Matinee Musicale

09/01/2026

Today's the day! Individual tickets are on sale for our exciting 2026-27 season. (Psst... you can still save over 10% when you subscribe to all five concerts 😊) https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts

08/29/2026

WHY SUBSCRIBE TO MATINEE MUSICALE REASON #3: Community Connection. As a Matinee Musicale subscriber, you will be a part of Duluth’s thriving classical music community. You will be able to meet and greet other classical music enthusiasts (and performers too!) during post-concert receptions and events.

For more info and to purchase a subscription, just visit our website! https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts. Plus you save 10% over individual ticket prices!

08/20/2026

WHY SUBSCRIBE TO MATINEE MUSICALE REASON #2: Moving Concert Experiences! Combining world-class artists with Duluth’s intimate performance venues of Pilgrim Congregational Church and Mitchell Auditorium results in an outstanding concert experience. Here’s how concert attendees describe Matinee Musicale performances:

“For 90 minutes… time stood still, the world was beautiful, and all was well.”
“It was probably the finest live music I have ever heard.”
“A transcendent work and performance! Thank you!!”
“This is our first year as series subscribers - we will definitely continue! The world-class performers and diversity of programs has been phenomenal.”

For more info and to purchase a subscription, just visit our website! https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts. Plus you save 10% over individual ticket prices!

08/17/2026

There may be two months until Matinee Musicale's first concert of the season, but you can enjoy some spectacular music this Thursday evening with the Duluth Chamber Music Festival!

Join us for our Main Stage Concert on August 20th at CSS Mitchell Auditorium, plus community events on August 13, 17 & 18.
🎟️ Link in bio for tickets.

08/14/2026

WHY SUBSCRIBE TO MATINEE MUSICALE REASON #1: You won’t miss a beat of our expanded season! After thirty-five years Matinee Musicale is returning to a five-concert line-up. For our return to a longer concert season we have put together a stellar line-up:

Balourdet Quartet, strings
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
Georgia Jacobson, mezzo-soprano & Ryan Wolfe, baritone
Marko Topchii, guitar
Juho Pohjonen, piano

As a subscriber you won’t miss out on any of these exciting performers! Plus you save 10% over individual ticket prices!

For more info and to purchase a subscription, just visit our website! https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts

08/10/2026

A Carnegie Hall debut is on the calendar this winter for Jack Swanson, Tenor accompanied by pianist Byran Wagorn. Jack was part of Matinee Musicale's 2022-23, 2020-21 (virtual) and 2016-17 seasons. Matinee Musicale sends its hearty congratulations to Jack for this milestone performance!

Hear the Carnegie Hall debut of Jack Swanson, a rising lyric tenor whose “lithe, sweet sound is ideal for the Rossini repertoire” (Opera News). In addition to Rossini’s acrobatic arias, the recital features works by Robert Schumann and Liszt, offering a chance to discover the “elegant, emoti...

07/28/2026

Early bird subscription pricing for Matinee Musicale's 2026-27 season ends in just a few days: Friday, July 31 is your last chance to take advantage of this offer! If the full five-concert season doesn’t work for you, we have a new three-concert subscription option where you can pick any three concerts. You’ll find all the details - including info on the Georgia Jacobson and Ryan Wolfe performance in January - at: https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts

07/23/2026

“[The] performance was amazing, both technically and musically. I feel very fortunate to have been present. Surely one of the best musical performances I have ever attended!” — Survey response from last season

You, too, can make this kind of experience part of your life. The clock is running out on your chance to subscribe to Matinee Musicale’s season and benefit from early bird prices. Once the calendar changes over to August we’ll be returning to our regular prices.

For more info and to purchase a subscription: https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts

07/10/2026

Subscriptions to Matinee Musicale's 2026-27 season are now available! With our series increasing to five concerts, you have your choice of a three-concert or five-concert subscription. Plus, there’s Early Bird pricing if you make your purchase before July 31!

October - Balourdet Quartet, strings 🎻
November - Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet 🎺
January - Georgia Jacobson, mezzo-soprano and Ryan Wolfe, baritone 🎵
March - Marko Topchii, guitar 🎶
April - Juho Pohjonen, piano 🎹

For more info and to purchase a subscription, just visit our website! https://www.matineemusicale.org/2026-27-concerts

07/07/2026

Pianist Reed Tetzloff opened Matinee Musicale's 2025-26 season, and he is already back in Duluth! You can see Reed Tetzloff in concert this coming Monday, July 13 at 7:00 PM. The venue is the Marshall Center for the Performing Arts on the UMD campus. No advance tickets, admission is free with a request for a $15 donation.

Thank you to the for making this concert possible.