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Founded as the Billings Symphony Society in 1951, the BSO&C’s mission is to enrich lives through music. Today that mission remains the driving force behind the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale.

This season, join music director Anne Harrigan along with 135+ members of the BSO&C, as we present 2017-2018 concert season, featuring six series concerts and multiple special events throughout the year, culminating with the 46th annual Symphony in the Park, June 24, 2018.

Each season, the BSO&C performs for tens of thousands of people throughout south central and eastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming, introducing music to children, youth, adults, and seniors through Explore Music!, the BSO&C’s community engagement program.

The Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale’s 2017–2018 season is proudly sponsored by The Oakland Companies.

The BSO&C is supported, in part, by a grant from the Montana Arts Council, an agency of the state government, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Meet the Directors | 3A Letter from our Maestra | 42017–2018 Orchestra | 62017-2018 Chorale | 6A Note of Welcome | 72017-2018 Board of Directors / Administration | 7Audience Information | 8Montana Splendor | 11Tango Nuevo | 17The Nutcracker | 25Holiday Pops A Dickens Christmas | 29Kingston Trio | 332017-2018 BSO&C Contributors | 40Explore Music! | 46Ticket Information | 48

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BILLINGS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE 3

Anne Harrigan, Music Director of the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale and the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, has earned a reputation throughout the country for her innovative programming, commitment to artistic excellence and community engagement.

Her commitment to innovation in programming has resulted in groundbreaking multi-disciplinary programs that have attracted national attention. These include the United States premiere of Shaun Davey’s A Brendan Voyage, a concerto for uilleann pipes and orchestra with the renowned piper Christopher Layer; collaborations with Alexander Streltsov, aerialist; silent movies with live orchestra; live video projections of performances; Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island: Dream of America, a chronicle of the journey of seven immigrants through Ellis Island; and collaborations with the late Montana photographer, Michael Sample.

Ms. Harrigan began her career at the age of 19 when she founded the Johns Hopkins University Chamber Orchestra while still a violin student at the Peabody Institute of Music. She received her Master’s degree in conducting at Yale University under the tutelage of Otto Werner Mueller. In 1983, Ms. Harrigan formed the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and developed it from a fledgling organization to one of the finest chamber orchestras in the country.

Her interactive, multi-disciplinary family concert, Colors of the World, produced for television by Maryland Public Television, was recognized with an Emmy award in 1998. In addition, the BCO’s first compact disc recording, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Live, received rave reviews.

Ms. Harrigan resides in Rockford, Michigan with her husband, Eric Hudson and daughter, Erin. When not conducting, she enjoys bicycling and cross-country skiing.

Dr. Steven Hart, now in his eleventh season as the Billings Symphony Chorale Director, is a professor of music at Rocky Mountain College in Billings. He conducts choral ensembles and teaches conducting, vocal pedagogy and private voice. He completed his PhD at the University of Colorado, his MM at the University of South Dakota, and his BM at Western Michigan University.

Dr. Hart is active as a guest conductor and has presented master classes and clinics in California, Colorado, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. He was a guest conductor at the International Conducting Workshop in Varna, Bulgaria. He is also the conductor and founder of the High Plains Chamber Singers.

His research interests draw from neuroscience, with specific focus on the physical manifestations of mental activity through the mind-body connection. He is the Collegiate Repertoire and Resources Chair for the Montana Choral Directors Association and publishes articles for choral professionals. In preparing music ensembles for performance, Hart combines theater, sports psychology, neurolinguistics, music history and vocal pedagogy, to create the conditions for peak aesthetic experience.

Hart comes from a family of professional musicians. He began his performing career at age 9 in the title role of Oliver and at age 10 performed the title role of the Menotti opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors. Hart enjoys rock climbing, hiking, skiing, and tennis.

Meet the Directors


Thank you for joining the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale’s (BSO&C) 67th concert season. Each year I am overjoyed to step onto the stage at the Alberta Bair Theater. It is truly an honor to play with this group of talented musicians and to share their gifts with you, our friends, family and supporters.

