Missoula Symphony Orchestra Presents DYNAMIC TRIO

DYNAMIC TRIO

Guest Artists:

Garrett Arney, percussion

Chris Whyte, percussion

Barbora Kolářová, violin

Featured Composer:

Pascal Le Boeuf

March 4

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

March 5 • • • •

Dennison Theatre, University of Montana

Repertoire:

Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico

Pascal Le Boeuf: Triple concerto for Violin, Percussion Duo and Orchestra

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

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Julia Tai, Music Director

The Missoula Symphony Association Presents

JULIA TAI , Music Director

BARBORA KOLÁŘOVÁ , Violin

ARX DUO , Percussion

PASCAL LE BOEUF , Featured composer

March 4, 7:30 PM & March 5, 3:00 PM

68 th Season, 2022-23

Jennifer Higdon................................................................................................................. Fanfare Ritmico

Pascal Le Boeuf ....................... Triple Concerto for Violin, Percussion Duo and Orchestra

Barbora Kolář ová, violin

Garrett Arney, percussion

Chris Whyte, percussion

Intermission

Gustav Mahler .................................................................................................. Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

I. Langsam, schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut (Slowly, dragging, like the sound of nature)

II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (Moving vigorously, but not too fast)

III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen (Solemnly and measured, without dragging)

IV. Stürmisch bewegt (Moving like a storm)

This program is dedicated to the memory of Ruth Royter

Don Snavely

Longtime Missoula Symphony Supporters

JULIA TAI

Music Director

Praised by the Seattle Times as “poised yet passionate,” Julia Tai is one of today’s most dynamic young conductors on the international stage. Currently, she is the Music Director of Missoula Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Philharmonia Northwest, and the Co-Artistic Director of the Seattle Modern Orchestra. Her career has led to acclaimed performances and rehearsals with the American Youth Symphony, Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (Czech Republic), Brandenburger Symphoniker (Germany), Estonian National Youth Symphony (Estonia), New Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM (Mexico), Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Charlos Chávez (Mexico), and the Seattle Symphony.

Ms. Tai has established a reputation for her creative programming and community partnerships. She has increased the esteem of her orchestras by elevating their artistic output, commissioning new works by renowned composers, and serving diverse communities. In 2017, in collaboration with Finlandia Foundation, Philharmonia Northwest celebrated Finland’s centennial by presenting Finland 100 at Benaroya Hall, featuring three generations of Finnish composers. The concert was attended by Finland’s ambassador to the U.S. from Washington D.C. The orchestra has cocommissioned new works by PDQ Bach (Concerto for Simply Grand Piano and Orchestra), Mexican composer Osvaldo Mendoza (Three Mexican Portraits), ChineseAmerican composer Dorothy Chang (Gateways – Concerto for Erhu and Piano), and Sheila Silver (Being in Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, 5 Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra).

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ms. Tai began her violin studies at age four and piano at eight. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where she was awarded “Outstanding Graduate” in 2004. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Washington.

GUEST ARTIST

Barbora Kolár ová

Ms. Kolářová is an artist of creative balances, always looking back and looking forward to find new fulcrums between past and present. Trained in the classical tradition, Kolářová’s artistic voice is oriented towards minute details and virtuosity, but with a creative intent to use these skills to generate new standards in classical music by collaborating with living composers on new works and uncovering lost works from the past.

Her latest projects include premiere performances and collaborative new works for violin including Pascal Le Boeuf’s “Imp in Impulse,” David Ludwig’s “Violin Concerto No.2,” Sheridan Seyfried’s “Capriccio for Solo Violin,” Alyssa Weinberg’s “Unstrung,” Antonio Sanz “Theme and Variations,” Daniel Withworth’s “Alma” for solo violin and electronics, numerous works by Rain Worthington, Nicholas Hubbell and most recently premiere of “All Kinds of Fire Inside Our Heads” for violin and prerecorded electronics by Che Buford and “Triple Concerto” for violin and percussion duo by Pascal Le Boeuf. Her debut album “Imp in Impulse” (New Focus/Furious Artisans) consists of unreleased virtuosic solo works ranging from 1963 to the present by Jean Françaix, Klement Slavický, and Pascal Le Boeuf. Solo album ‘Imp in Impulse’ has been voted ‘Best of 2020’ by “An Earful” and Barbora’s performance described as “spectacular” with “as much personality as skill” (An Earful), having “considerable virtuosity harnessed to a nicely overarching expressivity” with a “very own personal stamp” (Classical Modern Music).

She holds degrees in violin performance from Curtis Institute of Music (BM ‘12) and Yale School of Music (MM ‘14), and is the co-founder and artistic director of the Lake George Music Festival (a 501(c)(3) non-profit). Her primary mentors include Pavel Prantl, Charles Avsharian, Arnold Steinhardt and Ida and Ani Kavafian.

As a soloist and a highly demanded chamber musician she appeared at festivals such as the Haydn Music Festival, Young Prague Festival, 2012 Miloš Forman Festival presenting “Czech Music of the 60’s” in the National Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Sound of Piano, Strings & Voice China International Music Festival in Xi’an, Malaysian Philharmonic Chamber Music Series, Curtis Summerfest, Artosphere Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Unruly Sounds, Philadelphia Virtual Phestival, Recital Stream, TURN UP festival and collaborated with orchestras such as the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Czech Radio Symphony, the Czech National Theatre Orchestra, the West Bohemia Symphony Orchestra, the Limoges Orchestra, and the Academy Sinfonietta Orchestra.

Barbora has received awards from a number of international competitions including Spotlight winner for Lincoln Center Stage, laureate prizes at the Golden Classical Music Awards International Music Competition in NYC, the Manhattan International Music Competition, and the Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition in Salzburg, Austria. Recipient of the Broadus Erle Prize and a holder of The Special Diploma at the Vadim Repin Master class Scholarship Competition, Barbora is also a laureate of the New York International Artist Association Competition, the Remember Enescu in Bucharest, Telemann Competition in Poland, of the Prague Junior Note and the Grand prize winner of the Michigan ASTA Solo Competition.

She holds degrees in violin performance from Curtis Institute of Music (BM ‘12) and Yale School of Music (MM ‘14), and is the co-founder and artistic director of the Lake George Music Festival (a 501(c)(3) non-profit).

Barbora plays an extremely rare 1780 Josephus Antonius Laske violin and is managed by Manhattan Concert Artists (MCA).

