News & Events
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Upcoming Performances and Events
September 16-17: MN Opera: Season Preview Concert October 7: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra October 28: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra November 18: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra December 7-9: Hosanna Church Christmas performances January 27-February 4: MN Opera: The Elixir of Love February 10: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra February 24: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra March 23: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra April 13: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra April 27: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Recent Performances and Events August 5: Minnesota Summer Chorus: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci June and July: MN Sinfonia summer season June: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - season finale June: End-of-year studio recital for Bethany's students May: MN Opera: Don Giovanni |
Photo by Leta Albrecht
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The Chione Quintet
During the 2022-2023 season, Bethany performed frequently with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Sinfonia, and South Dakota Symphony as well as in a variety of freelance settings. She especially enjoyed MN Opera's productions of Edward Tulane and Don Giovanni and playing a significant portion of Minnesota Orchestra's season, including the concert with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Rite of Spring concert with Thomas Søndergård, the new music director of Minnesota Orchestra. She also very much enjoyed collaborating with Jacob Benda and several other fantastic musicians as a soloist in the Chapel Arts Series at the University of St. Thomas. Another especially fun experience was playing with the Joffrey Ballet and the State Ballet of Georgia and getting to watch the skilled dancers during the non-orchestra portions of the performances.
Bethany Summersgill and Paul Jacobson perform at the Lyra Baroque Orchestra's annual fundraising gala
Bethany's students had a fulfilling 2022-23 school year and summer. They performed with GTCYS (Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies), at UMFA (Upper Midwest Flute Association)'s Marathon Flute Concert and Flute Fest, at Schmitt's MakeMusic day, with the Flute Cocktail flute choir, and in Bethany's end-of-year studio recital. They especially enjoyed the opportunity to play chamber music together (small ensembles). They also began field-testing new works for Bethany's in-progress pedagogical book, which she will publish after its completion, and they have enjoyed learning and refining some new and/or less-familiar skills throughout that process.