The Billings Symphony Society was founded in 1951 by a group of local musicians and supporters whose goal was to enrich the lives of the Billings community through

music. Today we stand by that mission by continuing a tradition of excellence in symphonic performances.

The 2017-2018 season begins with the much anticipated return of Andrew von Oeyen, playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in Montana Splendor. In October, we celebrate Tango Nuevo with special guests Hector Del Curto on the bandoneon and tango dancers Ana Padron and Diego Blanco. Join us for our Holiday Pops concert as we celebrate a classic Dickens Christmas, complete with a performance of A Christmas Carol, in two performances: Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 17 at 2 p.m. Rock in the New Year with the Kingston Trio. MASO Youth Competition winner Tanner Jorden will play the first movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique in February. Billings’ crooners Chris Smith and Kristy Montgomery take the stage for The Good Life in March. The BSO&C’s season comes to a spectacular close with a semi-staged performance of Carmen, featuring the Billings Symphony Chorale, Billings own Christine Conover as Micaëla, Kristee Haney as Carmen, Benjamin Cleveland as Don José, and Gregory Gerbandt as Escamillo. For more information on the 2017-2018 season, visit billingssymphony.org.

Our mission to enrich lives through music extends well beyond the concert stage. Through our Explore Music! programs, we bring performances and music education to schools and communities throughout Montana and Wyoming. We have been able to reach 35,000 people annually who otherwise would not have the opportunity to learn, listen and enjoy symphonic music.

I am honored to be a part of the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, and thank you for your continued support and dedication. I look forward to another amazing season. See you there!

Musically Yours,

Anne Harrigan

A Letter from our Maestra


Orchestra 2017-2018ViolinRandy Tracy* Concertmaster, Kathy Griffin* Assistant Concertmaster, Lisa Bollman Principal Second Violin, Betsy Rivers* Assistant Principal Second Violin, Maurine Akin, Laura Blond, Laura Dalbey*, Jennifer Frye, Julie Johnson*, Kristi Kazmierski*, Barbara Kirk*, Beckett Koch**, Ali Levesque*, Lisa Lombardy*, Vikki Payne*, Cathy Pomeroy*, Ana Strong**, Erin Cummings, Sophia Barthel**ViolaAmy Letson* Principal, Ken Gilstrap* Assistant Principal, Diane Fossen*, Katie Krumdieck, Sara Levesque, Renee Tostengard, Leslie FoxCelloDavid Heinzen* Principal, Mary McCullough* Assistant Principal, Marley Ball**, Karla Carr, Linda Kuhn, Kassidy Rispens, Teal Zickefoose*, Kjirsten ArringtonBassRichele Sitton* Principal, Robin Martinez* Assistant Principal, Mark Bergman, Kathy Beagle, Dale BohrenFluteTyler Menzel Principal, Lynette Larson*, Julia BarnettOboeSue Logan* Principal, Kris Ostwalt*, Sandy Stimson*

ClarinetLaurel Linde* Principal, Jolane Jones*, Amy Logan*, Maddy Johnson, Mary Ann JacobsonBassoonDorian Antipa, Paul Gates*, David Horne, Brad Steorts*, Susan WadsworthHornJohn Dutton* Principal, Caleb Lande*, Mike Nelson*, Mary Robertson*TrumpetMark Fenderson* Principal, Nick Duncan, Thomas Lee, Jerry MakeeverTromboneMark Soueidi* Principal, Larry Lynam*, Steve Patton*, Aaron SchendelTubaBen Kirby, Will RoeschTimpaniZachary Mathes PrincipalPercussionMatthew Mitchener Principal, Kyle Melugin*, Rebekah Reger*HarpAngela EspinosaKeyboardLee Hancock, David Green