GUEST ARTISTS

Garrett Arney

Garrett is an active chamber musician, soloist, and educator among some of the most innovative of the time. He currently runs Arx Music Association, or “arx duo,” a 501(c)3 non-profit focused on the creation of new music and engagement with the public.

As a chamber musician, Garrett has been a member of arx duo, Sandbox Percussion, Ensemble ACJW, and has performed with groups such as eighth blackbird, American Modern Opera Company, the Dover String Quartet, among others.

He performed the Carnegie Hall Premiere of Steven Mackey’s “Micro Concerto,” as well as in venues such as Royal Albert Concert Hall, Walton Arts Center, and more. He has held adjunct/ faculty positions at Peabody Conservatory, Michigan State University, Cleveland State University, University of Central Missouri, and Curtis Young Artist Summer Program.

Garrett is an ambassador for Vic Firth Mallets, Adams Musical Instruments, Pearl Percussion, Zildjian Cymbals, and Evans Drumheads.

Christopher Whyte

Called “hypnotic, enthralling...dynamic” with playing described as “a striking diversity of styles and spirit,” Christopher Whyte is known for his wide-ranging artistry as a percussionist, timpanist, collaborator, composer, and educator. He has presented recitals, concerts, and masterclasses internationally in Asia, Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States. As an original member of the Portland Percussion Group, he is dedicated to fostering percussion performance through dynamic concerts, engaging collaborations, and the creation of new music. The quartet made its European debut in 2020, performing a full-length concert at the GAIDA Festival of Contemporary Music in Vilnius, Lithuania and collaborating on Steve Reich’s iconic “Drumming” with the Colin Currie Quartet. He is a founding member and resident faculty of the International Percussion Institute, held annually in Aberdeen, Scotland. Whyte also serves as percussionist with Third Angle New Music, and has collaborated closely with composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Pauline Oliveros, Sarah Hennies, William Kraft, Angélica Negrón, and Dominic Murcott, among others. He regularly performs with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera Orchestra, Oregon Ballet Theater, fEarnoMusic, Bach Cantata Choir, Portland Symphony Choir, and Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. Whyte is also preparing for the upcoming release of his debut solo recording featuring works by Lou Harrison, Sarah Hennies, Toshio Hosokawa, and an original composition for percussion and electronics entitled “A Cold Stability.” Whyte is Visiting Assistant Professor at Portland State University and has served on the faculty of Western Oregon University. He holds degrees from the University of Oregon (BM, MM) and Boston University (DMA).

FEATURED COMPOSER

Pascal Le Boeuf

Described as “sleek, new” and “hyper-fluent” by the New York Times, Pascal Le Boeuf is a GRAMMYnominated composer, jazz pianist, and electronic artist whose works range from modern improvised music to hybridizing notation-based chamber music with production-based technology.

Recent compositions include “Triple Concerto” for violin, percussion duo and orchestra featuring Barbora Kolářová and arx duo; “Imprints” with Alarm Will Sound; “I Am Not A Number” commissioned by New World Symphony; and “Out of the Gate” commissioned and premiered by Nu Deco Ensemble.

Recent commercial recordings and videos with include collaborations with Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar, Friction Quartet, Akropolis Reed Quintet, Christian Euman, JACK Quartet, Hub New Music, Shattered Glass, Todd Reynolds, Sara Caswell, Jessica Meyer, Nick Photinos, Four/Ten Media, Bec Plexus featuring Ian Chang (of Son Lux), Dayna Stephens, Allan Harris, Linda Oh, Justin Brown, and the Le Boeuf Brothers Quintet (co-led by Remy Le Boeuf) praised by the New Yorker for “clearing their own path, mixing the solid swing of the jazz tradition with hip-hop, indie rock, and the complex techniques of classical modernism.”

As a keyboardist, Pascal has played as support for D’Angelo’s Black Messiah tour and Clean Bandit’s Rather Be tour with Australian pop artist Meg Mac. He actively performs with Le Boeuf Brothers, saxophonist Jeff Coffin (of Dave Matthews Band), jazz vocalist Allan Harris, the trip-hop duo Kissy Girls, and his piano trio “Pascal’s Triangle.”

Pascal’s most recent awards include a 2023 Grammy nomination for “Best Instrumental Composition,” a 2020 Copland House Residency Award, and various Independent Music Awards in “Jazz,” “Eclectic,” “Electronica” and “Music Video” categories. Pascal has received commissions and grants from NEA, New World Symphony, Nu Deco Ensemble, the Lake George Music Festival, Lincoln Center Stage, Chamber Music America, New Music USA, and ASCAP. He composed music for the 2008 Emmy Awardwinning movie King Lines, and won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.

Pascal is currently an Assistant Professor the Practice in Music and Technology at the Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music, and a Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University.

Proud

Laura

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Deborah

Stapley-Graham

My mother, who couldn’t resist a good pun, loved March 4th. She said it was a day to take stock of one’s direction, make a strategic plan, and to march forth. These days, we would call such a thing a Dad Joke. Mom was good at Dad Jokes, and I tend to follow in her footsteps.

Why not use our March 4th concert to appreciate the upcoming events and performances that will round out our current season? It is exciting to see the Missoula Symphony Association taking on new directions and making new plans. We are thrilled to have David O’Dell join us as our Executive Director. He comes to Missoula with decades of experience guiding nonprofit performing arts organizations. David is enthusiastic, personable, and is a perfect fit for our community. Welcome, David!

Julia Tai continues to expand educational outreach to Missoula kids of all ages, giving our young audiences knowledge of and accessibility to orchestral music. Our library concerts have been huge hits, as has collaboration with MCPS music teachers and their students. Plans are underway to expand our summer string camps for students from elementary through high school.

Our board and staff have established a new event that took place last month, Wine, Whiskey, and Wisdom. We hope to see it become an annual event. Last year’s Gala and Broadway Show were incredibly successful, and we look forward to those events wrapping up our season. Soon, we will announce some new Summer events that will complement Symphony in the Park.

I welcome you all in joining us as we march forth through a truly engaging and eventful second half of our season!

Thank you all for being with us this weekend,

Deborah Stapley-Graham President

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE David O’Dell

Greetings – and welcome to this third Masterworks concert of our 2022-2023 season, and my first as Executive Director of the Missoula Symphony Association. I’m thrilled and delighted to join a remarkable team to help steward this exceptional organization into its exciting future.

