Sundin Music Hall

The Heart of Music at Hamline

Many Twin Cities arts organizations consider Sundin Music Hall their preferred concert venue, including Lyra Baroque, The Minnesota Guitar Society, and The Bach Society of Minnesota.

Sundin Music Hall is recognized for its intimate, warm ambiance and recording-quality acoustics. The 325-seat performance hall is a much sought-after venue for recitals, chamber music concerts, and lectures. Sundin is one of the most intimate and best-sounding performance spaces in the Twin Cities. Literally, there is not a bad seat in the house.

Students perform in the hall regularly each semester. Whether they are in one of Hamline University's music ensembles, performing a senior recital, or simply auditioning for a music scholarship, each student will often find themselves in Sundin Hall.

Hamline University requires masking in all of its indoor spaces, irrespective of individual vaccine status. Hamline University is a vaccine-mandatory campus.

Sundin Music Hall Concerts at Hamline University | 2022–23 season

Find out more about the concerts in Sundin Music Hall. Check below for dates and times, and purchase tickets.

View the Hamline Music Department Concert Series.
Immortal Impromptus
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.
Immortal Impromptus explores the time before the twentieth century, when pianists improvised many of the works they played. An impromptu is a more stylized work that gives the impression of being made up on the spot. Some of the best are by Franz Schubert, Frederick Chopin, and Gabriel Fauré.

Mozart and Friends
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.
Mozart and Friends showcases the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other composers of his time—Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn, Muzio Clementi, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

Season ticket: $78 for adults; $30 for students
Single tickets: $30 for adults; $13 for students
Hamline community free (one ticket per ID at the door)

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Why Terezin?
Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 3 p.m.
Why Terezin? highlights the work of Pavel Haas, one of many Jewish artists imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin. His String Quartet No. 2, “Monkey Mountains” has the unique sound of an added percussionist. In addition, Dorothy Rudd Moore’s “Modes for String Quartet” is a rare treat alongside the quintessential Romantic era composer Johannes Brahms’ first string quartet.

Tickets are $25 for adults; youth and student tickets are free; Hamline community free (one ticket per ID at the door)

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Check back later in the academic year for information on faculty recital information.
To order tickets, select the "buy tickets" link for the event you wish to attend below. To make a donation to the Friends of Sundin, please email sundinmusichall@hamline.edu or call 651-523-2459 and select four for more information. Leave us a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. Please do not leave your credit card information on the voice mail or in an email.

Location

Sundin Music Hall is located on the Hamline University Saint Paul campus next to Drew Residence Hall and the Drew Fine Arts building.

Hamline online tour

Live concert webcast

The concert webcast allows you to view live concerts. You can also access an on-demand archive of past Sundin events.

Concert webcast

Parking

Parking is available in the Visitor Lot in the basement of the Anderson Center (enter on Englewood). This lot is located on the southwest corner of campus.

Campus map

Rental information

Sundin Music Hall is often praised for its intimate and warm ambiance as well as its recording-quality acoustics. Sundin is available for rental upon request. Contact Silvester Vicic at svicic01@hamline.edu or 651-523-2197 with questions about rental rates.

Facility amenities

Seven-foot Hamburg Steinway grand piano
Seven-foot New York Steinway grand piano
Orchestral and percussion equipment
Digital recording equipment

Rate includes stage manager and crew, concert hall lighting (no spots or colored lights), sound (basic House PA includes podium with microphone and three wireless microphones; monitors and other PA are extra.). Please note that non-campus renters must supply a certificate of insurance or purchase the same through Hamline University in order to rent Sundin Music Hall. Rental costs are on a sliding scale, as noted below.

The Sundin Music Hall season runs from July 1 to June 30.

Sundin Music Hall seat layout

Outside event rental: Basic costs

Single event: $760
Two to four events: $620 per concert
Five+ events: $590 per concert
Each additional hour above eight hours is billed at $85 per hour.
$195 per three hours ($65 per hour after that). Extra set up is billed at $65 per hour or partial hour
$70 per piano use without tuning

$150 per piano per tuning
$25 per rehearsal or concert
$40 per rehearsal or concert (no extra fee if the rehearsal is on the day of the concert).
Use of mics for PA: $35. If extra audio services are engaged, this is folded into the cost of those extra services).

Concert recordings: $160 per recording.

Use of screen and/or projector and/or laptop: $50 per use.

We do not have a pull-down screen. Our screen and projector sit on the stage in an appropriate configuration for your event.

Extra audio services
Use of house tech/set up of monitors and remote speakers: $135.
Additional mics beyond podium mic and three wireless mics: $25 each.
Inquire with the director.
Hamline University's caterer is Aramark. External commercial caterers may be engaged, but notice must be given to the director two weeks in advance. No homemade desserts are permitted. We are not currently allowing food in the lobby.
University renters, please contact Silvester Vicic at svicic01@hamline.edu or 651-523-2197.

Contact information

Sundin Music Hall

1531 Hewitt Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
United States

sundinmusichall@hamline.edu
Silvester Vicic, director

651-523-2197

svicic01@hamline.edu

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