University hosts free concert

-- Vickie Evans-Nash

Metropolitan State University presents The Great Winter Festival II: Artistry at its very best as the third of a five-concert series of the Minnesota Sinfonia conducted by Jay Fishman.

The concert will feature international award-winning cellist Matt Haimovitz performing Robert Schumann’s "Concerto in A Minor." Haimovitz has soloed with every major orchestra in the world and will now maae his Sinfonia debut.

The Great Winter Festival II will take place on Friday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. in the university’s Auditorium, St. Paul Campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

Concert seating is first come, first served. For special accommodations call Disability and Special Services at (651) 793-1540 (voice) or (651) 772-7687 (TTY).

The next concerts presented by the university are on Fridays, Feb. 2 and March 2.

This concert is made possible thanks to a grant from the Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Trust.

Visit http://www.mnsinfonia.org/winter.html for further information.