I’m a native St. Louisan, with roots planted at the other end of the Missouri River. From the time I was a small child, the American West has always represented limitless opportunity. A place where, no matter your current or past circumstances, dreams and aspirations really could come true.

I also recognize that these lands and waters we inhabit are precious to Native communities. All of us have the responsibility to treat them with the respect and care they deserve and to steward them carefully for the next generations. Stewardship. That’s really what this is all about, isn’t it? Doing our best to leave this world better than we inherited it.

We promise to do just that at the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale. I’m confident that under the imaginative leadership of Musical Director Julia Tai, Chorale Director Dean Peterson, our exceptionally gifted board of directors and staff, and our talented core of musicians, we will continue to make Missoula a vibrant, healthy, and caring community.

So much has changed in our world over the past decade, let along the past three years. The worldwide artistic landscape is barely recognizable. As we step out of the shadows of a global pandemic, the role of the arts in our communities has never been more important and the future never as bright. Music matters. Thank you for coming to our performances and for your many gifts that sustain us as we chart a new future for the American orchestra. I’m confident our very best work is yet to come!

With sincere appreciation,

David O’Dell Executive Director

JULIA TAI , Music Director

Music Director’s Chair sponsored by Rick & Diana Nash

FIRST VIOLIN

Margaret Nichols Baldridge, concertmaster

Chair sponsored by Janet & Harry Haines

Loy Koch, associate concertmaster

Chair sponsored by Sharon & Gerald Marks

Ali Schultz Levesque, assistant concertmaster

Chair sponsored by Betty Thisted

Janet Allison

Nancy Lofgren Kohler

Aidan McCormack

Edwin Mellander

Catherine Treis

Matthew Wu

SECOND VIOLIN

Rachel Fellows-Schnackel, principal

Chair sponsored by Laura Patterson

Kira Lee, acting associate principal

Chair sponsored by Rae

Lynn & Frank D’Angelo

Larysa Blavatsky

Owen Cleary+

Patricia Forsberg

Will Hunt

Marian Kale

Gabe Kantor+

Julie Lacey

Patrick Shannon

Beatrice Shimanek

VIOLA

Sara Schultz Levesque, principal

Chair sponsored by Robert Moseley

Kathy Mellander, associate principal

Chair sponsored by Ann Ruehr

Shelby Blum

Bayley Ginnaty+

Angie Janzen

Brett Kaplan

Bethany Rippeon

Leslie Collins-Rose

Lea Tonnerre

Rich Wells

CELLO

Adam Collins , principal

Chair sponsored by Sophie & Dan Lambros

David Harmsworth, acting assistant principal

Chair sponsored by Louisa & Paul Axelrod

Josiah Anderson

Joan Chesebro

Kylie Heit

Saje Johns

Angelica Kalasz

Jayla Mitchell+

Martha Pressler

Andy Taylor

DOUBLE BASS

Joel Schackel, principal Chair sponsored by Alice & Richard Dailey

Ryan Davis, associate principal

Fischer Friend+

Michael Johns

Nicholas Timmerhoff

FLUTE

Joanna Berg, principal Chair sponsored by Laura & Mark Haythornthwaite

Julia Vasquez

Alli High

Sylvia Wood

PICCOLO

Julia Vasquez

OBOE

Susi Stipich, principal Chair sponsored by Jennifer & Ben Yonce

Olivia Adams

Noah Durnell

ENGLISH HORN

Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh, principal Chair sponsored by Jo May & Brian Salonen

CLARINET

Christopher Kirkpatrick Chair sponsored by Charla & Don Murray

Kathryn Pannell

David Stewart

Alexandra Vincent

BASSOON

Alicia Brischli, principal Chair sponsored by Jean & Bill Woessner

Logan Beskoon

JT Vineyard

HORN

Zachary Cooper, principal Chair sponsored by Betsy & Warren Wilcox

Andrew Morris

Daniel Lande

Robert B. Green

Madeleine Folkerts

Maria D’Ambrosio

Paul Rossi

Rory Genazzi

TRUMPET

Brendan McGlynn, principal Chair sponsored by Ann & Tom Boone

Andrew Kagerer

Nick Barr

Jarom Hein

TROMBONE

Rob Tapper, principal Chair sponsored by Maggie & Frank Allen

Sean Stineford

Chris Porter

Lexi Vine

TUBA

Benedict Kirby

Chair sponsored by NDG, LLC

TIMPANI

Robert LedBetter, principal Chair sponsored by Traci & Michael Punke

PERCUSSION

Willie Baltz, acting assistant principal Chair Sponsored by Sharon & Don Snavely

Autumn Schenck

Dylan Vandeberg

Danger Gersh+

PIANO

Barbara Blegen Chair sponsored by Twila Wolfe

HARP

Peggy Young, principal Chair sponsored by Maria & Peter van Loben Sels

LIBRARIAN

Suzanne Hartzell

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Susi Stipich

STAGE MANAGER

Olivia Adams

*Members of the string sections are listed alphabetically. Seating is rotated for each concert.

+Missoula Symphony Scholarship Recipients

PROGRAM NOTES

by James Randall

Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962): Fanfare Ritmico (2000)

With a Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and several Grammys under her belt, Jennifer Higdon is also among the most frequently programmed living composers. Her professional journey is all the more remarkable as she got a bit of a late start in music. She taught herself to play flute at age 15, and she only wrote her first compositions in her early 20s. Incredibly prolific since, her compositions include orchestral music, an opera, chamber works, and music for symphonic wind ensemble. Ensuring that her works are accessible to a general listening audience is a particular priority. She writes “I always tell people that my music should speak to them… and that they shouldn’t feel obligated to say why or how. All reactions are valid; the important thing is to have the experience.”

Fanfare Ritmico was commissioned in 1999 by the Women’s Philharmonic, a San Franciscobased orchestra made up entirely of women and dedicated to performing works solely by women. As she composed the work, Higdon found herself “reflecting on how all things have quickened as time has progressed. Our lives now move at speeds much greater than what I believe anyone would have ever imagined in years past… This fanfare celebrates the rhythmic motion, of man and machine, and the energy which permeates every moment of our being in the new century.” And, as it turns out, our lives haven’t gotten any slower in the nearly quarter century since the work’s premiere. In this virtuosic piece, listen particularly for the spatial distribution of musical sounds across the orchestra. Higdon scored it in such a way that the music often moves across the stage from one side to the other, similar to the effect you might get listening to a stereo recording on headphones.

