Missoula Symphony Season Brochure | 2022-2023

JULIA

SEASON SNAPSHOT

August 14, 2022

Symphony in the Park

September 17 & 18, 2022

Brothers and Sisters

November 4 & 6, 2022 Superheroes

December 2, 3 & 4, 2022

Holiday Pops!

with the Missoula Symphony Chorale

January 28, 2023

The Mountain That Loved a Bird Youth & Family Concerts

March 4 & 5, 2023

Dynamic Duo

April 15 & 16, 2023

War and Peace

with the Missoula Symphony Chorale

May 20 & 21, 2023

Broadway Concert

All regular-season performances held at the Dennison Theatre, University of Montana. Saturdays – 7:30 p.m., Sundays – 3:00 p.m. All four classical concerts plus Holiday Pops! will be live-streamed during the Saturday, 7:30 p.m. performances.

Tickets sponsored by: Pangea and Stave & Hoop Speakeasy

THE BEAT OF MISSOULA

Moving to the Beat of Missoula that’s what your Missoula Symphony promises this season. We are a community that often moves to the beat of a different drummer. MisSOULa isn’t just a bumper sticker—it’s what our community is all about and your Missoula Symphony is proud to offer concertgoers a season filled with music that will stir your soul!

Our dynamic 2022-2023 season features world-class violinist Robert McDuffie—who just happens to perform with the bass player from R.E.M.; a Montana Symphony written by a local legend; our first-composer-in residence, Jonathan Bailey Holland joined by the amazing arx duo for the world premiere of his percussion concerto; and our Symphony Chorale performing the stirring Dona Nobis Pacem. Music Director Julia Tai has thoughtfully curated a concert season you won’t want to miss. It’s music that matters.

Because music is the soul of our city!

Our season ticket subscription includes six (6) concerts, including Holiday Pops! and our Broadway concert. Family concert tickets are sold separately.

SEASON SPONSOR

JULIA TAI

Music Director

Welcome to our 2022-23 season! I hope you will join us for a season of diverse and community-minded programming, from magnificent classics such as Mahler’s First Symphony and Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, to important female composers of the 19th and 20th century. We can’t wait to share with you a season of glorious music that brings our community together.

Being a female music director, I love to tell stories of amazing women. This season we will perform a symphony by one of the most brilliant musicians of the 19th century, French composer and pianist Louise Farrenc. She was the only female professor at the Paris Conservatory in the 19th century—the only woman for one hundred years! Her beautiful symphony is rooted deeply in the classical tradition, recalling the music of Beethoven yet exploring the musical revolution of the Romantic era. We will also feature two incredibly talented living female composers—Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman and Jennifer Higdon’s Fanfare Ritmico are both testaments to the talent and persistence of these remarkable women making a stand in the male-dominated world of music

Another exciting and groundbreaking project for our orchestra is our first “Composer-in-Residence” at the Missoula Symphony. Jonathan Bailey Holland is a distinguished professor of composition at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and recently named the Head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. He is writing a new concerto for the electrifying percussionists Mari Yoshinaga and Garrett Arney, known as the arx duo, who will be joining us for our March concert.

Of course, our season wouldn’t be complete without Holiday Pops! and our fun and educational Family concert. Finally, we will again perform a concert from the Broadway stage—keep an eye out for more details! Your Missoula Symphony is always Moving to the Beat of Missoula—Because music is the soul of our city. I look forward to seeing you this season!

SEASON | CONCERT SERIES

Sunday, 7:00 p.m.

SYMPHONY IN THE PARK

For more than 17 years, Missoulians have set aside the second Sunday in August as the day for Symphony in the Park. This year is no exception—mark your calendars for Sunday, August 14th at 7:00 p.m., Caras Park, for this year’s concert, “Music for the Soul.” Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for a summer evening filled with the sounds of Aretha Franklin, John Williams, Stephen Sondheim and much more. We will again have our food vendors and a bar, to purchase food and drink.

This FREE outdoor concert is a favorite event as summer winds down and we hope you’ll join us!

Since 2019, we have partnered with the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center for a food drive to help nourish our community. There is no admission to Symphony in the Park but we do ask concertgoers to please bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Food Bank. One in four Missoulians now relies on the Food Bank for support.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Margery McDuffie Whatley, piano Robert McDuffie, violin

Our season opener features the internationally renowned violinist, Robert McDuffie, performing alongside his talented sister, Margery McDuffie Whatley, a member of the piano faculty at the University of Montana. McDuffie’s Grammy award-winning career finds him performing alongside major symphonies of the world, leading his Rome Chamber Music Festival and playing major compositions by Philip Glass. This talented brother and sister duo will play Felix Mendelssohn’s fantastic Concerto for Violin and Piano, written for the composer himself and his talented sister, Fanny Mendelssohn.

Opening the concert is Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C, and the concert finishes with another amazingly talented female composer of 19th century France, Louise Farrenc. Her beautiful Symphony No. 3 is a rare gem of the romantic era that is too seldom performed.

