Arts in the Park – Invitation to Dance

Join the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Manny Laureano, for an evening of outdoor music played with the beautiful backdrop of Normandale Lake. Manny has selected a program of the best dance music from the classical orchestral repertoire, light...

From Boisterous to Pastoral

Manny Laureano, Music Director & Conductor Catherine Carson, Violin – Winner of the MNSOTA Mary West Solo Competition All musicians have a piece of music that had a profound effect on their musical development. Music director Manny Laureano has chosen such a...

Music in 3D: #6

Manny Laureano, Music Director & ConductorNygel Witherspoon, Cello Nygel Witherspoon, CelloPhoto by Matt Brenengen The BSO will close the season with the magnificent Fifth Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich which originally served as a reluctant yet left-handed...

Musical Milestones

Manny Laureano, Music Director & Conductor Michael Sutton, Violin & Conductor Join the BSO as we celebrate two luminaries of music history, Leonard Bernstein and Claude Debussy. We will observe the 100th anniversary of Bernstein’s birth and Debussy’s death by...

Romantically Yours

Manny Laureano, Music Director & Conductor Daniel Rieppel, Piano This concert by the BSO is a paean to the Romantic movements of Germany and Russia which serves up the giant D Minor Concerto for Piano by Johannes Brahms (Daniel Rieppel, soloist) and the final...