SECOND SUNDAY COFFEE SERIES
Second Sunday of the month, 11:00- 12:30
Coffee & Bites for you and your family amid live music
AUSTIN WAHL with CLAIRE MILLER
September 14th, 2025
Austin Wahl is an internationally acclaimed performer and teacher. With nearly thirty competition prizes, including ten first place finishes, he is among the most successful of today's American guitarists. Wahl's first album, Across Four Centuries: Music Written and Arranged for Classical Guitar, was released in late 2023.
Claire Miller is a violinist and educator in the Twin Cities. She is an active performer, currently as a section violinist in the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the Midwest, Texas, New Mexico, and Italy, including educational outreach concerts to local elementary schools in West Texas.
ELIJAH LAND
October 12th, 2025
Professional singer and song-writer Elijah Land will melt you with his beautiful voice - this is a morning you will not want to miss.
MARK JOHNSON
November 9th, 2025
Mark's slightly older cousin was one of the last children of the 1960's to be forced to take accordion lessons as a young child. Mark, however, didn't take up the accordion until the late 1980's while attending graduate school. Now, Mark is a Minneapolis/St Paul accordion player who performs solo, with a violin player, and with the jazz trio . Marks plays a wide variety of old jazz standards, folk, classic country and pop songs, and will wow and delight you with his chops!
VINNIE ROSE
December 14th, 2025
Minnesota’s premier solo-acoustic, live-looping guitarist and vocalist. Known for his seamless fusion of musical styles and engaging stage presence, Vinnie brings a one-of-a-kind experience to every performance.
Professionally trained in classical and jazz guitar—and with a deep love for blues, rock, and more—Vinnie creates dynamic, eclectic sets that resonate across generations. Using a looping pedal, he layers live tracks on the spot, building rich, full arrangements in real-time. This innovative technique not only adds depth to his sound but also allows him to break into soaring guitar solos while the rhythm plays on, all created live.
PAVEL JANY
January 11th, 2026
Pavel Jany's diversity and eclecticism in his guitar playing and composing have no boundaries, and his long musical journey encompasses many various styles. His classical guitar and compositional backgrounds were enriched by influences from East European Romani music of his native Czechoslovakia, to the works of jazz fusion guitarists Al Di Meola, Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner, Biréli Lagrène, and many Brazilian guitar masters. His three year stay in West Africa and his travels to Brazil and other South American countries deepened his interest in Afro-Brazilian and Latin music.Pavel Jany has founded several international jazz projects on the Twin Cities' music scene, including Brazilian jazz ensemble "Ticket To Brasil", instrumental trio "Talking Strings", and jazz/fusion group "Global Jazz Collegium". He is a co-founder of "Duo CORDA" and he occasionally performs and records with other local and international artists.
HEARTSTRINGS
February 8th, 2026
Joe and Julia have been playing music together since their wedding in 2018. Julia is a classically trained cellist who studied at Dartmouth College and Boston University. Joe is a self-taught, multi-instrumentalist who has been playing professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to playing music, Julia and Joe own and operate a farm in Milaca, MN called Peterson's Farm.
TBD
March 8th, 2026
ROCHELLE RANDY
April 12th, 2026
Rochelle grew up as a stubborn lover of pop and rock ‘n’ roll, but she was about to experience a different kind of music when her brother brought home country records from the radio station where he worked.
The songs Rochelle performs pull the listener close, swelling with moments of intensity and tenderness. She captures the bittersweet stories of country music and invites her audiences to experience all of the vulnerability and longing they contain.
MARI HARRIS
Mother's Day
May 10th, 2026
Mari Harris is an award-winning Singer/Songwriter, Actress, Speaker, and a Lover of Life with a powerful commitment to provide entertainment, fun, empowerment, healing, and Love through the Arts. She performs nationally--singing, acting, and speaking on stages, in concert halls, on television, the internet, and the big screen--exciting and inspiring audiences with both her Voice and her Presence.