*Tenured ** Intern ++Leave of Absence

Chorale 2017-2018Sopranos Deb Brown, Jennine Budge*, Rosalie Foster, Barbara Gulick, Kaylene Hall, Pam Havig, Ruth Kosche, Candice Lindh, Tracy Mouser, Sheri Olsen, Cheryle Pittack, Sarah Rachac, Martha Rowe, Karen Simmons, Erin Small, Laurie Sutphin, Janie Sutton, Carol Tasset, Jan Van DykAltosRobin Aalseth, Elizabeth Almann, Emily Asay, Laura Blodgett, Judy Burnam, Kathleen Cochrane*, Nancy Downing, Joan Fritz, Teri Hammerquist, Kathleen Hanley, Karen Haughey, Jan Hawk, Carrie House, Trish Kirk, Katie Loy, Carol Metzler, Margaret Needam,

Terri Normand, Jenifer Parks, Janine Piper, Barb Seago, Kim Shroyer, Lorraine WareTenorsTodd Chakos, Austin Gee, Lance Hansen, Steve Loy, Mike Metzler, Greg Piper*, Randall Rabas, Shawn Rasch, Matt Redinger, Danny Zimmerman

BassRon Burnam, A.J. Elliston, Dave Green, Don Havig, Charlie Hendricks, Ron Hendricks, Doug Johnson, Bob Quam*, Connor Reilly, Mark Reynolds, Cas Seago, Tom Singer, Don Sommerfeld, Dan Struckman, Gary Treglown, Bret Weston, Dale Wicks

*Section Leaders


A warm welcome to the 67th season of the Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale. Strong community support by all of us, attendees, supporters and sponsors along with our musicians, staff and the board have allowed our goal of “enriching lives through music” to flourish in the Billings area over many years. We hope you enjoy this exciting season provided by Maestra Anne Harrigan, Chorale Director, Dr. Steven Hart and our talented performers. Please see our website, billingssymphony.org for details of each concert and many other community activities for this next year.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and generosity as you enjoy this 67th season!

Dale PetersonBoard President 2017-2018

A of Welcome

Darren Rich Executive DirectorCandy Holzer Director of EducationMichelle Dawson Manager of Marketing & Public Relations

Holly Robinson Office & Bookkeeping CoordinatorSandy Cantesano Manager of Development & EventsRobin Aalseth Chorale Librarian

Lisa Bollman Orchestra LibrarianAmy Logan Stage ManagerRichele Sitton Orchestra Personnel Manager

Administration

Dale Peterson PresidentBob Griffin Vice PresidentTom Hohn SecretaryScott Brown Co-TreasurerScott Wetzel Co-TreasurerJohn Stewart Past PresidentSusan BarrowCheryl Bentley Diane Boyer JerhoffPat Burg

John DenaultPenny DoakMarjorie FultonMike GeurinElizabeth GoetzJeff LindenbaumSue Logan*Lynn MarquardtLorraine MarshKyle Melugin*

Bill MercerRobyn MillerJase NorsworthyRobert QuamRobert SaundersBret Weston*Bob Wilmouth

2017-2018 Board of Directors

*Orchestra and Chorale Representatives


Montana SplendorSeptember 23, 2017

Anne Harrigan, music directorAndrew von Oeyen, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, op. 96

Eric Funk Symphony No. 2, Montana (Movement 1)

Intermission Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18 I. Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando

Andrew von Oeyen, piano

Thank You to our sponsors!

Concert Sponsors:Diane Boyer JerhoffLarry & Ruth Martin

Andrew von Oeyen Sponsors:Lynn Marquardt & Jim Gutenkauf

Eric Funk Sponsor:Tippet Rise Fund: Sidney E. Frank Foundation


Since his debut at age 16 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mr. von Oeyen has excelled in a broad spectrum of concerto repertoire—Bartok, Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Faure, Ligeti, Liszt, Gershwin, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schumann, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky—with such ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony, Berlin

Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, and many more. As both soloist and conductor he has led concerti and orchestral works by Haydn, Mozart Beethoven, Ravel and Kurt Weill. On July 4, 2009, von Oeyen performed at the U.S. Capitol with the National Symphony in “A Capitol Fourth,” reaching millions worldwide in the mulit-award winning PBS live Telecast.

