🎶 You’re Invited! 🎶
Join the Rosemount Community Band and the Minnesota Symphonic Winds for a free Fall Concert celebrating community, creativity, and the power of live music!
📅 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕓 4:00 p.m.
📍 Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, MN
💲 Free Admission – Open to All!
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✨ Concert Highlights
Enjoy an afternoon filled with premieres, passion, and artistry from two of Minnesota’s finest community ensembles:
🎵 World Premiere: Where Silence Echoes by Australian composer Jodie Blackshaw, commissioned by the Rosemount Community Band to honor their founder and longtime conductor John Zschunke.
🎵 American Premiere: Ecology of the Soul by Jodie Blackshaw, performed by the Minnesota Symphonic Winds – inspired by the sounds of Australia’s bell and whipbirds.
🎵 Additional works by John Williams, David Holsinger, Pierre Leemans, Ron Nelson, John Zdechlik, Katahj Copley, and Timothy Mahr.
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🌟 About the Bands
• The Rosemount Community Band, directed by Dr. Cassie Bechard, brings together musicians from across the South Metro to share the joy of music-making.
• The Minnesota Symphonic Winds, led by Dr. Timothy Mahr and Associate Conductor Paul Kile, is one of the state’s premier adult wind ensembles dedicated to advancing the wind band art form.
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🎵 Come early, grab a seat, and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon of music, friendship, and celebration!
🔗 Learn more:
https://www.rosemountcommunityband.org
https://www.mswinds.org
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