Intensive professional choral training with internationally-recognized conducting faculty and Artists in Residence from the GRAMMY-nominated South Dakota Chorale.

Mezzo-soprano, Artist in Residence

The professional Artists in Residence of the GRAMMY-nominated South Dakota Chorale contribute to the depth of experience for the Conducting Fellows and Young Artists. The Artists in Residence bring an incredible wealth of performance history and varied career paths as professional opera singers, professional choristers, consort musicians, and university voice teachers. Artists in Residence have sung with Handel & Haydn Society, Carmel Bach Festival, Seraphic Fire, South Dakota Chorale, Houston Chamber Choir, Kinnara Ensemble, Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Opera Southwest, and many more.

In addition to coaching to Young Artists on solo and small ensemble repertoire for the Young Artist Recital, the Artists in Residence sing side-by-side with Young Artists in the masterclass rehearsals to collaboratively teach professional ensemble singing skills first hand.

"All the works revel in spectral zones between light and shadow, loss and connection, classical and jazz." 
– Classical Minnesota Public Radio

It was an unlikely partnership: a jazz pianist/composer and international award-winning Schubert vocalist, but the sparks of Jeremy Walker and Clara Osowski‘s artistic collaboration appeared the first time they performed together. The result was Haunted Blue—music by Walker with poetry by Walt Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Twin Cities lyricist Greg Foley.

MPR’s New Classical Tracks host Julie Amacher observed the album was comprised of “songs that may reflect the future of classical music” and asked, “If Franz Schubert were composing songs today, would they sound like the songs heard on this new recording?”

This unique performance at TPT Street Space in Lowertown, St. Paul will feature a partially staged opera by Schubert Club Composer-in-Residence Reinaldo Moya with words by Caitlin Vincent. Among the singers and instrumentalists featured in this chamber opera is mezzo soprano Clara Osowski. The opera tells the story of Luis Garzón, a Mexican musician who immigrated to Minneapolis in 1886 and opened a small Mexican grocery store, or tienda, in St. Paul in the 1920s. While Luis had married an American woman and was fully integrated into Minneapolitan society, his store served as a community hub for the newest arrivals from Mexico, many of whom had fled the Mexican Revolution and now toiled in the sugar beet farms of rural Minnesota. Tienda explores the immigrant experience: what must be left behind—and what cannot be forgotten—on the journey to a new home. This world premiere performance of Tienda is one of the highlights of Moya’s two-year residency with the Schubert Club. 

Alto soloist with the Back Bay Chorale.

Mezzo-soprano with Minneapolis Guitar Quartet in recital premieres new works by Leo Brouwer and Mary Ellen Childs. 

Travel around the world with Lumina as you LISTEN to languages and songs from many countries. LEARN about distant lands and people of many cultures through music. PLAY with your voice as you imitate different sounds and CREATE your own instrument to play along!

Space and supplies are limited. Advance registration is highly recommended. 

Travel around the world with Lumina as you LISTEN to languages and songs from many countries. LEARN about distant lands and people of many cultures through music. PLAY with your voice as you imitate different sounds and CREATE your own instrument to play along!

Space and supplies are limited. Advance registration is highly recommended. 

Mezzo soloist with the Tulsa Signature Symphony, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Private Lieder recital in Boston. Scott Jarrett, pianist.

Music for Lent

with special guest, Laura Sewell, cello

Dominick Argento's Casa Guidi and Libby Larsen's Raspberry Island Dreaming

After opening with Mozart’s glittering Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, the final concert of the season is another tribute to Minnesota, with Minneapolis-based mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski performing the works of Minnesota composers Libby Larson and Dominick Argento. Osowski has performed on some of the world’s greatest stages, including the Musikverein in Vienna and award-winning performances in London’s Wigmore Hall and at the International Das Lied Competition in Heidelberg, Germany. Recognized for her excellence in Minnesota, she is a recipient of the prestigious 2018-2019 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music.  Her performances of Minnesota composers Larsen and Argento will thrill, entertain, and uplift you!

Music for Lent

with special guest, Laura Sewell, cello

SASS is proud to be presenting the world premiere of the cycle Through the Guarded Gate which we commissioned from composer Juliana Hall as a part of this recital.

Ensemble Alto with Seraphic Fire

Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor

Patrick Dupré Quigley and the women of Seraphic Fire recreate Antonio Vivaldi’s famed 17th Century Ospedalle della Pietà performances in this program of his concerti for treble voices accompanied by Baroque chamber instruments.

Wed, Feb 13, 7:30pm  |  Boca Raton

Thu, Feb 14, 7:00pm  |  Naples

Fri, Feb 15, 7:30pm  |  Coral Gables

Sat, Feb 16, 7:30pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale

A Musical World Tour
St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church
2323 Como Ave St Paul

Because we associate Schubert as the master of the Lied, the cosmopolitan songs of Haydn often go unnoticed and are frequently less programmed. We will explore the texts and the development of the piano as a dramatic element, and highlight the importance of Haydn’s song specifically within the development of Lied and daringly early romanticism.

Featuring  Das Leben ist ein Traum, The Wanderer, and She Never Told Her Love with pianist Casey Rafn.

Free admission.

LUMINA CONCERT
Beauty in the Darkness: Music for the Longest Night of the Year
ST. MARK'S MUSIC SERIES
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
519 Oak Grove Street · Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tickets: $10 General Admission

Friday, December 21, 2018 · 7:00 pm
LUMINA CONCERT
Beauty in the Darkness: Music for the Longest Night of the Year
Our Lady of the Presentation Chapel, Carondelet Center
1890 Randolph Ave · St. Paul, MN 55105
Tickets: $10 General Admission

Alto soloist with the Winston-Salem Symphony.