Mr. von Oeyen, of German and Dutch origin, was born in the U.S. He began his piano studies at age 5 and made his solo orchestral debut at age 10. An alumnus of Columbia University and graduate of the Julliard School, where his principal teachers were Herbert Stessin and Jerome Lowenthal, he has also worked with Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher. He won the prestigious Gilmore Young Artist Award in 1999 and also took first prize in the Leni Fe Bland Foundation National Piano Competition in 2001. Mr. von Oeyen lives in Paris and Los Angeles.

For more information visit vonoeyen.com

A former student of Tomas Svoboda, Sandor Veress, and Krzysztof Penderecki in the 1970s, Mr. Funk’s considerable compositional output includes nine symphonies, four operas, six ballet scores, three large works for chorus and orchestra, seventeen concertos, several orchestral tone poems, and numerous works for chamber ensembles, solo instruments, and vocal works. Prominent premiers of his works include “From the Dreams of Montana Children” [Carnegie Hall, NY]; his one-act

solo opera-ballet for contralto and ballet troupe, Akhmatova, based on key texts from the Russian poet’s life; his Concerto for the Violin Alone, triple string quartet, and the song cycles Gongora (for baritone and chamber orchestra, on texts by the Spanish baroque poet) and Sequentia (contralto and 9-person chamber ensemble, on texts by Paul Celan).

He currently teaches for the School of Music/Montana State University where he has won numerous teaching awards, serves as Host and Artistic Director for 11th & Grant with Eric Funk, a four-time Emmy Award winning show in its 9th season broadcast on Montana PBS & featuring Montana musicians in all genres, and is Music/Artistic Director for the Big Sky Classical Music Festival, now in its third season [2013].

For more information visit ericfunk.com

About Andrew von Oeyen

About Eric Funk


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Festive Overture, op. 96

One of Shostakovich’s most successful pièces d’occasion, this ebullient overture is a classic example of art-on-demand: Just a few days before a concert celebrating the 37th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, officials of the Bolshoi Theater found themselves without an opening work. A panic-stricken call was made to Shostakovich, who demonstrating a Mozartian level of facility, dashed off the work in three days, giving the parts, still wet with ink, to couriers to deliver to copyists at the theater. The successful premiere took place on November 6, 1954 and the overture has been a popular favorite ever since, receiving frequent performances at official events such as the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 2009 Nobel Prize ceremony.

The Billings Symphony previously performed Festive Overture in October 1990, under the baton of guest conductor Timothy Russell.

Eric Funk (1949- )Symphony No. 2, Montana (1991)

Commissioned by the Bozeman Symphony for their 25th season, Montana seeks to musically paint Montana’s noble and sometimes subtle landscapes in the classical symphonic form. Funk refers to it as “his Moldau,” referring to composer Bedřich Smetana’s tone poem which evokes the sounds of the great Bohemian river. Original titled The Bozeman Symphony, Symphony No. 2 was commissioned by said orchestra for their 25th season.

Tonight’s performance is a Billings Symphony premiere. Photographs courtesy of the Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, MT.

Photographers: Andre Costantini (Silly Dancing), Erik Petersen Photography, Yevgeny Subdin. Copyright 2016 Tippet Rise.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18

The dismal premiere of his First Symphony in 1897 threw Rachmaninoff into a three-year bout of writer’s block. Finally, at his family’s urging, he consulted with Parisian psychologist Dr. Nikolai Dahl in January 1900. The doctor’s immediate assignment: write the new piano concerto promised to the London Philharmonic when Rachmaninoff appeared with the orchestra in 1898.