Pascal Le Boeuf (b. 1986): Triple Concerto for Violin, Percussion Duo, and Orchestra (2022)

Pascal Le Boeuf is a genre-bending young composer, pianist, and producer whose works fuse influences from jazz, classical, and electronic music. His work “Alkaline” earned a 2017 Grammy nomination for “Best Instrumental Composition.” Other accolades include first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition, the ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize, and several New Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America.

In the preface to his score, Le Boeuf writes that his Triple Concerto is “about new beginnings, adapting to change, and creating stability in a chaotic environment…” In the midst of the pandemic, Le Boeuf and his partner, also a composer, welcomed a new baby, Baxter, into their family. Both parents were determined to find time to continue to compose, and, at that point, art truly began to imitate life. On the form of the piece, the composer confesses that “the structure is based on childcare.” In the notebook he used to draft musical ideas, Le Boeuf had scribbled the couple’s hectic daily plan to ensure care for Baxter and time for them both to write music. According to the composer, the back-and-forth relay “provided a perfect structure for the form of the concerto—or was it the other way around? I don’t think I’ve ever restarted a piece so many times, generated so many ideas, or been sidetracked so consistently.” Ultimately these diversions and false starts found their way into the heart of the concerto “in the form of themes traded between the soloists and the orchestra that are consistently interrupted or redirected to other areas.” For all the parents in the audience who remember similar scenarios, this piece is for you!

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan” (1887-1888)

Listening to Mahler is an immersive experience. He once shared with the composer Jean Sibelius that “A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” His music is

famous for both its gargantuan proportions and for its complex allusions to the physical and the metaphysical. In his first symphony we hear passages that evoke the natural beauty of the Austrian countryside—the break of dawn, birdcalls, folk songs—but also passages whose emotional communication seems much more subjective and psychologically complex. How are we to react, for instance, when Mahler, in the third movement, reimagines a children’s song as a funeral march, and then interrupts this odd procession with a sentimental pop song and a klezmer band? What’s it all mean? For me, it helps to understand something of the world Mahler lived in.

During his lifetime, Mahler was better known as a conductor than a composer. He would compose during summers in a small cabin in the Austrian alps and conduct during the fall and winter concert season in Vienna. He thrived in the seasonal rhythm alternating between the natural beauty of the mountains and the intellectual and artistic bustle of the city. In addition to being a hub for music, Vienna was also the wellspring for the new science of psychology, and the theories of consciousness proposed by another of Vienna’s most famous residents, Sigmund Freud. In fact, Mahler eventually spent at least one session on Freud’s famous couch exploring the new field of psychoanalysis. Similar to Freud’s interest in recurrent dreams as a window into the subconscious mind, Mahler’s music returns again and again to melodies and themes he has explored in prior works. He once remarked that “composing is like playing with building blocks, where new buildings are created again and again, using the same blocks. Indeed, these blocks have been there, ready to be used, since childhood, the only time that is designed for gathering.” If this sounds a bit Freudian, that’s exactly where we’re headed. Rather than the more linear path that we hear in works by Beethoven or Brahms, where musical motives and themes usually follow a logical progression, we are instead dropped into a more episodic dreamlike narrative. Themes and musical styles are often juxtaposed in strange and surprising ways. To borrow from a recent film title, it can be “everything, everywhere, all at once.”

Mahler’s life experience was filled with the kinds of crises of modern identity that psychoanalysis sought to ameliorate. He famously described himself as “thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, as a Jew throughout the world— always an intruder, never welcomed.” Ever the outsider, he had tried his best to assimilate. His musical language was that of the German symphonic tradition. He revered Wagner, a virulent anti-Semite, and championed his operas. He also converted to Christianity and wrote music inspired by overtly Christian themes and texts. But these actions were never sufficient. His critics were often direct and vicious. Rudolph Louis, a German musical critic and popular author of several composer biographies and harmony textbooks wrote:

If Mahler’s music would speak Yiddish, it would be perhaps unintelligible to me. But it is repulsive to me because it acts Jewish. This is to say that it speaks musical German, but with an accent, with an inflection, and above all, with the gestures of an Eastern, all too Eastern Jew. So, even to those whom it does not offend directly, it cannot possibly communicate anything. One does not have to be repelled by Mahler’s artistic personality in order to realize the complete emptiness and vacuity of an art in which the spasm of an impotent mock-Titanism reduces itself to a frank gratification of common seamstress-like sentimentality.

The stinging phrase “impotent mock-Titanism” was a direct shot at Mahler’s first symphony. As originally conceived, it was a 5-movement tone poem called “Titan,” inspired by a Romantic novel by Jean Paul of the same name. The work’s mix of musical styles “high” and “low” and of music of varied origin didn’t fit his critics’ ideas for a unified work of art. It was, however, true to Mahler’s credo that a symphony should attempt to “embrace the entire world.” This was his world and his experience, which included, of course, music that might sound at any given moment Jewish, Christian, German, Austrian, or Bohemian. We hear all of these in the Symphony no. 1 in D Major.

Movement I: Spring and No End

The work opens with a quiet, gorgeous curtain of strings. In one program for the piece, Mahler related that the beginning signifies the “awakening of nature from a winter’s sleep.” We hear distant awakening fanfares and the calls of a cuckoo. As a principal melodic theme, Mahler uses a melody from a previous work, a song which carries the text, “Isn’t it becoming a fine world? Chirp, Chirp! Fair and sharp! How the world delights me!”

Movement II: Under Full Sail

The music here takes the form of a Ländler, a spirited Austrian folk dance in triple time, which bookends a slower waltz section.

Movement III: The Hunter’s Funeral Procession

Mahler wrote to a friend suggesting a possible program for the famous third movement: On the surface one might imagine this scenario: A funeral procession passes by our hero, and the misery, the whole distress of the world, with its cutting contrasts and horrible irony, grasps him. The funeral march of “Bruder Martin” [Frère Jacques] one has to imagine as being played in a dull manner by a band of very bad musicians, as they usually follow such funeral processions. The roughness, gaiety, and banality of this world then appears in the sounds of some interfering Bohemian musicians, heard at the same time as the terribly painful lamentation of the hero.

