Plymouth Civic League

In 1972, Mayor Al Hilde, Jr. and the Plymouth City Council formed a citizen committee, the Plymouth Civic League (PCL) to bring a free concert of the Minnesota Orchestra to Plymouth. The purpose of the committee was to focus on raising community spirit in a sleepy suburb. The mission of Music in Plymouth, featuring the Minnesota Orchestra, is to bring the community together for an evening of high quality entertainment designed to enrich the lives of our diverse citizenry.

Music in Plymouth has been the premiere summer event in Plymouth since its inception 45 years ago. 

From the first years, when the event was held on vacant land within the Minneapolis Industrial Park to today’s state of the art Hilde Performance Center in Plymouth Creek Park, Music in Plymouth has grown with our community and helped Plymouth develop a rich sense of identity and community pride. Over the years, this annual signature event has expanded to include a broad range of family-focused entertainment, including a spectacular fireworks display choreographed to music. 

The event is now eagerly anticipated each year by more than 15,000 people from Plymouth and surrounding communities.

The PCL’s volunteer Board of Directors is composed of citizens and business people whose primary objective is to promote and carry forward the mission of Music in Plymouth.  PCL board members raise all the funds necessary to produce this annual event in cooperation and partnership with the City of Plymouth.  Plymouth is widely considered to be one of the most desirable communities in the Twin Cities metro area in which to live – Music in Plymouth contributes to that reputation.

Music in Plymouth Award

The Music in Plymouth Award was created in 2012 to recognize individuals, groups or companies that have made significant contributions to the ongoing success of the event.

Recipients of this prestigious award have been

  • 2022 City of Plymouth and PCL Board President Barbara Willis

  • 2021 Xcel Energy and Robert & Sandra Erickson

  • 2020 U.S. Bank, N.A.

  • 2019 Wells Fargo (formerly Norwest Bank)

  • 2018 Kennedy Vision Health Center

  • 2017 SRF Consulting Group

  • 2016 Anchor Bank (now Old National Bank)

  • 2015 Omega Lithograph

  • 2014 MFRA, Inc. (now Sambatek)

  • 2013 Daikin McQuay, (now Daikin Applied)

  • 2012 Curt Carlson & the Carlson Family Foundation, and Al Hilde, Jr. former mayor of Plymouth and founder, with his wife Jayne, of the Music in Plymouth Endowment Fund

Event Participation Policy (Non-Affiliated Groups)

Annually, the Plymouth Civic League receives requests from various clubs, groups and organizations not affiliated with Music in Plymouth to participate in varying degrees in the event. A participation policy has been crafted to help Board members communicate to these organizations the position of the Board of Directors with regard to various forms of participation by outside groups. Read the Policy

PCL Board of Directors

  • Barbara Willis, President and Chair Music in Plymouth (Citizen Member)

  • Tom Barron, Vice President (Citizen Member)

  • Marilynn Paulson, Secretary (Citizen Member)

  • Becky Boe, Assistant Secretary (CBIZ)

  • Ted Kopacek, Treasurer (Citizen Member)

  • Peter Albrecht (Citizen Member)

  • John Babcock (Satellite Industries, Inc.)

  • Steve Bermel (Edie Bailly LLP)

  • Brady Busselman (Sambatek)

  • Rianna Cropp (Peterson, Whitaker & Bjork)

  • Andy Dahl (Citizen Member)

  • Greg Eklund (Citizen Member)

  • Kari Hemp (City of Plymouth Park and Recreation)

  • Roger Janikowski (Citizen Member)

  • Tom Johnson (Citizen Member)

  • Anna Kenigsberg (Huntington Bank)

  • Jeff Kurth (SRF Consulting Group, Inc)

  • Carrie Lumex (Old National Bank)

  • Dr. Subhashini Mathipathi (RNXT)

  • Kari Marshall (Citizen Member)

  • Randy Olson (Citizen Member)

  • Barbara Patrin ( Citizen Member)

  • Matthew Phipps (Trillium Woods)

  • Katie Pickett (Citizen Member)

  • Tim Ryan (RJM Construction)

  • Lori Shannon ( Park Nicollet Plymouth)

  • Greg Skjoiten (US Bank)

  • Kelli Slavik (Citizen Member)

  • Gina Smith (Center National Bank)

  • Debra Spears (Providence Academy)

  • Amber Stuart (Wells Fargo Bank)

  • Joni Sutton (Citizen Member)

  • Jay Trumbower (Citizen Member)

  • Laurie Walker (Interfaith Outreach Community Partners)

  • Chip Williams (Citizen Member)

  • Lani Willis (Citizen Member)

  • Mele Willis (Minnesota Orchestra)

  • Jeff Wosje (Mayor, City of Plymouth)

Board Directors Emeriti

  • Wes Clemens

  • Randy Geerdes

  • Kris St. Martin

  • LaVonne Sjoberg

  • Donna Snyder

The Plymouth Civic League is grateful for the support of community sponsors and the engagement of civic leaders in connection with Music in Plymouth.  The views and or opinions expressed by sponsors, exhibitors, or performers are solely those of the sponsors, exhibitors, or performers and do not reflect the views of Music in Plymouth or the Plymouth Civic League.