Ben Rector and Cody Fry
with the Minnesota OrchestraSat Jun 15 — Sun Jun 16, 2024
Orchestra Hall
Introducing a one-of-a-kind musical partnership between two "Old Friends." After selling out two shows at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra, Platinum-selling indie superstar Ben Rector and singer/songwriter/composer/producer Cody Fry are bringing their magic to Orchestra Hall.
Rector’s ornate-but-relatable songs, influenced by pop, rock and folk music, have garnered over a billion streams and been featured in over a hundred TV shows, ads and films. Fry’s music (and orchestral prowess) has appeared in everything from national ad campaigns to video games, apps, fashion events and short films. Don’t miss these two put it all together backed by the Minnesota Orchestra for an amazing night or orchestral indie rock.
Things to know
- Talk about a hot ticket: the first staging of this duo's orchestral show with the National Symphony Orchestra came with such high anticipation that it sold out in a pre-sale before their availability to the general public.
- Ben Rector is the youngest person to ever win the Grand Prize in the pop category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. He won the prize for his song "Conversation" in 2006 when he was just 20 years old.
- Cody Fry received his first Grammy nomination in 2020 with a stunning cover of the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby.
The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, led by Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård—who is serving as music director designate during the 2022-23 season—is recognized for distinguished performances around the world, award-winning recordings and broadcasts, educational engagement programs, and commitment to building the orchestral repertoire of the future. Founded in 1903, the Orchestra has an extensive history of touring throughout Minnesota, nationally and abroad, including high-profile visits in recent years to Cuba, Europe and South Africa. Recording projects undertaken in the past two decades include complete cycles of symphonies by Beethoven, Sibelius and Mahler, all recorded under Osmo Vänskä, who is now the Orchestra’s conductor laureate.
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.
Hicks’ career has seen collaborations with a diverse range of artists, from Hilary Hahn and Dmitri Hvorostovsky to Rufus Wainwright, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson. She has been an artistic leader in concerts featuring artists from Minnesota’s internationally-renowned popular music scene—including shows with The New Standards, multiple sold-out performances with Dessa and a live-in-concert recording released on Doomtree Records, and collaborations with indie band Cloud Cult. A specialist in film music and the film in concert genre, she is passionate about creating concert experiences which combine sight and sound, and that welcome new audiences to the orchestral genre.
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