CMSA 2026, Minnesota

Evening Programs

We have a stellar lineup of evening entertainment, free and open to the public, even!  Bring your friends and family.

8:00-10:00pm Guest Artist Performance – TBA

Join us in the main ballroom to be dazzled by two sets of music from our guest artists!

8:00-10:00pm Guest Artist Performance – TBA

Join us in the main ballroom to be dazzled by two sets of music from our guest artists!

9:00pm: The CMSA En Masse Orchestra

You are in for treat, flavored with a musical tour around the world! Jim Bates has prepared the following program (the set order has yet to be determined).

Music for Play by Claudio Mandonico

Okinawa Suite by Miwa Naito

Tale of Two Cities by Chris Acquavella

The City Awakens by Emiel Stöpler

Turkish Suite by Burkhard Wolters

8:00pm: Opener — TBA

One of our guest artists will warm up the crowd ahead of the En Masse Orchestra extravaganza.

If your seat is taken by someone in dressed in black who could conceivably be a musician, shoo them away and tell them to warm up for the main event.

Come and join us onstage or in workshop!

Did we whet your appetite for more than an evening performance?  Register for the convention and expand your plucked-string horizons!