Doc Severinsen to perform with the Minnesota Orchestra's Pops

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  Doc Severinsen (MOP)

  Doc Severinsen to perform with the Minnesota Orchestra’s pops: Two dates- Fri Dec 9 8PM and Sun Dec 11, 2011 2PM
  
  
  Minnesota Orchestra
  Doc Severinsen, conductor and trumpet
  Minnesota Chorale
  Twin Cities Bronze, handbell ensemble 
  It’s warm, it’s cozy—it’s Doc!—ushering in holiday spirit with the festive sounds of our Orchestra. Delight in lovely traditions and join us for the jolliest concert of the year…hot cocoa for the soul!

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  1111 Nicollet Mall
  Minneapolis, MN 55403
  
  
  Doc Severinsen became the Minnesota Orchestra’s pops conductor laureate in April 2007, after completing 14 seasons as principal pops conductor. He has enjoyed a six-decade career as conductor, trumpet soloist and bandleader, well-known as the former music director of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, a position he held for more than 25 years.
  
  Severinsen made his Minnesota Orchestra debut in 1965, and in 2003 was featured with the Orchestra in the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra, written for Severinsen and Manny Laureano, the Orchestra’s principal trumpet. In February 2010 Severinsen and his Mexican-based ensemble, the San Miguel 5 (also known as El Ritmo de la Vida), made a return engagement to Orchestra Hall and in June 2011 he returned with his Big Band show.
  
  In December 2011 he will conduct two holiday pops concerts with the Orchestra and its principal chorus, the Minnesota Chorale.
  
  With more than 30 albums to his credit, Severinsen has recorded everything from big band and jazz-fusion to classical works. He received a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance—Big Band for his recording Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band—Volume I. His most recent recordings include En Mi Corazon with Gil + Cartas, where he was featured special guest (released in 2009) and El Ritmo de la Vida, also with Gil + Cartas, which was released in 2010.
  
  Severinsen currently works with the S.E. Shires Company in Massachusetts, whose line of trumpets include the S.E. Shires Severinsen Destino III, a model developed through Doc’s supervision until his exacting standards of quality and sound were met.
  
  In recent years, Severinsen also served as principal pops conductor of the Milwaukee and Phoenix Symphony Orchestras.
  
  In his non-musical moments, Severinsen enjoys horses, cooking and collecting American art. For more information, visit docseverinsen.com.
   
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