...Orchestra will celebrate its 25th anniversary as it opens the 2001-2002 season Oct. 27 with Rhythm & Strings. Richard A. Haglund will enter his third season conducting the 50-some piece volunteer group of area musicians. Rhythm and Strings...

...that is deeply divided over its musical goals and how to achieve them. In May the board of directors settled on Richard A. Haglund of St. Louis Park over six other conductor candidates, but only after an undetermined number of orchestra players...

...joined in with good-natured spirit during the sing-a-long of five familiar carols at the end. Music Director Richard A. Haglund may have stolen the show with his percussion performance during Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride," creating a...

...the audience is in for a dazzling, trumpeted treat. The balance of the program, chosen by newly hired Director Richard A. Haglund for its variety, will shift to Beethoven's "Overture to Egmont" and Borodine's "Symphony No. 2" where...