Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center

Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center LAAC Coffee Concerts: 4 concerts featuring top Twin Cities Artists. Audrey Johnson Companies, sponsor

Welcome to Chamber Music Lakeville's 2026 18th Season of Coffee Concerts Sponsored by Audrey Johnson Companies at the Lakeville Area Arts Center (LAAC)! Thanks to all the people who have supported the series from the beginning into this 17th season with their attendance, word-of-mouth advertising, and financial support. We're especially grateful for ongoing Season Sponsorship from the Audrey Johns

on Companies and continuing support from the Cy and Paula DeCosse Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation. We're so happy to return to the LAAC with this exciting season of concerts in 2026! All programs start at 2:00 PM on Sunday afternoons, about once a month, between January and May. Here's the 2026 Lineup:

Sun., Jan. 18, 2026 – MN Opera Resident Artists
Soprano Kylie Kreucher, baritone David Wolfe, and pianist Fumiyasu Kawase in a program of songs, opera arias, and duos. Sun., Feb. 22, 2026 – UWRF Faculty Ensemble
James DeVol, flute, Carrie Vecchione, oboe, Pat O'Keefe, clarinet, Erika Hammerschmidt, horn, Nick Ober, bassoon, and Ivan Konev, piano, present a variety of music for piano and winds, including Mozart 's Quintet for Piano and winds, of which Mozart said, "I myself consider it to be the best thing I have written in my life." March 15 – Artu Duo
Ruth Marshall, cello, and Garret Ross, piano. Program features women composers, and is built around Rebecca Clark's Rhapsody for cello and piano. April 26 – Mill City String Quartet - Between Worlds: Jazz, Romance, & Reverence
Huldah Niles, Erika Hoogeveen, violins, Coca Bochonko, viola, Rebeccah Parker Downs, cello. An eclectic and captivating concert featuring works by Wynton Marsalis, Anton Webern, and Caroline Shaw. From jazz-inspired rhythms to sweeping romanticism and echoes of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, this program offers a rich tapestry of sound and style. With something for every musical taste, it’s the perfect way to welcome the beauty and renewal of spring! Audrey Johnson Companies are celebrating their 60th anniversary in residential and commercial real estate in Lakeville. In honor of this occasion, they are a Season Sponsor for this 18th season of the Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Sunday Coffee Concerts LLC is a fiscally sponsored project of Springboard for the Arts. Contributions on behalf of Sunday Coffee Concerts may be made payable to Springboard for the Arts and are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. To give to Springboard: https://givemn.org/organization/Springboard-For-The-Arts

And that’s a season! Thanks to the Mill City String Quartet and Aetherium Trio for a memorable season finale! Beautiful ...
04/26/2026

And that’s a season! Thanks to the Mill City String Quartet and Aetherium Trio for a memorable season finale! Beautiful performances of distinctive repertoire!

Bravi tutti to Huldah Niles, Erika Hoogeveen, Coca Bochonko, and Rebeccah Parker Downs of Mill City String Quartet, and Josie Snaza, Lilia Smith, and Cecilia Taggart of our “warmup band,” Aetherium Trio!

See you in 2027 for Havana String Quartet; “Floboe” concert with James DeVoll, flute, and Carrie Vecchione, oboe; Shruthi Rajasekar and friends; and Ancia Saxophone Quartet.

Mill City String Quartet is ready to roll, the marquee is lit, the LAAC is ready to give you a warm welcome, the Aetheri...
04/24/2026

Mill City String Quartet is ready to roll, the marquee is lit, the LAAC is ready to give you a warm welcome, the Aetherium Trio is set with their 1:35 warmup act, and we’re excited to see you again with great music, fun food, door prizes, and the announcement of next season’s performers.

Welcome to our season finale Coffee Concert, Sun., Apr. 26 at 2:00!

Bravi tutti!

04/23/2026

Big weekend for the Milk City String Quartet!

Can hardly wait for their concert this Sunday at the LAAC!

See you there!

Nice article about our Mill City String Quartet Coffee Concert this Sun., Apr. 26 in the Sun ThisWeek papers.
04/23/2026

Nice article about our Mill City String Quartet Coffee Concert this Sun., Apr. 26 in the Sun ThisWeek papers.

Two generations of string instrumentalists will perform during the season finale of the Lakeville Area Arts Center's Coffee Concerts at 1:35 p.m. Sunday, April 26.

Meet the warmup band for Sunday's Coffee Concert – the Aetherium Trio comprised of exceptional young area musicians Ceci...
04/22/2026

Meet the warmup band for Sunday's Coffee Concert – the Aetherium Trio comprised of exceptional young area musicians Cecilia Taggart (piano, 13), Josie Snaza (violin, 13), and Lilia Smith (cello, 16). They will play two pieces by Beethoven and Arensky starting at 1:35 before the 2:00 Mill City String Quartet performance. Formed in 2025, the ensemble has been mentored by renowned cellist and educator Tom Rosenberg.

This is a first for these Coffee Concerts, and we hope to make it a feature of this series to showcase rising young talents like these.

Meet the Mill City String Quartet, performers for this weekend's season finale LAAC Coffee Concert, 2:00 pm, Sunday, Apr...
04/22/2026

Meet the Mill City String Quartet, performers for this weekend's season finale LAAC Coffee Concert, 2:00 pm, Sunday, April 26.

Huldah Niles, Artistic Director and Violin; Erika Hoogeveen, violin; Coca Bochonko, viola; and Rebeccah Parker Downs, cello

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Very happy to be hosting the Mill City String Quartet to close off this 18th season of Coffee Concerts at the LAAC! Also...
04/22/2026

Very happy to be hosting the Mill City String Quartet to close off this 18th season of Coffee Concerts at the LAAC! Also happy to present a pre-concert warm-up performance by the talented local teenagers of the Aetherium Trio at 1:35.

We are excited and honored to close out the Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center season THIS Sunday at 2pm!

Arrive early to enjoy a special prelude performance at 1:35pm by the Aetherium Trio a group of very talented students, featuring music by Beethoven and Arensky; an inspiring start to a beautiful afternoon of music.

This concert also marks the final performance of our 19th season. What a journey it’s been! Stay tuned… an amazing 20th season is already in the works!!

We can’t wait to share this special afternoon with you!

03/13/2026

We're sorry to report we've cancelled Sunday's Artu Duo Concert due to the impending blizzard.
Beware the Ides!
Stay safe!

ARTU DUO Mar. 15 concert is CANCELLED due to blizzard. We hope we'll find another time to present them and this wonderfu...
03/12/2026

ARTU DUO Mar. 15 concert is CANCELLED due to blizzard. We hope we'll find another time to present them and this wonderful program. Stay posted!

In 1919 Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata had very strong finish in a composition competition sponsored by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Out of 72 entrants Clarke tied with Ernest Bloch who ultimately got the tie-breaking vote from Coolidge. The "consolation prize " was Coolidge's commision of Clarke's 1923 Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Coolidge's sole commission from a woman composer, resulting in a work many people consider to be her masterpiece.

Artu Duo built their Sunday concert around this wonderful work that has been gaining a lot of performing interest in recent years.

Rebecca Helferich Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players in London.[1]

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