respect and fellowship.”

Tickets: Adults $16 – $36 • Children and Northsiders (zip codes 55411, 55412, 55430) Free.


Our Community Partnership with The SPCO

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra firmly believes that building authentic, long-term relationships is vital to the work of serving the community and connecting more people to the transformational music they perform.

Thus, for fifteen years, this world-renowned orchestra has partnered with the Capri to bring extraordinary chamber music concerts to North Minneapolis. This treasured partnership offers both organizations the opportunity to engage new audiences in innovative ways, and to inspire the next generation to appreciate the beauty of classical music.


About The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Renowned for its artistic excellence, remarkable versatility of musical styles and adventurous programming, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is widely regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world.

The SPCO is also nationally recognized for its commitment to broad community accessibility and its innovative audience outreach efforts. Regular subscription series are performed in a variety of different venues across the Twin Cities metropolitan area each season, a unique commitment to geographic accessibility for a major orchestra.  More