Later, he recalled the movement in more personal terms, as “heart-rending, tragic irony, and is to be understood as exposition and preparation for the sudden outburst in the final movement of despair of a deeply wounded and broken heart.” As in the first movement, Mahler references a melody from a previous composition, a song entitled “Die zwei blauen Augen”: “The two blue eyes of my darling/they have sent me into the wide world. I had to take my leave of this well-beloved place! O blue eyes, why did you gaze on me? Now I will have eternal sorrow and grief.”

Movement IV: From Hell to Paradise

Mahler sets his initial musical hellscape in the key of F minor, a far distance tonally from the work’s heavenly ending in D major. For melodic material, he draws from a number of sources with Christian symbolism, including “inferno” and “cross” motives from Liszt’s “Dante” Symphony, and a “Grail” motive from Wagner’s opera Parsifal. He shared hints to a narrative for the movement with his close friend, Natalie Bauer-Lechner, an Austrian violist: “The last movement, which follows the preceding one without a break, begins with a horrible outcry. Our hero is completely abandoned, engaged in a most dreadful battle with all the sorrow of this world. Time and again he and the victorious motif with him is dealt a blow by fate whenever he rises above it and seems to get hold of it, and only in death, when he has become victorious over himself, does he gain victory. Then the wonderful allusion to his youth rings out once again with the theme of the first movement. (Glorious Victory Chorale!)”

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UM/MSA String Camp

June 18-23, 2023

The University of Montana Music Building, Missoula, MT

Music camp for students entering 1st grade through recent high school graduates. Instruction on bass, cello, viola and violin, beginning through advanced. Residential option for middle and high school students. A safe, fun, and musical environment that encourages all campers to achieve their very best. We look forward to seeing you this summer!

Registration opens in March 2023.

More Info: missoulasymphony.org/education

Missoula Symphony Association’s FREE Youth Education Programs

Symphony Kids @Missoula Public Library

Sponsored by the ALPS Corporation and MDU Resources

Julia Tai presents mini-concerts in the Library’s Imaginarium.

Student Night @Dress Rehearsal

Sponsored by Bill and Rosemary Gallagher Foundation

Students and families are invited to join us for the dress rehearsal preceding each Masterworks Concert.

Symphony in the Schools

Sponsored by Max and Betty Swanson Foundation

Missoula Symphony musicians visit local high schools to perform and coach music students.

For dates and more information, email sylvia@missoulasymphony.org or visit missoulasymphony.org/education

To donate to our education programs, please contact the Missoula Symphony Association’s office at (406) 721–3194 or visit our website at missoulasymphony.org/donate

MISSOULA SYMPHONY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

“I used to say music was a form of expression, a way of conveying human feeling and emotion...

Continuing the grand tradition of the Missoula Symphony Guild, the Missoula Symphony Scholarship Fund is dedicated to providing scholarships for outstanding University of Montana music students who play in the Missoula Symphony Orchestra or sing in the Missoula Symphony Chorale.

This year, the Missoula Symphony Association will award more than $20,000 in scholarships to ten talented young musicians. This commitment is possible thanks to the generosity of the individuals listed below. Every penny of their donations goes directly to scholarships. Our 2022-2023 scholarship recipients are noted on the Orchestra Roster with a “+” sign.

SCHOLARSHIP FUND SUPPORTERS

The MSA is grateful to the following patrons for their generous gifts. Listed below are contributions of $25 or more within 12 months of January 1, 2023. We apologize for any omissions or errors.

Prestissimo ($500+)

William A. & Kay Cook

Sophie & Dan Lambros

Betty Thisted

John Sargent

Janet Boyer

Alice & Dick Dailey

Anita Kurtz-Magee

Sharon & Terry Phillips

Donna & Don McCammon

Marie & Peter van Loben Sels

Jean & William Woessner

Presto ($250-$499)

Anonymous

Kay & Jim Driscoll

Marci & Jim Valeo

Deirdre Flaherty

Mary & David Wesley

Kathy Turner

Vivace ($100-$249)

Debbie & Brad Dantic

Nancy Jean DeCou

Shirley & Donald Hyndman

Deborah & Terry Johnson

Marlene Koch

Charla & Donald Murray

Amber & Lans Richardson

Sara Alice Steubs

Sharon & Don Snavely

Bill & Dori Johnston

Patti & Scott McKenzie

Carol Word

Allegro ($50-$99)

Brenda Bolton

Allegretto ($25-$49)

Barbara Collins

Carol & Dale Stovall

To be a part of the Missoula Symphony Scholarship Fund, contact the Symphony Office at (406) 721-3194, or mail a check payable to Missoula Symphony Scholarship Fund to PO Box 8301, Missoula 59807. Donations are 100% tax-deductible.

While that is still well and fully true, real music is so much more. It is soul. It is life.”— Jayla Mitchell

SCHOLARSHIP FUND SUPPORTERS

Cook Family Scholarship

New in 2020-2021, this scholarship is named for Will and Kay Cook. “We are happy to partner with the University of Montana and The Missoula Symphony Association to support the growth of music education in Montana and the cultural enrichment of our city.” 2022-2023 Recipients: Jayla Mitchell, Cello. Jayla is a junior who is studying cello performance and is from Great Falls, Montana. Catherine Treis, Violin. Catherine is a violin performance major from St. John, Washington. Fischer Friend, Double Bass. Fischer is from Helena, Montana, and is majoring in double bass performance.

The Florence Reynolds Scholarship

Named for a woman who shared her musical talent, enthusiasm and endless energy with the MSA for many years. Recipient: Kylie Heit, Cello. Kylie is an incoming freshman music education major from Helena, Montana.

The Symphony Guild Presidents’ Scholarship

Named in honor of those women who have given their time and energy as Presidents of the Missoula Symphony Guild. Recipient: Bayley Ginnaty, Viola. Bayley is from Great Falls, Montana, and is a viola performance major.

The Joseph Henry Scholarship

Named in honor of our Music Director Emeritus, who retired in 2007 after 21 years as Music Director of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra. Recipient: Owen Cleary, Violin. Owen is a sophomore from Helena, Montana, who is majoring in violin performance and jazz studies.

The Donald Carey Scholarship

Named in honor of our former Chorale Director who retired in 2006, after 18 years at his post. Recipient: David Harmsworth, Cello. David is from Missoula, Montana, and is a music major.

