Local Arts
Petit Music is committed to supporting the arts in all forms throughout Rochester & its surrounding communities. In addition to the following groups, our piano gallery is beautifully enhanced by works of art by local & nationally-known artists.
Lee Gordon Seebach
Lee Gordon Seebach was born in Waterloo, IA, & studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he studied life drawing, watercolor, still life, & portrait painting. After graduating, he continued his study of portrait painting at The Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts.
In his illustrious career, Mr Seebach has shown in many major fine art galleries, invitational exhibitions, & museums in the U.S. His paintings have been selected for private & corporate art collections across the U.S. & Canada.
Today Mr. Seebach is one of America's finest painters - in both watercolor and oil - whose work spans a broad range of subjects, from landscapes to still lifes to portraits.
SEMYO
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Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras (SEMYO) is dedicated to the artistic and personal development of young instrumental musicians.
Choral Arts Ensemble
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Choral Arts Ensemble is equally dedicated to the creation and performance of exciting new music as well as the sensitive presentation of masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th Century.
Choral Arts Ensemble coordinates Harmony for Mayo, a program of Mayo Center for Humanities in Medicine. Free weekly concerts are held Mondays from 12:10-1:00 pm on the Mayo Clinic Campus, featuring a variety of music ranging from classical to country. Concerts are open to patients, staff, visitors, and the general public. Small groups from within Choral Arts Ensemble also have performed for various community events.
Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale (RSO&C)
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The RSO&C has been a prominent fixture in Southeastern Minnesota for more than 80 years, the past 11 seasons as a privately managed organization have been especially successful. RSO&C continues to meet the region’s demand for high quality musical performance and exciting education ventures.
Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota
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The mission of the Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota is to promote the highest standard of excellence in the preparation and performance of choral music, seeking to provide artistic challenge and growth opportunities for youth throughout the region and enjoyment for the community at large.
The Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota, founded in 1992 as one high school choir, is today a nonprofit organization of four youth choirs for grades 3-12. Membership is by audition and is open to all students in grades 3-12 who live in southeast Minnesota.
The choirs rehearse weekly throughout the academic year in Rochester preparing challenging repertoire, learning music history and theory, and practicing ear training techniques. This past year, 285 singers from 26 southeast Minnesota communities and 52 different area schools sang in the choirs.
Bella Voce Young Women's Choir
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Bella Voce Young Women's Choir is an auditioned choir for women in grades 8-12. Located in Rochester, Minnesota, the choir is open to singers within commuting distance. The purpose of Bella Voce is to inspire young women, through singing, to realize their highest potential in order to more broadly impact the world.
Rochester Male Chorus
Upcoming concert!!!!
Rochester Male Chorus will perform on Sunday, December 7th, 2008!
The concert will be at 4 pm at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1212 12th Ave NW in Rochester. Come and enjoy!!!
The Rochester Male Chorus is composed of men from the Rochester area that all have two things in common. We enjoy singing together and performing for the community. We are always on the lookout for new members. At the start of each concert season (September and January), you are invited to give us a try.
Interested in joining? Just come to one of our rehearsals at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (1212 12th Ave NW). We practice every Monday evening at 7:00 PM. We'd love to have you join us! No experience is necessary - just the desire to sing!
Questions? Send e-mail to rochmalechorus@mail.com
Or write to us at:
Rochester Male Chorus
P.O. Box 6254
Rochester, MN 55903
Southeast Minnesota Suzuki Association
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is the purpose of SEMSA (Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association) to help students, parents and teachers grow as individuals and musicians, following the principles set forth by Shinichi Suzuki.
"All Children are born with great talent", asserted Shinichi Suzuki, who found an educational movement on this conviction. Suzuki felt all children can develop a high level of musical ability.
Suzuki Talent Education requires an enriched environment and the close involvement of the mother and father. Children learn music the same way they learn to speak a language. Music reading is added when the child is ready.
Parents attend private and group lessons with their child, learn how to practice with their child and provide a musical setting at home. Children progress at their own rate, in tune with their own learning style.
The goal to educate the whole child through music, building self-confidence through mastery and successful learning.
More information on the Suzuki Method can be found at the Suzuki Association of the Americas website.