Kris Raaen
Been with the MSO since: 1992
Hometown: Faribault, Mn.
Education: B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College
My day job: Teaching K-4 music and band lessons at Montgomey-Lonsdale Public Schools
Earliest musical memory: Singing Sunday school songs
Favorite thing about performing music: I love the "high" you get after the performance!
Other instruments I play: Saxophones and clarinets, organ and piano
The composition I would most like to perform: Sibelius Symphony #2 as a request from my husband
Best part about being an MSO musician: Being part of a wonderful music family!
What's on my iPod or in my CD player: Jean-Pierre Rampal's "The Romantic Flute"
Other interesting facts(s): I also play in a Quintet of strange instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Trombone and Tuba as well as in a big band (Generation II) featuring music of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Glen Miller in which I play the Bari Sax.