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December is always a time for an array of musical programs. But this year, three special concerts are on the docket, starting on Tuesday, Dec. 6, with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra’s “Holidays at Home” performance. Then comes a concert on Saturday, Dec. 10, by globetrotting pianist Brayden Drevlow, followed by the Bemidji Chorale’s 43rd holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 11.

Katey Lutz moved to Bemidji four years ago. Having experience as a barista during college, she got a job at Cantabria Coffee, and after a year she was promoted to manager.

The quintet will lead the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra on “Shadowcatcher,” Eric Ewazen's concerto for brass and orchestra, on Sunday, Oct. 2.

This year's Summer Pops Concert features local vocal trio Dancing Queens and vocalist Dominic Plummer, singing a variety of familiar favorites from Elvis to the Beatles. The Dancing Queens are Mary Anderson, April Aylesworth and Melanie Hanson.

Timothy Pinkerton joined the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra at the age of 10 after about four years of private lessons. His mom, Tess, contacted BSO conductor Beverly Everett and asked if her son could audition.

The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra raised $23,500 to support future concerts and musician outreach at its annual fundraising gala.

The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra will hold its annual fundraising gala at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at the Hampton Inn and Suites.

The next-to-last concert of the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra's 2021-22 season, "Believe in the Connections of Music," will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, at the Bemidji High School Auditorium.

The holiday music starts Saturday night when the Bemidji Choir, made up of Bemidji State University students, teams up with First Lutheran Church organist Sarah Carlson for a winter concert at the church. Additional concerts are on the schedule for Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and next Sunday as various ensembles get back on stage after being sidelined or limited by the pandemic in 2020.

Sarah Carlson has not played any Beatles music in church or with the Bemidji Symphony. That will change next weekend when she joins a chamber ensemble from the BSO for two concerts at First Lutheran Church. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14.