New works for woodwinds featuring Larkspur Trio and Reed5

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This concert is not wheelchair accessible.

New works by Ryan Johnston, Aaron Kerr, and Andrew Cannestrata for flute, cello and piano.

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This concert is not wheelchair accessible.

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULE FROM NOVEMBER 2025!

Vocalists from RenegadeEnsemble, led by Jonathan Posthuma, will present new works for voices in their second performance on the Vanguard New Music Series following their debut in November 2023. Featured works will be mainly premieres of Minnesotan composers and a large multi-movement work inspired by the music of Hildegard von Bingen using melodicas and glass bowls.

Also on the program is the debut of Lumen Antiqua, a vocal trio founded by Rachel Farhi, Jessi McKinnon and Becca Tobin, will present works by local composers Abbie Betinis, Michael Maiorana and Becky Sun and a new work by Jonathan Posthuma with special guest vocalist Abs Trewin using texts inspired by Louisa May Alcott.

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This concert is not wheelchair accessible.

The Vanguard New Music Series kicks off their 2026 season with The Dream Songs Project: Alyssa Anderson, voice and Joseph Spoelstra, guitar.

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This event is not wheelchair accessible.

The Vanguard New Music Series concludes their 2025 season with another “composer night” of acoustic music including performances by Alyssa Anderson and Elena Stabile and other local musicians performing new works by local composers. Full details to be announced later.

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A collaboration between Rochester New Music Ensemble and RenegadeEnsemble presenting the world premiere of five new works by Minnesotan composers David Kassler, Isaac Mayhew, Justin Merritt, Jonathan Posthuma and Robert Stanley Peter Gardner.

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

We hope to reschedule the performance as part of the 2026 Vanguard New Music Series!

Vocalists from RenegadeEnsemble, led by Jonathan Posthuma, will present new works for voices in their second performance on the Vanguard New Music Series following their debut in November 2023. Featured works will be mainly premieres of Minnesotan composers and a large multi-movement work inspired by the music of Hildegard von Bingen using melodicas and glass bowls.

The Vanguard New Music Series presents Lemonbrass, a new Twin Cities-based brass ensemble performing works by Minnesotan composers.

More details to be announced later.

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Following their debut in May 2024, the Vanguard New Music Series is thrilled to present The Four Crazies + Tim O’Keefe, a supergroup of improvising musicians rooted in global music traditions. Featuring performances by James Holdman, Aaron Kerr, Tim O’Keefe and Hristo Alexiev..

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The Vanguard New Music Series presents local new music group Zeitgeist’s annual Sounding ground Composer Showcase, featuring a program of newly-created works by Minnesota composers May Klug, Leyna Marika Papach, and Sarah M. Greer with special guest composer JC Sanford.

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The Vanguard New Music Series kicks off their 2025 season with a “composer night” of electronic music.

Local musicians will perform new works by local composers featuring electronics. Full details to be announced later.

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RESCHEDULED from August!

Join RenegadeEnsemble for a concert featuring strings, piano and percussion as part of the Vanguard New Music Series at Zion Community Commons in Saint Paul.

Local musicians will perform new works commissioned by local composers. Full details to be announced later.

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Sadly, this concert has been canceled due to a performer injury. We will reschedule these featured musicians and composer into future concerts and the Vanguard New Music returns on Thurs, Nov 7.

Join RenegadeEnsemble for a concert featuring strings, piano, and percussion as part of the Vanguard New Music Series at Zion Lutheran Church in Saint Paul.
Local musicians will perform new works commissioned by local composers. Full details to be announced later.

RSVP through Facebook event here.

Inspired by John Cage’s “Musicircus,” RenegadeEnsemble will present a six-hour “happening” of musical performances and activities at 480 Arts in Saint Paul.

Events will include simultaneous performances of John Cage’s music and various ensembles from the Twin Cities music community bringing their own musical interests.

This is an all ages, pay-what-you-can event with food trucks, snacks, and alcoholic beverages available for purchase. Pre-registration is encouraged and will open a few months before the event.

More details and pre-registration are available on the event homepage.

If you are interested in participating as a musician or volunteer, please let us know using the Performer/Volunteer Form.

Join RenegadeEnsemble for a concert featuring instruments from around the world as part of the Vanguard New Music Series at Zion Lutheran Church in Saint Paul.
Local musicians will perform new works commissioned by local composers. Full program details to be announced later.

RSVP through Facebook event here.

Join RenegadeEnsemble for a concert featuring low brass as part of the Vanguard New Music Series at Zion Lutheran Church in Saint Paul.
Local musicians will perform new works commissioned by local composers. Full programs details to announced later.