REPERTOIRE

Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C

Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Piano Louise Farrenc: Symphony No.3, op.36, G minor

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NOVEMBER 4 & 6, 2022

SUPERHEROES

Donald Johnston, composer

Friday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

Our November Masterworks concert focuses on Superheroes in music. Join us as we honor a legendary composer from our own community—the former distinguished professor of composition at the University of Montana, Donald Johnston. His Symphony No. 4 “Lewis and Clark Symphony” exemplifies the brave spirits of the first explorers and the soundscape of the openness of the West.

The concert begins with a powerful piece Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, written by Joan Tower, who was lauded by The New Yorker as “one of the most successful woman composers of all time.” Tower composed the piece in response to Copland’s famous Fanfare for the Common Man. Rounding out the program are Jean Sibelius’ atmospheric Lemminkäinen Suite—a symphonic poem about the Finnish mythological hero—and John Williams’ Superman March.

REPERTOIRE

Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6

Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, No. 1, 2 & 4

Donald Johnston: Symphony No. 4 “Lewis & Clark”

John Williams: Superman March

SPONSORED BY:

DECEMBER 2, 3 & 4, 2022

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

Bring your whole family and join us for Missoula’s favorite holiday tradition, Holiday Pops! Our annual holiday spectacular features the Missoula Symphony Chorale joining the Orchestra for holiday favorites, special guests from the North Pole and much more! To accommodate the popularity of this concert we offer two evening performances, Friday, December 2nd, and Saturday, December 3rd, both at 7:30 p.m., as well as our Sunday matinee at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4th.

SPONSORED BY:

MARCH 4 & 5, 2023

DYNAMIC DUO

arx duo, percussion

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

Jonathan Bailey Holland, composer-in-residence

This epic concert showcases our dynamic guest artists performing the Concerto for Percussion Duo, written by our FIRST Composer-in-Residence, Jonathan Bailey Holland. Mari Yoshinaga and Garrett Arney formed arx duo to bring exciting percussion repertoire to audiences through expansion of new works, education and powerful performances.

Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland will spend a week in Missoula as our first Composer-in-Residence. In addition to composing his concerto for arx duo, Dr. Holland recently was named the Jack G. Buncher Head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University and will work with music composition students at the University of Montana, while in Missoula.

Our magnificent third Masterworks concert also features Pulitzer and Grammy awards-winning composer, Jennifer Higdon, who is known for her beautiful American sound and Higdon’s energetic Fanfare Ritmico opens the concert. The concert finishes in grand style with Mahler’s magnificent First Symphony, “Titan.”

REPERTOIRE

Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico

Jonathan Bailey Holland: Concerto for Percussion Duo Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

APRIL 15 & 16, 2023

WAR AND PEACE

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano

José Rubio, baritone

Our last masterworks concert of the season presents the contrasting themes of war and peace, with the hope of grace and goodwill. Strauss’ Four Last Songs featuring our beautiful soprano soloist, Melanie Henley Heyn, was one of the last pieces of music Strauss wrote before his death. The Orchestra also will be joined by our beloved Symphony Chorale and our accomplished guest artists, Melanie Henley Heyn and José Rubio. Vaughan Williams’ powerful Dona Nobis Pacem, a heartrending cry for peace in the time of war, closes the program with Fanfare on Amazing Grace, as the coda.

REPERTOIRE

Prokofiev: War and Peace Overture

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem

Adolphus Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace

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MAY 20 & 21, 2023

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

BROADWAY CONCERT

Our inaugural Broadway concert was such a success in 2022 that we plan to make it an annual tradition! Join us again as we partner with Montana native Curt Olds and his creative talents and show-stopping tunes known as Black Tie Broadway. The orchestra will again be joined on stage by talented stars from the Broadway stage as well as local artists guaranteed to knock your socks off.

Watch out for more details later in the season, but this season finale is a concert you don’t want to miss!

SPONSORED BY:

THE TREMPER FAMILY IN HONOR OF THEIR PARENTS, BARBARA AND WILLIAM TREMPER.

2022-2023 season and performing for you at the Dennison Theatre. We join the Orchestra for the first time this season, in December, as both ensembles perform at the ever-popular Holiday Pops! Concerts. These festive concerts have become the official kickoff to the holiday season in Missoula and we enjoy performing a variety of familiar and new holiday selections.

In April, we join the orchestra for a performance of the Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Vaughan Williams composed this plea for peace in 1936 as fears of impending war (WWII) were being realized. Many of the texts, selected by the composer, come from the Latin Mass as well as three poems by Walt Whitman. The phrase Dona nobis pacem (“Give us peace”), is presented in many different settings and is central to this powerful masterwork.

Thank you for your continued support, we look forward to seeing you in the upcoming season!

Dean Peterson Conductor - Missoula Symphony Chorale

THE MOUNTAIN THAT LOVED A BIRD

YOUTH AND FAMILY CONCERTS

The Mountain That Loved a Bird is based on the beloved book by Eric Carle and Alice McLerran. This musical adaptation by composer and Pulitzer Prize winner, Caroline Shaw, is a beautiful story of friendship and renewal. Bring your entire family—this concert is suitable for all ages—to experience an afternoon of music, education, enchantment and audience interaction.

