Upcoming Events
The Addams Family Musical
Join the Blake Upper School cast of The Addams Family Musical for a spooky, wacky and unforgettable weekend of performances! The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.
Natalia is serving as music director for this production.
Blake: Upper School Choir Concert
Join the Upper School Choirs of the Blake School for the Spring Upper School Choral Concert.
Much of the music is by living composers, and students are also collaborating with the US Orchestra on a multi-movement work titled "Five Hebrew Love Songs". Students have been hard at work and it will be a wonderful performance.
Blake Upper School Musical: Twelfth Night
Named one of the best theatrical productions of 2018 by Time, The Hollywood Reporter and The Washington Post, Twelfth Night is a rousing contemporary musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy about mistaken identity and self-discovery.
Twelfth Night tells the story of Viola, a young heroine who washes up on the shores of Illyria, disguises herself as a man, is sent to court a countess and falls hard for a Duke. As she navigates this strange and wonderful new land, she finds her true self and true love in the process.
Featuring an original jazz-funk score by Shaina Taub, with a cast of 30 and running 90 minutes long, Twelfth Night is appropriate for all ages.
Natalia is music director for this production.
Heritage Choir: Community Sing
Join us for a community sing, Saturday. August 27th where we’ll share music in Spanish and English and invite you to sing with us for a few pieces of music. Cathy 'n Abel will share in the music with the Community sing! Stick around after for a short reception featuring mouth watering treats from Garcia Bakery and Cafe—all on ESFL’s beautiful front lawn
International Day of Music
A free, 12-hour music celebration featuring music, dance and activities for all ages.
To mark the opening of our summer season, we're offering free performances by 20 different artists on four stages in and around Orchestra Hall, including an outdoor evening concert by the full Minnesota Orchestra on Peavey Plaza that will culminate in a spectacular pealing of church bells across downtown Minneapolis.
Natalia will be performing with Border CrosSing.
Heritage Choir: Community Sing
Join us for Heritage Choir's first performance and the last community sing of our 22-23 season, together with the guitar students of the Powderhorn Guitar Music Project. We'll sing together and celebrate with music and community after!
Natalia is the founder and director of Heritage Choir, Border CrosSing’s new community choir!
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[Virtual] MPLS - imPulse Songbook Premiere
The MPLS (imPulse) Songbook is our unique response to a performance environment no one could have predicted. While public venues and performances remain off-limits, we're finding new ways to celebrate what we're learning and experiencing in 2020-2021 and embracing our digital platform.
Natalia collaborated with Sam Grace, Artistic Director of imPulse, in bringing in a former Harding alum - Douachi Yang - to write a bilingual piece in Hmong and English. Natalia and her students premiered '“There Will Be a Light, Yuav Tsum Muaj Hnub Zoo” along with imPulse singers.
Winter Wonder
Deck the hall with VocalEssence at this hands-on holiday event. Clap, wiggle, and sing along to your favorite holiday classics, and try your hand at creating a winter-themed craft to take home. Sit up close and experience the wonder of singing together (maybe for the first time). Baby bottles and teddy bears welcome!
Natalia sings with the Ensemble Singers and is excited to have a chance to sing with SOTA (Singers of This Age), which includes several of her students!
Songs of Screen and Stage: Spring Pops
Join us at Harding High School for “Songs of Screen and Stage”, our 2019 Pops Concert.
Students will be performing works from Titanic, O Brother Where Art Thou, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton and many more. We will also be honoring our seniors during this concert!
This is the capstone performance for students in the Harding High School Choir department, and will feature Bella Voce, Helios Chorum and Chamber Choir.
Natalia will be directing three ensembles: Bella Voce, Helios Chorum and Chamber Choir. She will be joined onstage by Phil Bratnober, piano.
Midwinter Collaboration Concert
Join us in this very special collaboration concert with Augsburg University. We will be premiering “My Dad the Mekong/Love Forever” by Elliot Z. Levine, commissioned especially for both ensembles.
MMEA: Schoology and the Virtual Folder
Natalia will be presenting an interest session at the Minnesota Music Educator’s Association 2019 Conference titled “Schoology and the Virtual Folder”.
In this session, Natalia will share how she uses Schoology as a place to gather student data, a hub for sectionals and other student resources and how it has flipped her classroom and built a sense of students ownership in the program.