Mayo Clinic Announces December "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts

Wednesday, November 27, 2002

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announces five "Harmony for Mayo" concerts in December. Concerts are on Mondays at 12:10 p.m. at various locations throughout the Mayo Clinic campus.

The concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets are needed. Audience members are welcome to bring lunch to the midday performances.

Dec. 2: The Back Porch Band is a three-piece acoustic band from southeastern Minnesota that performs lively bluegrass, folk, Irish and pop music. They have recorded two CDs and are currently working on a third. They will perform at Hage Atrium, subway level, Siebens Medical Education Building, 100 Second Ave. S.W.

Dec. 9: Mark Diedrich, a Minnesota musician, uses his guitar, harmonica and voice to blend folk rock and country music into his own brand of music best described as Americana. Diedrich will perform at the Barbara Woodward Lipps Atrium, subway level, Rochester Methodist Hospital, Charlton Building, 10 Third Ave. N.W.

Dec. 16: The Choral Arts Ensemble has been performing challenging choral music for audiences across southeastern Minnesota for 18 years. The ensemble will sing music of the season at Hage Atrium, subway level, Siebens Medical Education Building, 100 Second Ave. S.W.

Dec. 23: The Melius Trio is the ensemble-in-residence at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Trio members Charles Gray (violin), David Carter (cello) and Kathryn Ananda-Owens (piano) are frequent solo performers in the Minneapolis area, and in November 1999 they appeared as soloists with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven's Triple Concerto. They will perform in Phillips Hall, Siebens Medical Education Building, 100 Second Ave. S.W.

Dec. 30: Dan and Maureen Sherman have performed throughout southeastern Minnesota for over 20 years. Their theatrical and vocal repertoire covers a broad spectrum from Moliere to Neil Simon, including opera and jazz. The duet will appear in Hage Atrium, subway level, Siebens Medical Education Building, 100 Second Ave. S.W.

"Harmony for Mayo," a music series for Mayo patients, visitors, staff and the public, is sponsored by the Mayo Center for Humanities in Medicine. The series is presented in cooperation with the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester; Rick Kvam, music director, and Terri Skelton, executive director. The "Harmony for Mayo" concerts will be broadcast live on Mayo Clinic's Patient/Visitor channel 10. The series is made possible by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Furth of Caracas, Venezuela, and New York City.

Pixy Russell
507-284-5005 (days)
507-284-2511(evenings)
email:newsbureau@mayo.edu

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