Tickets for VMIII go on sale FEBRUARY 1st!
The event is March 19th, 2011 at Intermedia Arts in Uptown. There will be live music, art, and silent auction. Tickets are just $23 on-line and $27 at the door. Proceeds for the event will benefit the music program at Richard R. Green Central Park School in Minneapolis. Space is limited so dont wait! Help save the arts today!

There will be live music for VMIII and is spectacular!
Check out musician Danny Fromm from McNally Smith College of Music as well as our headlining act this year, “New Shoes“. Both bands are talented, lively and fresh with a bluesy undertone. They are definitely worth checking out.

If you are unable to make it to VMIII, consider becoming  s sponsor today! Any amount will help save music and art education in Minnesota. Every little bit counts.

Silver Member - Suggested donation of $50

As a Silver Member you will receive special recognition by Viva Musica in our Member Directory page.

“I would like to thank you for this opportunity for our school.  I believe that the Music programs in our schools are one way for ALL students to connect with themselves – but Music also is a way to connect with others.  When students perform in Music classes, they build a sense of success with themselves – but they also build a sense of community.  Music is a part of all of our cultures – it is a universal language.”                                                                                    -Corina Miller

Without a functional percussion section, the band’s success is significantly limited. The funds raised from this event will purchase new, long-lasting, high quality percussion instruments, replace broken auxiliary percussion instruments, repair current percussion instruments, and build new cabinetry and storage for percussion instruments.  As a result of these improvements to the Watertown-Mayer Middle School Band Program, every band student will experience creativity, imagination, and musicianship at a much higher level.

This effort has inspiring potential as this benefit concert will pump new excitement and energy into the students of Watertown-Mayer Middle School!

Congratulations Jacob Morris and the Watertown-Mayer Middle School Bands!

Read the article on Viva Musica in the Sun Patriot Newspaper

The benefit was held February 20th at Five Event Center in Minneapolis. Bands that played in support of Viva Musica’s mission were One Night Stand and Steve Sullivan and the Factory.

The event hosted artwork by local artists including Haley Champion. Aligning the hallways were also works from 2nd graders from Minneapolis and 6-9th graders from Stevens Point, WI.

Thank you to all the artists and musicians who shared their talents!