Minnesota State Band 125th Anniversary Concert

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The Minnesota State Band will perform in concert, under the direction of Keith Liuzzi, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.12 at the Park Rapids Area High School auditorium.

This year the band celebrates 125 years as an arts organization. Part of the program will celebrate the band’s history.

The Minnesota State Band is the official band of the State of Minnesota. Founded in 1898, the 60-piece concert band is the only remaining State Band in the nation and has represented the State of Minnesota on six International Goodwill Tours since 1986. While international travel is important, the band sees its primary mission as providing high quality music to the residents of Minnesota.

    Throughout the band’s long history, members have always felt an obligation to honor our veterans and played at events at tithe Capitol Mall in St. Paul and Fort Snelling National Cemetery. The band performed a concert in Park Rapids in March 2019.

The Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council and Park Rapids Community Education are sponsoring the event which will include an afternoon program for Century Middle School and Area High School band students.

The band’s concerts are always free, but a free will donation will be taken to offset local expenses.

The band’s fall Legacy grant concert tour is funded in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.

The Minnesota State Band also will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13 at Wadena Memorial Auditorium and at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Oshkiimaajitahdah event center in Redby. It is the first time in the 125-year-old organization’s history they have been asked to play on a reservation.

For more information about the band, including history, news and upcoming events, please visit www.minnesotastateband.org.