SPCO FACT SHEET

Number of seasons:

52 (starting in September of 2009)

Number of musicians:

35

Artistic Partners:

Roberto Abbado, Edo de Waart, Dawn Upshaw, Christian Zacharias and Thomas Zehetmair

Number of concerts per year:

More than 150

Locations:

Ordway, Saint Paul; SPCO Center, Saint Paul; Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis; Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie; Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater; Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ, Saint Paul; Temple Israel, Minneapolis; Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata; Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley; Benson Great Hall, Bethel University,
Arden Hills. 

Concertmaster:

Steven Copes

President and Managing Director:

Sarah Lutman 

Educational program:

CONNECT, reaching 6,000 students and teachers annually in 15 Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools.

Number of recordings:

67. The most recent are our CD of Schubert symphonies, conducted by Douglas Boyd and a CD of works by George Tsontakis. These CDs are available through our ticket office.

Number of works commissioned:

127.  The SPCO has also performed the premiere of 49 additional compositions 

Most recent tour:

A five-city tour of Scandinavia including Copenhagen, Oslo, Hamburg, Gothenburg and Stockholm in December 2008.

Residency program:

The SPCO performs several times a year at the University of Chicago. This residency also includes education concerts and classroom visits.