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EMSO’s mission is to provide a broad range of educational, multicultural, and inspirational orchestral experiences to East Metro communities.
Coming up this weekend is EMSO's holiday concert Very Merry & Bright! We hope you're planning on join us for an afternoon of holiday classics & even a SING ALONG!
Sun, Dec. 7 @ 2 PM (please note earlier time)
North High School 2416 11th Ave. N. St. Paul
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December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We're just 1 WEEK away from EMSO's holiday concert - Very Merry & Bright! Get ready to feel the spirit of the season as EMSO plays a collection of new & old favorites! The concert is free & all are welcome, so bring the whole family - even the Scrooges!
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November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With Thanksgiving just days away, our holiday concert is right around the corner! Make sure you join us on Sun, Dec 7, @ 2 PM (please note the earlier time) at North High School (NEW location) in N. St. Paul for a festive afternoon of music!

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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
THANK YOU for your generous donations to EMSO during Give to the Max Day 2025! Together we were raised $4,715, well above our GTMD25 goal! Supporters like you are crucial to our orchestra and we cannot thank you enough for showing your love of EMSO this giving season!
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
EMSO has had a very successful GTMD25! With 3 hours to go, our supporters have already exceeded our goal! Thank you!
If you haven't made a donation yet but are thinking about including EMSO in your Give to the Max Day giving, there's still time! Make a donation now: www.givemn.org/organization...
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Wow! Thank you to our supporters who have already gotten us to $3,770! We are just a few hundred dollars away from reaching our #GTMD25 goal. Our supporters are the best! Please consider making a donation by midnight tonight!

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November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's #GTMD25! Please support EMSO! We are a member-run non-profit that supports musical growth in our avocation musicians & offers free concert to our community! We cannot do it without your support!

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November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tomorrow is #GTMD25! This annual day of giving is an opportunity to support organizations & non-profits you care about in MN. All donations today & tomorrow will go towards our GTMD goal of $4,000! Please show EMSO some love & make a donation this year!

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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's Give to the Max Day week! Now is the perfect time to make a donation in support of EMSO! Please donate on or before Nov. 20th to help us reach out goal of $4,000!

Donate today: www.givemn.org/organization...
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Join us for Very Merry & Bright, EMSO's holiday concert on Sun, Dec 7 @ 2PM! EMSO will present a new collection of old & new seasonal favorites!
We're at a NEW location for this concert! North High School in N. St. Paul!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Videos from EMSO's Symphonie Fantastique are now available to watch on EMSO's YouTube Channel. If you couldn't join us, or want to hear it all again, check out the concert playlist!
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November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Give to the Max Day is Thurs. Nov. 20! Each year, GiveMN invites people to support the causes & organizations they care about. Please consider making a donation on or before Nov. 20 to EMSO and help us keep bringing music to our community!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
EMSO was pleased to present a Symphonies for Seniors performance yesterday at Oak Meadows Senior Living in Oakdale! Thanks to EMSO's Chamber Ensemble & Suki Sun, Jessie Baskauf & Anthony Liuzzi for participating in this concert! Thank you to Oak Meadows staff for hosting us!
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Our appreciation as always goes out to our wonderful musicians, volunteers and all the folks at St. Mark's for helping put the Symphonie Fantastique concert together.

Video from this weekend's concert will be available soon!
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
EMSO was thrilled to host a huge crowd yesterday for our darkly themed Symphonie Fantastique concert! Thanks to all who ended Halloween weekend with us (we were also pleased to be part of the 9 free things to do this weekend in the Star Tribune: www.startribune.com/halloween-tr...).
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Join us TODAY at 3PM for the perfect ending to your Halloween weekend - Mussorgsky’s chaotic & ominous classic Night on Bald Mountain; Grieg's surreal Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; & Berlioz’s dark & dreamy Symphonie Fantastique.
It's free so bring friends!
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November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
EMSO musicians are all ready for tomorrow's concert! Looking forward to seeing everyone at Symphonie Fantastique! It's going to be a blast!
Sun, Nov 2 at 3 PM
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
2499 N. Helen Street
North St. Paul, MN 55109
Admission is free!
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November 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
EMSO had a big crowd at the Symphonies for Seniors concert on Tues @ Boutwells Landing in Oak Park Heights! It was a great preview of the music being performed at our Symphonie Fantastique concert at St. Mark's Lutheran Church on Sun @ 3 PM. Thanks to everyone who joined us.
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you're looking for a way to stretch out your Halloween weekend, join us THIS SUNDAY for EMSO's spooky concert Symphonie Fantastique! Admission is free and all are welcome!
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Welcome to East Metro Symphony Orchestra! - East Metro Symphony Orchestra
The East Metro Symphony Orchestra (EMSO) is a community orchestra based in the Twin Cities east metro made up of volunteer avocational musicians.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
EMSO's eerie concert Symphonie Fantastique is in 9 days! Hope you will join us to round out your Halloween weekend with some wicked good music!
And just a reminder- on Sun., Nov. 2 Daylight Savings Time ends, so don't forget to "fall back."

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October 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Join EMSO in 2 weeks for Symphonie Fantastique! A great way to end your Halloween weekend, this concert will feature Mussorgsky’s chaotic & ominous classic Night on Bald Mountain; Grieg's surreal Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; and Berlioz’s dark & dreamy Symphonie Fantastique.
As always, admission is free!
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Our Symphonies for Seniors program performed at The Lodge at the Lakes at Stillwater Senior Living Community on Sunday. It was great being able to perform for this new audience! Thanks to Patty Cook, Eugenia Meltzer, & Madison Wieczorek, for this awesome performance.
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Join EMSO Sun, Nov 2 @ 3PM for Symphonie Fantastique!
Our first concert of the season will feature a spooky collection of music to round out your Halloween weekend: Night on Bald Mountain; Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; & Symphonie Fantastique.

Admission is free & all are welcome!

More info: emsorch.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM