Need a peaceful place to practice? $24 will get you an hour in one of our equipped studios. We have spaces with pianos, music stands, Auralex wall panels, and more.
Got a big event coming up? Studio 20, our event space, is also available for rental at $75 an hour (2 hour minimum, $50 non-refundable deposit upon booking).
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
Brick by Brick is a community space for children and their caregivers to listen to stories, create art, ask questions and practice anti-racism. Storytellers Morgan, Alsa, and Ellen guide families through fun, play, openness, and silliness, because creating joy together is anti-racist! And YES! There will be snacks!
We welcome families of any race, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, or disability status.
FREE and open to all!
Bring Your Kids! is a very, very ridiculous comedy variety show for kids and their grown-ups. Perfect for ages 5 and up. Featuring comedians, musicians and general silliness. Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes. More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets: $12 adults/$7 kids
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
Join us in Studio 20 for a special Holidayrecital. Hear what our students have been working on!
THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT - join the waitlist!
Spencer McGillicutty with opener Castle Theater. Friday, Dec 19. Doors: 7:00. Music: 7:30. $20. Spencer McGillicutty is an indie pop group that formed in college in the early 2000s and recorded three albums while living in a house together in Minneapolis. The band will reunite for the first time in more than a decade to play old songs and celebrate the release of their brand new single, “What More Can I Do?” Castle Theater is the music of Minnesotan songwriter and home recordist Tyler Tholl. He’ll be joined by longtime friends and collaborators Dan Lehn and Pete James Johnson for a set of quiet indie folk.
Paul Spring in concert at Studio 20. December 20th. Doors at 6:30, music at 7pm. Tickets are $20.
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
Bring Your Kids! is a very, very ridiculous comedy variety show for kids and their grown-ups. Perfect for ages 5 and up. Featuring comedians, musicians and general silliness. Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes. More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets: $12 adults/$7 kids
Join us in Studio 20 for a special Halloween recital. Hear what our students have been working on, eat some treats (no tricks), and win a prize if you come in costume. Stick around after the recital for a Halloween themed dance party!
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
Bring Your Kids! is a very, very ridiculous comedy variety show for kids and their grown-ups. Perfect for ages 5 and up. Featuring comedians, musicians and general silliness. Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes. More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets: $12 adults/$7 kids
Join us for a Fall favorite— Selby Stroll! Next Saturday, stroll along Selby Ave from Fairview to Saratoga, then head on down Snelling for giveaways, sidewalk sales and more!
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
Come celebrate the brilliant Jean! Founding Cadenza Music woodwind specialist extraordinaire, Jean Carey, is retiring. We're having an open house to give her a proper send off, and you're invited. No last minute instrument check-ups allowed - this is strictly a celebration!
Bring Your Kids! is a very, very ridiculous comedy variety show for kids and their grown-ups. Perfect for ages 5 and up. Featuring comedians, musicians and general silliness. Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes. More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets: $12 adults/$7 kids
Join us for a free music jam outside (weather permitting) hosted by Ross Hackenmiller! Connect with others in an all-comer improvised exploration of sound and music. Play a collection of random instruments, noisemakers, and other odds and ends. Record sounds onto a communal recording loop. Sing, freestyle, or recite poetry over beats. Any and all are invited to participate, regardless of age, background, or skill level. Instruments and noisemakers of all kinds will be provided, though feel free to bring an instrument of your choice. Music is a fundamental human activity and a key ritual for connection- drop by the jam at Cadenza and add a sound to the community groove.
Keys to Optimal Learning for Musicians with Stanley Jordan. $100 adults, $50 ages 17 and under. Open to all musicians ages 13 and up, all styles, all levels of skill. No matter what kind of music you play, the key to success is to have an effective method of learning. This is the key that will open the door to everything you want to do. In this 3-hour small-group seminar you'll learn the secrets of my highly efficient approach to learning music.
