Katie Leadership Impact Women of Color Leadership Series: Kelly Hall-Tompkins

Date/Time:
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Offer:
2 Free Tickets for Kelly Hall-Tompkins at The O'Shaughnessy — One pass good for two free tickets to Katie Leadership Impact Women of Color Leadership Series: Kelly Hall-Tompkins at the O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on Friday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: This pass is not a ticket. You must contact The O'Shaughnessy Ticket Office after placing your reservation to redeem your pass for a ticket. Your ticket is not reserved until you have contacted the ticketing office.

Friday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m.
The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

Event Details:

The Katie Leadership Impact Women of Color Leadership Series showcases high-profile leaders, sharing their stories, talents, and insights, and connecting students with role models who embody the promise of meaningful global change.

Katie Leadership Impact is proud to present internationally acclaimed violinist and social changemaker Kelly Hall-Tompkins. Working at the intersection of music and social justice, Tompkins brings her electrifying artistry and powerful voice for equity together in concert, The Fiddler Expanding Tradition, and a conversation about her non-profit organization Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul. Presented through generous support by The Manitou Fund.

Winner of a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize and featured in the Smithsonian Museum for African-American History, Ms. Hall-Tompkins is a violin soloist entrepreneur who has been acclaimed by the New York Times as "the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive," for her "tonal mastery" (BBC Music Magazine) and as New York Times "New Yorker of the Year." She has appeared as co-soloist in Carnegie Hall with Glenn Dicterow and conductor Leonard Slatkin, in London at Queen Elizabeth Hall, at Lincoln Center and with the Symphonies of Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, Oakland, recitals in Paris, New York, Toronto, Washington, Chicago, and festivals of Tanglewood, Ravinia, Santa Fe, France, Germany and Italy. She was "Fiddler"/Violin Soloist of the Grammy/Tony-nominated Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. Inspired by her experience, she commissioned and developed the first ever Fiddler solo disc of all new arrangements, "The Fiddler Expanding Tradition," which is featured in the upcoming new documentary "Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles" on the 55-year history of the musical. Actively performing virtually throughout the pandemic, numerous projects include premiering 4 pieces written for her, creating and/or been invited to participate in unique collaborations including with Tony-nominated actor Daniel Watts, aerial dancer Alexandra Peter, Frisson Films, Gil Shaham's Gilharmonic, Routledge press as contributing author for a new book on Music and Human Rights and with WQXR as part of the inaugural Artist Propulsion Lab. As founder of Music Kitchen-Food for the Soul, Kelly Hall-Tompkins is a pioneer of social justice in classical music, bringing top artists in over 100 concerts in homeless shelters coast to coast from New York to Los Angeles, and in internationally in Paris, France. Music Kitchen commissioned and will present the World Premiere of the Forgotten Voices Song Cycle in Association with Carnegie Hall.

Learn More on the O'Shaughnessy Website

Location:
The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University
2004 Randolph Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday - Friday 12-4 and two hours before show time on performance days.

Parking Information:
https://oshag.stkate.edu/home/plan-your-visit/

Accessibility Information:
https://oshag.stkate.edu/accessibility/

Organization Details:

Located on the scenic campus of St. Catherine University, The O’Shaughnessy is one of the Twin Cities’ premiere arts venues. Since opening in 1970, The O’Shaughnessy has presented an array of both local and national performing arts companies. The O’Shaughnessy’s mission is to support St. Catherine University’s mission to educate women to lead and influence. It presents annually a world-class series of artistic offerings that center themes of social justice and women’s voices, produces University Events that invite the general public’s participation and broaden academic engagement, and hosts select community events. The venue is a meeting place between the campus community and larger region, and seeks opportunities to actively engage students in artmaking and broaden the campus dialogue through approachable art.

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Offer: 2 Free Tickets for Kelly Hall-Tompkins at The O'Shaughnessy — One pass good for two free tickets to Katie Leadership Impact Women of Color Leadership Series: Kelly Hall-Tompkins at the O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on Friday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: This pass is not a ticket. You must contact The O'Shaughnessy Ticket Office after placing your reservation to redeem your pass for a ticket. Your ticket is not reserved until you have contacted the ticketing office.

Friday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m.
The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

Date/Time: Friday, February 27, 2026 7:00 pm

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