Orchestra Hall
Home of Minnesota Orchestra
Opened in 1974 on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis as the home of the Minnesota Orchestra. The cubes on the ceiling and the wall behind the stage are there for the sound.
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Concert halls of Minneapolis–St. Paul
The Twin Cities have a hall for every size of music: Orchestra Hall for the Minnesota Orchestra, the Ordway's Concert Hall for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the university stages of Northrop and Ted Mann, and churches and an old courtroom for chamber music.
The main halls
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Home of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
On Rice Park in downtown St. Paul since 1985. Its Concert Hall, opened in 2015 with about 1,100 seats, is the home of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera performs in the larger Music Theater.
Minneapolis
Northrop
The University of Minnesota's grand auditorium of 1929 on the Minneapolis campus, rebuilt inside with about 2,800 seats. It presents dance and music, and its restored Aeolian-Skinner organ is playing again.
Minneapolis
Ted Mann Concert Hall
The University of Minnesota School of Music's concert hall on the West Bank, dedicated in 1993. Student orchestras, bands, choirs and soloists play here, and most School of Music concerts are free.
Minneapolis
The Basilica of Saint Mary
In 1926 it became the first basilica in the United States. Its choirs and organ are heard at services and at concerts under the great dome.
Saint Paul
Sundin Music Hall
Hamline University's 325-seat hall in St. Paul, loved for its warm acoustics. Lyra Baroque, the Minnesota Guitar Society and the Bach Society of Minnesota perform here, and Hamline's own concerts are free.
Saint Paul
Landmark Center
A former federal courthouse on Rice Park in downtown St. Paul. Most Thursdays at noon the Schubert Club gives a free concert in its Courtroom 317.
Where the concerts are
The halls, churches and stages with the most classical concerts in the next twelve months.