The Virginia Vinal Scholarship

Named in honor of the longest-serving member of the orchestra, and her dedication to music and community. Recipient: Gabe Kantor, Violin. Gabe is a violin performance and forestry major from Missoula.

The Lorraine Andrie Prize

Not a scholarship but a cash award, this prize is presented at the final concert of each season to a U.M. graduating senior who is deemed a truly outstanding and dedicated orchestra member. Named in honor of the founding leader of the Guild. Recipient: Thomas Rice, French horn.

The Women’s Guild Tuition Scholarship

Funded by Betty Thisted and Sophie Lambros, two presidents of the former Missoula Symphony Guild, this scholarship provides full tuition, for four years, to an incoming University of Montana music major focusing on piano or percussion. Recipient: William (Danger) Gersh, Percussion.

PRESIDENT

Deborah Stapley-Graham

VICE PRESIDENT

Bill Johnston

TREASURER

Pri Fernando SECRETARY

Mark Haythornthwaite

PAST PRESIDENT

Jim Valeo DIRECTORS

Scott Billadeau, Adam Collins, Dan Crary, Deirdre Flaherty, Andrew George, Theresa Johnson, Robin Kendall, Vinnie Pavlish

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Julia Tai

CHORALE DIRECTOR

Dean Peterson

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

David O’Dell

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Peter McKenzie

PATRON SERVICES COORDINATOR

Kirsten McGlynn

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Beth Woody

EDUCATION COORDINATOR

Sylvia Allen Oman

SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROJECTS

Deborah Woody

LIBRARIAN

Suzanne Hartzell

CHORALE LIBARIAN

Abigail Carey

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

Olivia Adams

EMERITUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tom Boone

Robert Homer

Caryl Klein

Sophie Lambros

Mora Payne

Carol Seim

John Talbot

Marci Valeo

The Missoula Symphony Association is a member of the Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras and the League of American Orchestras.

The MSA is grateful to the following patrons for their generous gifts. Listed below are contributions of $50 or more within 12 months of January 1, 2023. We apologize for any omissions or errors.

SEASON SPONSOR

Good Food Store

CONCERT SPONSORS

Anonymous (2)

Anonymous Chorale Member

Blackfoot Communications

Phyllis & Bill Bouchee

Christian, Samson & Baskett, PLLP

D.A. Davidson & Company

DeMarois Buick-GMC-Mercedes

First Interstate Bank

First Security Bank

Flaherty Financial Services

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP

Langel & Associates P.C.

Brian Eicholtz & Erik Johnston, Merrill Lynch

Missoula Bone & Joint

Missoulian

Muralt’s Travel Plaza

NorthWestern Energy

Payne West Insurance

RBC Wealth Management

Anne & Bruce Robertson

S.G Long & Company

Stockman Bank

Tremper Family

Washington Companies

Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation

GUEST ARTIST SPONSORS

Anonymous Chorale Member

Candace Boyer-in memory of Martin & Marion Boyer

Laura & Mark Haythornthwaite

Marci & Jim Valeo

MUSIC DIRECTOR’S CHAIR SPONSOR

Diana & Rick Nash

CHORALE CONDUCTOR’S CHAIR SPONSOR

Caryl & Doug Klein

TICKET SPONSOR

Pangea Bar & Restaurant

LIVE STREAM SPONSOR

First Security Bank

DOWNBEAT DOWNLOW SPONSOR

NorthWestern Energy

THE ED & LESLIE WETHERBEE RECEPTION SPONSOR

Ed & Leslie Wetherbee

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP Park Side Credit Union

YOUTH EDUCATION

PROGRAM SPONSOR

Maria & Peter van Loben Sels

MAESTRO ($25,000+)

William A. & Kay Cook

Matthew Royter

John & Susan Talbot

CONDUCTOR ($5,000-$24,999)

Anonymous (1)

Blackfoot Communications

Ann & Tom Boone – Principal Trumpet

First Security Bank

Bill and Rosemary Gallagher Foundation

Good Food Store

Laura & Mark Haythornthwaite – Principal Flute

Sophie & Dan Lambros –Principal cello

Lillian A. McCammon

Betty Miller

Diana & Rick Nash – Music Director’s Chair Sponsor

Anne & Bruce Robertson

Ann Ruehr – Associate Principal Viola

John Sargent

Patricia Forsberg & Stephen Speckart

Betty Thisted – Associate Viola

Tremper Family

Marci & Jim Valeo

Maria & Peter van Loben Sels –Principal Harp

Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

Twila Wolfe – Principal Piano

SPONSOR ($1,000-$4,999)

Allied Waste Services of Missoula

ALPS Insurance

Anonymous (3)

Maggie & Frank Allen –Principal Trombone, in honor of Suzanne Hartzell

Louisa & Paul Axelrod –Assistant Principal Cello

Steven Bahls

Deann Birnel

Phyllis & William Bouchee

Candice Boyer

Janet Boyer

Barbara & Craig Burns

Rebecca Canfield-Perkowski & Ronald Perkowski

Joan Chesebro

Christian, Samson & Baskett

PLLC

D.A. Davidson & Company

Linda & Pri Fernando

DeMarois Buick-GMC-Mercedes

Flaherty Financial Services

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP

Andrew George

Joseph Fox Grinnell

Margie & Steve Grinnell

Janet & Harry Haines –Concertmaster

Joel Jacobson

Donald Johnston

Dori & Bill Johnston

Jean Larson & Daniel Kemmis

Christine & Paul Kilzer

Caryl & Doug Klein – Chorale Conductor’s Chair Sponsor

Wendy & Keith Kuhn

Anita Kurtz-Magee

Charla & Donald Murray –Principal Clarinet

Dorothea & George P. Lambros

Langel & Associates PC

Logjam Presents

Sharon & Gerald Marks –Associate Concertmaster

Sandra & Jeff Miller

Missoula Bone & Joint

Missoulian

Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras

Robert F. Moseley- Principal

Viola

Missoula Broadcasting Company

Muralt’s Travel Plaza

NDG, LLC – Principal Tuba

Northwestern Energy

Pangea Bar & Restaurant; Stave & Hoop Speakeasy

Parkside Credit Union

Payne West Insurance

Traci & Michael Punke –Principal Timpani

RBC Wealth Management

Amber & Lans Richardson

Jo May & Brian Salonen –Principal English Horn

Carol Seim

S.G. Long Financial Stockman Bank

Linda & Gregg Swanberg

Max and Betty Swanson Foundation

Deirdre Swanson - in honor of Jo May Salonen

Julia Tai & Matthew Wu

Sue Talbot

Sarah & William Towle

Janet Whaley & Phil Hamilton

Jean & William WoessnerPrincipal Bassoon

Jennifer & Ben Yonce –Principal Oboe

Betsy & Warren Wilcox –Principal F rench Horn

Washington Companies

Leslie & Edward Wetherbee

Alice & Clem Williams

Windfall

Wipfli

Peggy Young

BENEFACTOR ($600-$999)

