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Rochester Public Music brings people together through concerts, cultural programs, and music education. Our events are free and public by design.

We turn parks into concert venues, bring artists into classrooms, and share music across neighborhoods. Our work is rooted in shared experience, local connection, and the belief that music belongs to everyone.

Music with Purpose.

Rochester Public Music is a department of the City of Rochester.

Our Programs

  • FORWARD Park Concerts: Free summer concerts in Rochester parks. Local bands, local food, and space for everyone to gather.
  • Riverside Music Series: Live music. Big names. No tickets. Large-scale concerts featuring chart-topping acts and rising stars.
  • Sound School: In-school residencies where students explore rhythm, movement, and musical identity — from hip hop and taiko drumming to close-harmony singing.
  • Passport Sessions: Free outdoor concerts during Thursdays Downtown, celebrating culture and connection through sound.

Live from Med City: Fires of Denmark from the Historic Chateau Theatre

  • Date: 04/14/2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM  
HOW TO WATCH: This virtual concert can be viewed on Riverside Concerts’ Facebook and YouTube accounts or at the Facebook event ... https://fb.me/e/3pIVdAShL.
 
Fires of Denmark is the brainchild and musical project of Michael Terrill in which he writes/performs/records all of his songs. Started in 2010 as an attempt to create "quiet dance music, Fires of Denmark slowly evolved into a genre bending dream synth performance using vintage synthesizers and live looping to create a unique experience. With influences coming from The Cure, Tears for Fears, Sigur Ros, Tame Impala, Radiohead and Pink Floyd. Michael has been playing/recording/composing music for the last 18 years. Winning music composition scholarships and national battle of the bands as well as signing to an indie music label by the age of 18. In addition to his live performance and recordings, Michael also has written commercial music for businesses like Caribou Coffee, Mayo Clinic Classes, Rochester Downtown Alliance as well as campaign music for, regional, statewide and national campaigns. Michael has always played a backing role in the music scene, since the early 00s playing lead guitar in Runway 36 and Sterling and the Silver Linings and bass in Second Story. In 2008 he released his first lead project “Versus the Lion” followed shortly by the creation of “Fires of Denmark.” In 2018 Fires of Denmark released their first full length album “With Love” and the follow up "Interference" out in 2019. Currently Fires of Denmark is completing their new album "Relativity" with an expected release of Summer 2020.
 
Riverside Concerts, the City of Rochester's music department, presents "Live from Med City", an online video digest of all things arts and entertainment in Rochester, MN. The "Live from Med City" concept was conceived with the objective to spotlight the many “live arts experiences” Rochester (home of the world renowned Mayo Clinic) has to offer, featuring artists from around the block and from all over the world, and filmed in some of our finest and most unique venues. Focusing first on Riverside Concerts’ own presentations, but with an eye toward broadening the coverage to include presentations from other local organizations in the future.
 
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support Grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund. 

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