NO COVER 5:00pm Show
Canadian native Joan Hutton is a performer, composer and educator residing in Minneapolis. Joan’s diverse interests have taken her from jazz, free improv and funk to classical, chamber music and pit orchestras. She performs with a classical chamber group, the Ancia Saxophone Quartet, which has recordings out on the Naxos and Albany labels. Joan has recorded two jazz albums featuring her original music, both on Shifting Paradigm Records: “Take That Back” (2022) and “Splash” (release date July 26, 2024.)
Upon relocating to the Twin Cities guitarist and composer Mike Wolter dug into a variety of the local music scenes often working with musicians from both the preeminent vanguard and the eclectic fringe, becoming one of the area's most sought after guitarists and band leaders. In 2021 Wolter’s interest in the intersection of music and social change inspired him to repurpose a sizable grant he received from the St. Paul Arts Board for showcasing his music to include, and bring together, the varied musical acts from around town he admired while also raising several thousand dollars that went back into local nonprofits working to better the community.
