The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO), based in St. Paul (the state capital of Minnesota), is the nation's only full-time professional chamber orchestra. As of 2005, it has 35 members. The group has a weekly radio program distributed by American Public Media (the national arm of Minnesota Public Radio), and claim to have 140,000 listeners each week. The program airs in Minnesota on Mondays at 8 PM and is hosted by Michael Barone, who also hosts Pipedreams. The City of Saint Paul State capitol building in Saint Paul Motto: Nickname: Location in Ramsey County, Minnesota Founded Incorporated 1851 1854  County Ramsey County Borough Parrish Mayor Chris Coleman (DFL) Area  - Total  - Water 145. ... State nickname: North Star State, The Land of 10,000 Lakes, The Gopher State Official languages None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Senators Mark Dayton (D) Norm Coleman (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 8. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... American Public Media logo American Public Media is the brand under which Minnesota Public Radio distributes public radio programming outside of the state of Minnesota. ... Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a regional public radio network based in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been broadcasting since 1967. ... Michael Barone is a political expert and commentator. ... Pipedreams is a radio music program produced and distributed by American Public Media. ...

The organization won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1980 for their 1979 recording of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, one of the earliest digital audio recordings to see commercial release. The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American... The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. ... Appalachian Spring is a musical work by Aaron Copland writteen between 1943–44 as a ballet suite and a later orchestral suite. ... Digital audio describes sound recording and reproduction systems which work by using a digital representation of the audio waveform. ...

Beginning with the 2004-2005 season, the SPCO pioneered a new artistic model by eliminating the position of Music Director and creating several Artistic Partners (which currently includes violinist Joshua Bell). Under this model the musicians are given a much higher degree of artistic control. Joshua Bell Joshua Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist. ...

Group leadership

• Leopold Sipe (1959–1971)
• Dennis Russell Davies (1972–1980)
• Pinchas Zukerman (1980–1987)
• Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Interim Music Advisor, 1987–1988)
• Christopher Hogwood (Music Director, 1988–1992), Hugh Wolff (Principal Conductor, 1988–1992)
• Hugh Wolff (1992–2000)
• Andreas Delfs (2001–2004)

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Artistic Partners

• Nicholas McGegan (2004 - Present)
• Joshua Bell (2004 - Present)
• Douglas Boyd (2004 - Present)
• Stephen Prutsman (2004 - Present)
• Roberto Abbado (beginning with 2005-06 Season)

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External links

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
• MPR: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
• APM: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra radio program via streaming audio