Through Dahl’s combination of enlightened discussion and rudimentary hypnosis, Rachmaninoff overcame his writer’s block and found a new voice as a composer—one with a perfect knack for unforgettable tunes, dazzling pianistic effects, an effortless flow of ideas, and a very suave sense of style. His close contemporary and antithesis, Igor Stravinsky, later called it a switch from a very young composer to a very old one. This was not meant as a compliment. In fact, written during the heyday of wild and radical new music by Debussy, Mahler, Stravinsky, Strauss, Ives, and Schoenberg, Rachmaninoff’s second concerto was proudly old-fashioned and, to the chagrin of his avant-garde contemporaries, it quickly became the most beloved concerto of the twentieth century.

Program Notes


The work’s popularity goes far beyond the concert stage; its melodies have been made ubiquitous through their use in movie soundtracks and derivative works on the radio. The second theme of the Allegro scherzando made a fortune for Buddy Kay and Ted Mossman (but not Rachmaninoff) as “Full Moon and Empty Arms.” (The best-known recording was by a young Frank Sinatra in 1945, two years after Rachmaninoff’s death.) The Moderato theme (first introduced by the strings) was the basis for another Sinatra song, 1941’s “I Think of You.” Perhaps most familiar, though, to today’s audiences is the Moderato theme’s appearance in Eric Carmen’s 1975 ballad, “All By Myself.”

Carmen calls Rachmaninoff, “his favorite music,” and with its unabashed Romanticism and the virtuosity demanded of the soloist, this show stopper has become a perennial audience favorite.

BSO conductors have programmed Rachmaninoff’s masterpiece eight times since 1952; the last performance in September 2008 with pianist Valentina Lesitsa, under the baton of Anne Harrigan.

For more extensive program notes, visit billingssymphony.org/concerts/3127/montana-splendor

Program Notes


Tango NuevoOctober 14, 2017

Anne Harrigan, music directorAna Padron & Diego Blanco, tango dancersHector del Curto, bandoneon Ángel Villoldo El choclo (arr. M. Naughtin)

Carlos Gardel Por una cabeza (arr. M. Naughtin)

Gerardo M. Rodríguez La cumparsita (arr. B. Kisinger)

Alberto Ginastera Variaciones concertantes, op. 23 I. Tema per Violoncello ed Arpa II. Interludio per Corde III. Variazione giocosa per Flauto IV. Variazione in modo di Scherzo per Clarinetto V. Variazione drammatica per Viola VI. Variazione canonica per Oboe e Gagotto VII. Variazione ritmica per Trombe e Trombone VIII. Variazione in modo di Moto perpetuo per Violino IX. Variazione pastorale per Corno X. Interludio per Fiati XI. Represa da Tema per Contrabasso XII. Variazione finale in modo di Rondo per Orchestra

Intermission Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2

Astor Piazzolla Oblivion

Astor Piazzolla Adiós Nonino

Astor Piazzolla Libertango



About Ana Padron & Diego Blanco

Born into a family of bandoneon players, Mr. Del Curto was introduced to the world of Tango and to the bandoneon by his grandfather, Héctor Cristobal. By the age of 17, he had won the title of “Best Bandoneon Player under 25” in Argentina, and was invited to join the orchestra of the legendary Osvaldo Puglises, the “Last Giant of Tango.” In 1999, Mr. Del Curto received the Golden Note Award from the Italian-American Network in recognition of his artistic

achievements. As a music director, he directed the spectacular show Forever Tango on Broadway and founded the Eternal Tango Orchestra, a ten piece ensemble. Since the Lincoln Center debut in 2003, the Eternal Tango Orchestra (now the Héctor Del Curto Tango Orchestra) returned to Lincoln Center for three more engagements and performed at other various venues including the Skirball Center for Performing Arts.

