Minnesotans trek to Cuba to debut youth orchestra: 'They didn't want to say goodbye'

[Judi Lynn]

By Jenna Ross MAY 30, 2019 — 8:09AM



Photos by Nate Ryan, courtesy of the Cuban American Youth Orchestra.

A youth orchestra sparked by the Minnesota Orchestra's historic trip to Havana made its own debut in Cuba last week.

Twenty five young American musicians trekked to Havana to play with some 50 Cubans in the Cuban American Youth Orchestra. Eleven members of the Minnesota Orchestra tagged along, mentoring the musicians, ages 18 to 24, as they prepared for the youth orchestra's first pair of concerts.

They rehearsed in the heat. They premiered two works by Cuban composers. They jammed, then they jammed some more.

"They didn't want to say goodbye at the end of the night," said Rena Kraut, the youth orchestra's executive director.

More:
http://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-trek-to-cuba-to-debut-new-youth-orchestra-they-didn-t-want-to-say-goodbye/510563372/

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