HIBBING — The Mesaba Concert Association (MCA) is looking forward to its 75th season, and has begun its annual membership drive.
“The 2022-2023 season has four wonderful acts coming to perform in the Hibbing High School Auditorium,” Joe Keyes, Membership Chair, said via email. “Each season we try to have at least one classical music concert and a blend of other pop/jazz music acts. We have an Aretha Franklin tribute concert, a classical pianist concert, a jazz/pops trio concert, and a brass sextet concert. All of these concerts will sound wonderful in the auditorium and will appeal to a wide range of concert goers.”
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