For more information about Héctor Del Curto, visit hectordelcurto.com

About Héctor Del Curto

Ana Padron attended high school at the prestigious New World School of the Arts in Miami, under the direction of Daniel Lewis where she developed her foundation in the study of classical ballet, modern dance, jazz and African dance, choreography, and the science of movement. Ms. Padron continued her education at the University of Florida and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in the Performing Arts. In 2004, Ms. Padron was accepted

into the Martha Graham Second Dance Company, where she trained with Virginie Mécène, Dudley Williams, Peggy Lyman, Pearl Lang, Linda Hodes, and performed acclaimed roles in Appalachian Spring, Primitive Mysteries, Acts of Light and Serenata Marisca.

Diego Blanco is a highly acclaimed performer and choreographer who excels in Argentine tango. He graduated high school from Miami’s distinguished New World School of the Arts and continued his education at the University of Florida where he received his Bachelor’s degree with honors in the Performing Fine Arts under the direction of Daniel Lewis. Mr. Blanco has taught master classes and workshops internationally. He has studied modern dance and collaborated with Jennifer Muller on the choreography for “Passion Fruit,” which premiered at the Dicapo Opera Theater. Mr. Blanco has studied Argentine Tango with Osvaldo Zoto, Los Dinses, Diego di Falco, Carlos Perez and Jorge Nel.

For more information about Ana Padron & Diego, visit tangoforall.org


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)Variaciones Concertantes, op. 23

Considered by many to be the finest composer that Argentina has produced, Ginastera’s early works show a strong influence of Argentinean folk music. Later creations display a dynamic, and exceptionally colorful, cosmopolitan style that won him a strong global reputation. The Variaciones mark the transition between these two periods.

Tonight is the BSO’s premier performance of this Ginastera work.

Arturo Márquez (1950- )Danzón No. 2

Since its 1994 premiere, Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 has enjoyed immense international success. Called by some the “second Mexican national anthem,” Márquez’s piece brings some irresistible dances from the dance hall to symphonic stage. Of Cuban origin, the danzón is the waltz of the Latin world: a stately couple’s dance and main event at any ball. For Márquez, Danzón No. 2 (of 8 so far) is “a very personal way of paying my respects and expressing my emotions towards truly popular music.”

The Billings Symphony first performed Danzón No. 2 in February 2005, under the baton of Barbara Day Turner.

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)Libertango, Adiós Nonino, Oblivion

The son of Italian immigrants who spent a good part of his growing-up years in New York’s Greenwich Village, Piazzolla always remained a bit of an outsider in his native land. In 1936, he resettled in Argentina, and his skills playing the bandoneon, the signature instrument of authentic Argentinean tango, soon won him a place in the traditional tango orchestras which were then at their height.

But Piazzolla was no traditionalist. In 1954, after studying with Alberto Ginastera, he won a scholarship to study with the great French pedagogue Nadia Boulanger in Paris. His restless musical mind soaked up French impressionism, contemporary atonality, and improvisatory jazz, but Boulanger urged him to stay close to his tango roots, declaring, “Here is the true Piazzolla!”

Piazzolla returned to Argentina and developed what he called “tango nuevo” This contemporary form of tango went far beyond smooth popular dance into the realm of serious concert music, retaining tango’s poignancy and lyricism while rejecting its tendencies toward sentimentality.

While Piazzolla’s tango compositions won fans abroad, his fellow Argentineans resisted his innovations nearly up until the time of his death in 1992. “The old tango, the one they loved was dying. And they hated me.” But by modernizing the form, Astor Piazzolla made it more eternal: In 2009, UNESCO declared tango to be an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Piazzolla’s works have rarely been programmed by the BSO. His Tangazo appeared on the January 1991 and February 2013 programs.

For more extensive program notes, visit billingssymphony.org/concerts/3127-2/tango-nuevo/

Program Notes


The NutcrackerNovember 25 & 26, 2017

Ming Luke, guest conductorSan Diego Ballet CompanyRobin Sherertz Morgan, artistic directorSchool of Classical BalletBetty Loos, directorJulia Marble, director

Act I The Christmas PartyThe Dream

The Kingdom of Snow

IntermissionAct II The Land of Sweets

Thank You to our sponsor!