RSVP through Facebook event here.

Join RenegadeEnsemble for a concert featuring vocal chamber music and experimental works for choir as part of the Vanguard New Music Series at Zion Lutheran Church in Saint Paul. Professional singers will perform new works commissioned by local composers including Dan Wanamaker, Stephanie Henry, Mary Larew, Nathan Thatcher, Maxwell Lafontant, and Jonathan Posthuma.

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An evening of open scores, improvisation and audience participation exploring both resonance and space. Featuring Connor Leigh Shaw, an LA based sonic artist alongside local musicians Isaac Mayhew, Jonathan Posthuma and Jason Wells. The audience will be immersed in soundscapes inside the large metal garage of 480 Arts and invited to participate in open-ended pieces.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for pre-show mingling with the concert starting at 7:30 p.m.

If you are interested in bringing your own instrument to play in the group pieces, please contact RenegadeEnsemble for more details or see the Facebook event here.

This event is “pay what you can” with a suggested admission price of $20 — we welcome all audiences and thank you for your support!

Join RenegadeEnsemble for a special music performance with German sound artist Robert Stokowy. 

From the artist's website: "[Coffee Rings] consists of relief prints that were produced by the artist. Following a written score, specifically framed for the production of this series, monotypes were made as part of an ongoing research process. I investigated the sonic potential of forms that result from indetermined production. The visual artifact becomes a silent sonic piece while it also can be read and interpreted as a visual score for further productions (sound installations, performances in dance & sound). Here the circularity of the score is used as a chance to entering [german: eindringen - to get through, to reach, to urge] the form in order to explore its structure's inner details."

Featuring performers from RenegadeEnsemble:
Joshua Weinberg, flutes
Matt Clark, percussion/electronics
Michael Betz, synthesizer

6:30 pm Coffee Talk
7:00 pm Performance
8:00 pm Social Hour/Discussion

Robert's prints will be available for sale at the event. More information about his work can be found at www.robert-stokowy.de

Coffee generously donated by SIP Coffeebar in NE Minneapolis. More info at http://sipcoffeebar.com/

All musical experience arises from various types of mediation: an instrument mediates physical motion, a score mediates the communication of musical ideas, hearing music mediates the perception of time. The composers on this program all expand and alter various sites of mediation in new music as a means to create novel materials. You will see and hear instruments played in new ways, the voice altered, the use of video and theatrical movement, and music which invites you to experience time in a subtle manner.

Program:

sometimes/not without 1 for alto flute - Jack Langdon (2018) World Premiere  

her disappearance for for two voices extended/transformed by PVC Pipe - Bethany Younge/Kayleigh Butcher (2015)

what do i do now (self-portrait) for 2vox+ens+vid - Jack Langdon (2018) World Premiere

Xerox Rock for pno/gtr/marimba - Celeste Oram (2015)

choeurs d’ombres (choir of shadows) - Eva-Maria Houben (2012) 

Tickets can be purchased online here. 

All musical experience arises from various types of mediation: an instrument mediates physical motion, a score mediates the communication of musical ideas, hearing music mediates the perception of time. The composers on this program all expand and alter various sites of mediation in new music as a means to create novel materials. You will see and hear instruments played in new ways, the voice altered, the use of video and theatrical movement, and music which invites you to experience time in a subtle manner.

Program:

sometimes/not without 1 for alto flute - Jack Langdon (2018) World Premiere  

her disappearance for for two voices extended/transformed by PVC Pipe - Bethany Younge/Kayleigh Butcher (2015)

what do i do now (self-portrait) for 2vox+ens+vid - Jack Langdon (2018) World Premiere

Xerox Rock for pno/gtr/marimba - Celeste Oram (2015)

choeurs d’ombres (choir of shadows) - Eva-Maria Houben (2012) 

Tickets can be purchased online here. 

All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream
-Edgar Allen Poe

Join us for Renegade's first concert of the season where we will be exploring sleeping, waking, dreaming, and everything that happens in-between. From new works by young composers like Dave Reminick and Stephen Downing, to composers with substantial history in contemporary classical music like Philip Corner and John Cage; RenegadeEnsemble performs music that is both accessible and adventurous. 

Tickets are $15/$10 for students and seniors

All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream
-Edgar Allen Poe

Join us for Renegade's first concert of the season where we will be exploring sleeping, waking, dreaming, and everything that happens in-between. From new works by young composers like Dave Reminick and Stephen Downing, to composers with substantial history in contemporary classical music like Philip Corner and John Cage; RenegadeEnsemble performs music that is both accessible and adventurous. 

Tickets are $15/$10 for students and seniors