Music & Healing
Tue Jul 25, 2023
Orchestra Hall
Led by Sarah Hicks, this concert and conversation explores music, anxiety and well-being. The program will feature the world premiere of a new work for orchestra inspired by audience responses to their own experiences with managing anxiety and finding inner peace. Plus, singer-songwriter Chastity Brown, whose music has touched on the topic of mental health, will join the Orchestra for a set of new songs. Audience members will also participate in a mindfulness exercise accompanied by the Minnesota Orchestra. (Learn more)
A Few Things to Know
- Come early and enjoy a delicious Bubbles and Bites package prepared by Wandering Kitchen featuring a charcuterie box paired with your choice of bubbles, wine or a non-alcoholic sparkling beverage. After your concert, enjoy s'mores and a crafted cocktail with your own personal fire pit. (Read more about these tasty offerings).
You can also purchase Bubbles and Bites or a S'mores Nightcap separately. - Composer Molly Joyce, who was commissioned to compose a piece using submissions from our social media and email audiences, is an alumnus of the 2022 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute.
- Summer at Orchestra Hall Artist in Residence BRKFST Dance Company will perform Yaz Lancaster's work, "Potential Utility" in the lobby ahead of the concert. Created for dancers, two violins and electronica, the composer says the work "came out of my experience with SSRI (antidepressant) withdrawal, a serious but understudied field of health and medicine."
Program
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Allegro, from Symphony No. 10
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HARTMAN
Depression/Anxiety, from The Music of Mental Illness
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JOYCE
Serenity [World Premiere]
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PÄRT
Swansong
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YOSHIMATSU
and birds are still…
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CHABRIER
España
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Plus original music by Chastity Brown
Artists
Sarah Hicks
Conductor
Chastity Brown
Singer/Songwriter
Sarah Hicks is the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, a role in which she oversees planning for and conducts many concerts in the broad-spectrum series of popular music, jazz, Broadway classics, movie scores and other genres. She also conducted the Inside the Classics and Sam & Sarah series for ten seasons.
Plan your visit
- Pre-concert activities
- Valet Parking
- Pre-order Beverages
- Directions & Parking
- Helpful Tips
BRKFST Dance Company Performance
When: Tues July 25 | 6:25pm and 6:40pm
Where: Roberta Mann Grand Foyer
BRKFST Dance Company, a collaborative ensemble of breaking choreographers and dancers, will perform multiple presentations of their 5-minute piece “Potential Utility.” Founded in 2014, BRKFST incorporates abstract, narrative, and pedestrian-driven movement into their impressive and physically rigorous work by combining breaking with contemporary dance.
Post-Concert Music and Conversation
When: Tues July 25 | post-concert
Where: Roberta Mann Grand Foyer
Join yoga instructor, musician, and TV host, Chance York, for a specially curated mindful experience of music and conversation. Satsang is the Sanskrit word that combines the words “sat,” meaning truth, and “sang,” meaning together in community. In this interactive conversation, we’ll further explore and nourish the healing role that music and mindfulness play in our lives.
Know Before You Go
An engaging performance awaits, and the fun doesn’t stop there. Make this visit your own with food and activity options. Browse these helpful tips, and when your concert date arrives, all you have to do is sit back and enjoy.
Directions & Parking
All the information you need to know for getting to and from Orchestra Hall. Parking is just steps away from Orchestra Hall in the city-owned and skyway-connected 11th and Marquette Ramp.
Video: Concert and Conversation: Music and Healing
Accessibility Services
- Armless & Bariatric Chairs
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Large-Print Programs
- Noise-Cancelling Headphones
- Service Animals
- Wheelchair & Accessible Seating
Additional services are available upon request.
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