* Tickets for the family concert are not included in season ticket subscriptions. Tickets are $8.00 per person and may be added to your season ticket order.

SYMPHONY KIDS

LIBRARY CONCERT SERIES

Join us this season for two programs, especially suited for kids and their families/caregivers. Our new Library Concert Series is a FREE mini concert series at the Missoula Public Library held the Wednesday before each masterworks concert.

September 14, 2022 | November 2, 2022 | March 1, 2023 | April 12, 2023 4:30-5:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library

Music Director Julia Tai will present a short concert in the Imaginarium, featuring our musicians and instrument demonstrations!

STUDENT NIGHT AT DRESS REHEARSAL

Thanks to a generous grant from the Bill and Rosemary Gallagher Foundation, Student Night at Dress Rehearsal offers students in our community and outlying areas the chance to hear our concerts FREE. This collaboration with Missoula County Public Schools is an opportunity for students and their families/caregivers to attend each concert dress rehearsal, while also following along with education materials and a short talk by Music Director Julia Tai.

All Friday dress rehearsals for our Masterworks concerts are held at the Dennison Theatre, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

DOWNBEAT DOWNLOW

Join us for a free, pre-concert talk before each of our Masterworks concerts with Music Director, Julia Tai. These informative conversations, which provide interesting facts about the concert you’re about to hear, begin at 6:30 p.m. for our Saturday concerts and 2:00 p.m. for our Sunday matinees. Downbeat Downlow conversations are held at the Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building north of the Dennison Theatre. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

SPONSORED BY:

SPONSOR

SYMPHONY IN THE PARK

First Security Bank | Muralts Travel Plaza | PayneWest Insurance

Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation | Bill and Phyllis Bouchee Anonymous | S.G. Long & Company | Langel and Associates

Flaherty Financial Services | Garlington Lohn & Robinson, PLLP

Brian Eicholtz, Merrill Lynch | Northwestern Energy Missoula Downtown Partnership

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

SUPERHEROES

DYNAMIC DUO

WAR AND PEACE

Anne & Bruce Robertson | Anonymous Chorale Member

BROADWAY CONCERT

Sponsored by the Tremper Family in honor of their parents, Barbara and William Tremper.

MEDIA SPONSORS

ACCOMMODATIONS SPONSOR

CONCERTMASTER

Janet & Harry Haines

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Sharon & Gerald Marks

SECOND VIOLIN

Patterson Family

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

SECOND VIOLIN

Frank & Rae Lynn D’Angelo

VIOLA PRINCIPAL

Robert Mosely

CELLO

Dan & Sophie Lambros

ASSISTANT CELLO

Louisa & Paul Axelrod

CHAIR SPONSORS

DOUBLE BASS

Richard & Alice Dailey

FLUTE

Laura & Mark Haythornthwaite

OBOE

Jennifer & Ben Yonce

ENGLISH HORN

Jo May & Brian Salonen

PRINCIPAL CLARINET Available BASSOON

Jean & Bill Woessner

HORN

Betsy & Warren Wilcox

TRUMPET

Ann & Tom Boone

TROMBONE

Frank & Maggie Allen

TUBA

NDG, LLC

TIMPANI/PERCUSSION

Traci & Michael Punke

HARP

Peter & Maria van Loben Sels

PIANO Twila Wolfe

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Rick & Diana Nash

CHORALE DIRECTOR

Doug & Caryl Klein

Chair sponsorships available this season: Principal Clarinet, Assistant Concertmaster, Assistant Principal Second Violin, Associate Viola, Assistant Viola

THE BEAT OF MISSOULA BEGINS WITH YOU

THANK YOU for supporting your Missoula Symphony! Our community is extremely generous and we’re grateful for all donations, regardless of the amount. We have an exciting concert season ahead and thanks to you, the Missoula Symphony Orchestra & Chorale can perform dynamic repertoire and bring in talented guest artists.

Ticket sales only make up 30% of our operating expenses which means your donations and sponsorships are paramount to our success.

MEMBERSHIP

$ Maestro* ($25,000+)

$ Conductor* ($5,000–$24,999)

$ Sponsor* ($1,000–$4,999)

$ Benefactor* ($600–$999)

$ Contributor* ($450–$599)

$ Patron ($250–$449)

$ Associate ($100–$249)

$ Member ($50–$99)

$ Friend ($49 & under)

*  Contributor level and above receive one pair of GA tickets, to one concert of the season. Holiday Pops! excluded.

DONATIONS

Donations in any amount are always appreciated. You can pay online, mail a check or stop by our office during business hours. If you’d like to set up a monthly donation plan, please contact our office for arrangements. All donations receive a tax receipt and donations of $50 and higher are listed in our concert program books for one year. Thank you!

VOLUNTEER

Giving your time is an important part of supporting the Missoula Symphony! We are always looking for ushers, box office assistance and help with projects at our office. Contact Patron Services Director Kirsten McGlynn at kirsten@missoulasymphony.org to find out how you can help.

For more information about sponsorships or other donations, please contact Executive Director Jo May Salonen at jomay@missoulasymphony.org.

The Missoula Symphony Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, federal tax ID #81-0290730. All donations are 100% tax-deductible.

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