Janet Bean-Dochnahl

Louise & Michael Flanagan

Missoula Community Foundation

Donna & Don McCammon

Mary & Duane Moe

Robin & Nick Nichols

Herbert Swick

Kathy Turner

Phyllis & Louis Whitsell

CONTRIBUTOR ($450-$599) Anonymous (1)

Patrick Beatty

Elsie Bull

Carolyn Goren

Joseph Fox Grinnell

Millicent & Robert Hawkins

Catherine & Donald Jenni

Deborah & Terry Johnson

Kari Kale

Corinne & Ralph Kirscher

Caroline Kurtz

Julie & Vinnie Pavlish

Pershing Phillips, Jr.

Sharon & Terry Phillips

Jonathan Qualben

Kitte Robins

Sandra Roe

Deborah Stapley-Graham

Rob Sterling

Matthew Thiel

Agnes & Jeff Vandergrift

Laura Wagner

Margery & Terry Whatley

Barbara Zellmer

PATRON ($250-$449)

Janet Allison

Mary Ann & Robert Albee

Carolyn and Robert Albers

Adele & Richard Allegra

Elaine & Philip Alman

Cynthia & Raymond Aten

Barbara Bekken

Kyle Bocinsky

Molly & Bruce Bowler

Marilyn Bruya

Kaye Carlson

Kathy & Brian Derry

Kay & Jim Driscoll

Danielle & Brian Eicholtz

Mary & Royce Engstrom

Carol Garlington

Mary & Donald Gillespie

Doosy Habbe

Laura & John Heit

Bob Homer

William James

KEMS

Tomi Kent

Donna & James Koch

Marilyn & Everett Leitzke

Ann Libecap

Virginia Markey

Sue & Dave McCormack

Patti & Scott McKenzie

Merrill Lynch

Joyce & Michael Nave

Kent Nelson

Marge Nordin

Mary Ann Oberhaus

Janet & Chris Palmer

Kathy & George Roth

Nancie Schumacher

Sara Alice Steubs

Nat & Margo Sturgis

Carol Thomas

Mary & Robert Tromly

Cristin & Richard Volinkaty

Steve Wallace

Mary & David Wesley

Bruce Whitehead

Judith Williams

Beth Woody

Phyllis & Norman Wight

Lynne & Gary Willstein

Luella & Wes Wilson

Carol Word

ASSOCIATE ($100-$249)

Karen Ruth Adams & Christopher Muste

Nukhet & Jon Anders

David Andrews

Judith & Roger Ahrens

Laurie Baefsky

Sharee & Kenneth Ballinger

Richard Baskett

Barbara Bekken

Barbara Blegen

Brenda Bolton

John A. Bonya

Boxcar Bistro

Louanna Butler

Mary Ellen Campbell

Lorraine & Steve Carlson

Adam Collins

Karyn & John Collins

Maggie Cook-Shimanek

Janelle & Steve Corn

Sally & Tom Daer

Debbie & Brad Dantic

Juliena Darling

Richard Earley

Suzanne & Richard Fahey

Candace Fetscher

Elaine & Dick Gagliardi

Jean & John P. ThorstensonGarrity

Carla Getz

Carol & Keith Glaes

Kimberley Granath

William Haffey

Tyler Harrison

Nancy & Doug Heyer

Trish & Art Hightower

Sharon & Bob Hinshaw

Kate Holsapple

Shirley & Donald Hyndman

Michael Irwin

Penny Jakes

Kathleen & John Jenks

Corinne & Ralph Kirscher

Marlene Koch

Linda Kulm

Sandra Lawler

Jacqueline Leung

Susan Lockner

Beth & Paul Loehnen

Eileen McCarty

Kathy McCaughey

Helena Maclay

John R. McGinley Jr.

Sally & Scott McNall

Kathryn & Ed Mellander

Mark Mniszewski

Mary & Ted Morse – in honor of Coco & Will Ballew

Gerald Mueller

Toni & Bob Ogg

Kathleen Ort & John Duffield

Eugene O’Sullivan

Diana & Kevin Pacini

Patricia Peeples

Marcia Holland & Chuck Pengelly

Judith & Joseph Perine

Dorothy & Dean Peterson

Priscilla & Robert Phillips

Jennifer & Josh Plum

Lisa Plunkett

Celeste Pogachar

Addie & Chris Porter

Sally Porter

Elizabeth Putnam

Olleke Rappe-Daniels

Caren & Chuck Reaves

Elisabeth Rice

Stacy & Rich Ridenour – in tribute to Louis & Phyllis

Whitsell

Patti Rosa

Gay Rushmer

Kay & Jon Salmonson

Kennedy Salonen

Wes Salonen

Sue & Fred Samson – in honor of Patti McKenzie

Robert Schurr

Scotty’s Table

Scott Seifert

Tom Severson

Myra Shults

Carol & Dale Stovall

Linda Stoudt

The Depot

Cheryl & Steve Thompson

Sally Tibbs

Judy Tobol

Catherine & Claude Tonnerre

Phyllis & Larry Topp

Milly & Fritz Tossberg

Phyllis Wade

Jacque Walawander

Janet & Warren Weber

Roxane Weikel

MEMBER ($50-$99)

Carolyn Abbott

Charles Anderson

Mary Archibald

Dick Auerbach

Anonymous (3)

