The Heartland Symphony Orchestra will continue its 48th season by performing their Spring Concert Series #Homegrown. The program will highlight 2025 Echo Kowalzek Youth Concerto Competition winners, Zayn Nimis-Ibrahim and Hailee Colgrove. The Saturday, March 22nd performance in Little Falls will be at Charles D. Martin Auditorium at 7:30 pm. The Sunday, March 23rd performance in Brainerd will be at Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts at 2:30 pm.
Nimis-Ibrahim, a senior at Bemidji High School, will perform the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Colgrove, a junior at Bemidji State University, will perform Laurie’s Song from The Tender Land by Aaron Copland and an aria from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. Other selections will include music by Jean Sibelius, Florence Price, and Ian T Jones.
Conductor Ryan Webber will host “Conductor Chats” 45 minutes before each concert. These informational programs make listening to classical music a much more enjoyable experience for many.
These concerts are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Five Wings Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. In Little Falls, the Laura Jane Musser fund provides additional support. The Echo Kowalzek Youth Concerto Competition is funded in part by a grant from Crow Wing Power Community Trust.
HSO concerts are welcome to all ages, free of charge, no tickets necessary. Donations will be accepted at the door or online at www.heartlandsymphony.com