Keith Lee & Matt Sowell - Live at Cadenza music!
* Showtime 6:30-8:30pm, Doors @ 6pm
* $10 tickets at the door
Join us for stories from the book, Brassroots Democracy, led by Kristen Froebel.
Brassroots Democracy recasts the birth of jazz, unearthing vibrant narratives of New Orleans musicians to reveal how early jazz was inextricably tied to the mass mobilization of freed people during Reconstruction and the decades that followed.
Free and open to the public
Bring Your Kids! is a very, very ridiculous comedy variety show for kids and their grown-ups. Perfect for ages 5 and up. Featuring comedians, musicians and general silliness. Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes. More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets: $12 adults/$7 kids
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
Brick by Brick is a community space for children and their caregivers to listen to stories, create art, ask questions and practice anti-racism. Storytellers Morgan, Alsa, and Ellen guide families through fun, play, openness, and silliness, because creating joy together is anti-racist! And YES! There will be snacks!
This is a program of New City Church and Northeast United Methodist Church - organizations that center marginalized voices and invite the doubts and questions of people who do not identify as Christian. Our books and activities are not faith-based, and we welcome families of any race, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, or disability status.
FREE and open to all!
🌸 SAVE THE DATE! 🌸 Spring Fling is a fabulous neighborhood-wide annual event. Come visit Selby West Saturday May 10 for sales, discounts, raffles, treats, live music, spring crafts, a photo booth and more!
The spring recital is around the corner - let your teacher know if you're interested, or add your name to one of the sign up sheets. These events are a blast, we encourage you to come out and support the students even if you're not performing!
Vince Hyman (vibraphone) and Bob Ekstrand (guitar) have put together a concert of classical and jazz music they've arranged for this unique combination of instruments. They will perform concert works by Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Villa-Lobos, and Piazzolla, as well as jazz and Brazilian classics by Brubeck, Gismonti, Pascoal, James P Johnson, Fats Waller, and others. The program is free and open to all.
Time: 2-3:30
Sunday, April 27
For a sample, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcK1gVAh-0
(Or search YouTube: Hyman & Ekstrand: Works by Villa-Lobos, Bartok, & Piazzolla)
Fusebox- Live at Cadenza music! - $15 at the door, $10 for Cadenza Students
Fusebox is a new progressive jazz fusion trio performing odd-metered originals. Among Fusebox’s influences are Frank Zappa, Medeski Martin & Wood, Spinal Tap, and The Big Lebowski.
$12 for adults, $7 for children at the door
Join Nicholas Pawlowski & Sarina Partridge 'round the Story Table for "The Nigun Story," a beautiful Jewish folk tale about a nigun (a wordless song) and remembering what brings us joy! This story is perfect for elementary school kids, while exploring timeless themes relevant to people of all ages. Come to listen, sing, draw and dance!
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
Sister Esmerlinda is a fiddle-loving genre-crossing duo of Dean Magraw and Zack Kline. Both are veteran performers who have logged many hours and miles playing music over the years. At this point though, they like most to play in a small acoustic setting like Cadenza, with no amplification between you and the musical moment.
Bring Your Kids! is a very, very ridiculous comedy variety show for kids and their grown-ups. Perfect for ages 5 and up. Featuring comedians, musicians and general silliness. Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes. More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets: $12 adults/$7 kids
Spencer Heller - Marvin Magic - Uncle Al
Doors at 6:30pm, music at 7pm. $0.25 at the door.
This is an all ages show.
Paul Storms will be hosting an afternoon of Irish Music on Sunday March 16th at 2 pm. This event is free for anyone to come along just to listen, but we encourage you to bring an instrument and play or sing along.
FREE bi-monthly ukulele jam hosted by the Twin Cities Ukulele Club! All levels welcome. Bring a ukulele, or purchase one here.
On the second Sunday of each month, Minnesota Guitar Society members and friends of all ages are invited to bring their guitars to Acoustic OpenStage.