Martina Baum-Acker & Robert Acker

Austin Athman

Peter Bensen

Christy Bocinsky

Kyle Bocinsky

Rose-Marie Bowman

Barbara Collins

Jerry Covault

Navyline Cuenco

JoAnn G. Davison

Virginia & Loren DeLand

Frances & Michael Flaherty

Maria Francis

Anne Frugoli

Patti Eldredge

Paulette Fischer

Michael Flaherty

Theresa & Paul Floyd

James Free

Susan Goss

Elizabeth Hart

Pam Hillygus

Jeffrey Aaron Jacobs

Christine Jorgensen

Renee Kloser

Wendy Lambert

Karla Long

Jennifer Mayo

Leslie & James McShane

Mark Milanick

Richard Odan

Jan Pavlock

Barbara Quade

Laurie & Anthony Rollin

Laela & Dick Shimer

Nita Smith

Kathleen Snodgrass

Kristen Sohlberg

Emma Spencer

Anne & Donald Stewart

Martha & Russell Thayer

Shannon Tanaka

Annette Walker

Mary Younger

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

The following donations have made to the MSA in memory of loved ones in the past 12 months:

Richard Baskett – in memory of Marva Christian & Don Snavely

Barbara Blegen – in memory of Dorothy & Hal Blegen

John A. Bonya – in memory of George Kesel

Ethel Byrnes – in memory of Laura Patterson

Mary Ellen Campbell – in memory of John Talbot

Juliena Darling – in memory of Don Snavely

Richard Earley – in memory of George Kesel

Robert Eder – in memory of Tottie Parmeter

Candace Fetscher – in memory of Laura Patterson

Paulette Fischer – in memory of Don Snavely

Michael Flaherty – in memory of Caralee Mueller

Lynette Fritz – in memory of Thomas Fritz

Joseph Grinnell – in memory of Margie Grinnell

Don Johnston – in memory of Virginia Johnston

Leslie & Mike Halligan – in memory of Don Snavely

Kathleen & John Jenks – in memory of Don Snavely

Corinne & Ralph Kirscher – in memory of Don Snavely

Donna & James Koch – in memory of Doosey Habbe

Dorothea & George Lambros –in memory of Jane Dennison

Susan Lockner – in memory of Don Snavely

Helena Maclay – in memory of Don Snavely

Eileen McCarty – in memory of George Kesel

John R McGinley, Jr. – in memory of George Kesel

Mark Mniszewski – in memory of Jane Dennison

Gerald Mueller – in memorial of Caralee Mueller

Carol & Wayne Noeller – in memory of Caralee Mueller

Eugene O’Sullivan – in memory of George Kesel

Pershing Phillips, Jr. – in memory of Colleen Phillips

Priscilla & Robert Phillips – in memory of Don Snavely

Sally Porter – in memory of Nick Porter

Amber & Lans Richardson – in memory of Virginia Vinal

Kitte Robins – in memory of John Talbot

Matthew Royter – in memory of Ruth Royter

Scott Seifert – in memory of George Kesel

Rob Sterling – in memory of Margaret Sterling

Carol & Dale Stovall – in memory of Caralee Mueller

Sue Talbot – in memory of Laura Patterson

Kathy Turner - in memory of Don Snavely

Steve Wallace – in memory of Christine Wallace

Betsy & Warren Wilcox – in memory of Kay Duffield & Robert Seim

Lynne & Gary Willstein – in memory of Don Holliday

Phyllis & Louis Whitsell – in memory of Caralee Mueller

Twila Wolfe – in memory of Don Snavely

UMT. EDU / MOLL I

Keep the music alive

ONLY TWO

When you sponsor a chair, you honor our individual helping to sustain high standards of professional suppor t for our named chair musicians.

WAR AND PEACE SAVE THE DATE

Our last masterworks concert of the season presents the contrasting themes of war and peace, with the hope of grace and goodwill. The Orchestra will be joined by our beloved Symphony Chorale and our accomplished guest artists, Melanie Henley Heyn and José Rubio.

BUY TICKETS: missoulasymphony.org or call (406) 721-3194.

Student Night at Dress Rehearsal

Sponsored by Bill and Rosemary Gallagher Foundation

Your support of young people in Missoula means so much. Thank you!

GUEST ARTIST: Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano

JULIA TAI, MUSIC DIRECTOR DEAN PETERSON, CHORALE DIRECTOR Dennison Theatre, University of Montana

GUEST ARTIST: José Rubio, baritone

The University of Montana’s Dennison Theatre and School of Music are proud to serve as home to the Missoula Symphony Orchestra & Chorale. This dynamic partnership between our organizations delivers professional musical opportunities to our students and provides engaging musical experiences for the Missoula community.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

SEASON SPONSOR

AUGUST 14, 2022

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 and Erik Johnston, Merrill Lynch | NorthWestern Energy

Missoula Downtown Partnership | Allied Waste Services of Missoula

SEPTEMBER 17 & 18, 2022

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

NOVEMBER 4 & 6, 2022

SUPERHEROES

DECEMBER 2, 3 & 4, 2022

HOLIDAY POPS!

JANUARY 28, 2023

THE MOUNTAIN THAT LOVED A BIRD

MARCH 4 & 5, 2023

DYNAMIC TRIO

APRIL 15 & 16, 2023

WAR AND PEACE

Anne & Bruce Robertson | Anonymous Chorale Member

MAY 20 & 21, 2023

BROADWAY CONCERT

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

MEDIA SPONSORS ACCOMMODATIONS SPONSOR

STREAMING SPONSOR

CONCERTMASTER

Janet & Harry Haines

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Sharon & Gerald Marks

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Betty Thisted

SECOND VIOLIN

Patterson Family

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

SECOND VIOLIN

Frank & Rae Lynn D’Angelo

VIOLA

Robert Mosely

ASSOCIATE VIOLA

Ann Ruehr

CELLO

Dan & Sophie Lambros

CHAIR SPONSORS

ASSISTANT CELLO

Louisa & Paul Axelrod

DOUBLE BASS

Richard & Alice Dailey

FLUTE

Laura & Mark Haythornthwaite

OBOE

Jennifer & Ben Yonce

ENGLISH HORN

Jo May & Brian Salonen

CLARINET

Charla & Don Murray

BASSOON

Jean & Bill Woessner

HORN

Betsy & Warren Wilcox

TRUMPET

Ann & Tom Boone

TROMBONE

Frank & Maggie Allen

TUBA

NDG, LLC

TIMPANI/PERCUSSION

Traci & Michael Punke

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION

Sharon & Don Snavely

HARP

Peter & Maria van Loben Sels

PIANO

Twila Wolfe

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Rick & Diana Nash

CHORALE DIRECTOR

Doug & Caryl Klein