Additional Support from the Montana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts

Special Guests:


Conductor Ming Luke is rapidly establishing himself as an exciting and versatile conductor to watch. In the past season he has worked with ensembles across the US, UK, Russia, France, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, and Austr ia; and has conducted orchestras such as: Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, Birmingham Royal, San Francisco Ballet, New York City Ballet Orchestra, l’Orchestre Prométhée (France), Gödöllő Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), Opera San José, Billings Symphony, Sacramento Opera, Napa Regional Dance Company, Sacramento Philharmonic,

Komorni Orchestr Akademie of Prague, the Napa Valley Symphony, and others. The Napa Valley Register said that his conducting had “his audience as much in his thrall as his musicians.” Also the Music Director of the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, a well-regarded institution in Berkeley, he is only the third Music Director in 45 years.

Luke is the Music Director for the Merced Symphony in the California central valley. Recognized nationally for his innovative education programs, Luke has written, arranged, and performed over 120 education concerts with the Berkeley Symphony, for whom he is the Associate Conductor. He has served on grant panels for the National Endowment of the Arts and the Grants and Cultural Committee of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. An exciting pops conductor, Luke has created and conducted a variety of pops concerts in many venues, from baseball stadiums, to picnics in the park with over 4,000 people in attendance, traditional concert halls and recording for Major League Baseball.

Ming Luke holds a Master of Fine Arts in Conducting from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Piano Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

About Ming Luke


Robin Sherertz Morgan | Artistic Director Ms. Morgan began her dancing career with the original San Diego Ballet (SDB) School & Company. She was awarded a full Ford Foundation Scholarship to the School of American Ballet and later danced with New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine, toured with Suki Schorer’s NY Lecture Ensemble and performed in Helgi Tomasson & Kay Mazzo NYCB Troupe. Returning to San Diego she developed her reputation as a teacher and dancer in local studios before opening the SD School of Ballet in 1989. She has choreographed for various theatre groups including network TV, served as rehearsal assistant for local children in San Francisco Ballet’s San Diego productions, and was honored for her leadership in the dance community.

Ms. Morgan founded the new San Diego Ballet in 1990.

Javier Velasco | Co-DirectorMr. Velasco has supplied dances for productions at the La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, and has a long-standing relationship with the San Diego Repertory Theatre and he has received numerous awards for his directing and choreography. Mr. Velasco currently serves as artistic director of the SDB, having created over 70 original pieces since its inception, including 10 pieces in collaboration with composer David Burge to commissioned scores. He was recently awarded a Creative Catalyst Fellowship to create a new work with Jazz saxophonist, Charles McPherson for the upcoming SDB season.

San Diego Ballet

Betty Loos | Co-Director Ms. Loos directed her own school for six years before co-founding the School of Classical Ballet with former business partner Jana Stockton. Betty received her early training from June Austin and Hungarian teachers Ildiko Perjessy and Angela McAlpin. She continued her training at the University of Utah under the direction of William Christiansen, and at the Teachers’ Training Program through the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Former students have danced with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theater, Smuin Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, David Taylor, and apprenticed with the National Ballet of Canada.

Julia Marble | Co-Director Ms. Marble attended the National Academy of the Arts in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a performing arts high school, and then attended Cornish Institute of the Allied Arts in Seattle, WA. She later continued her dance studies and performing in New York City. Marble danced professionally with Matthews- Masters Dance Company, Bernhardt and Dancers, and many other NY modern dance companies. Marble served as the Artistic Director of Dance Arts Los Alamos in NM, a non-profit performing arts school, prior to teaching in Billings.

School of Classical Ballet


Holiday Pops: A Dickens Christmas

December 16 & 17, 2017

Anne Harrigan, music directorDr. Steven Hart, chorale directorDan Nickerson, narratorBret Weston, baritoneBillings Symphony Chorale

Alan Silvestri God Bless Us, Everyone (from A Christmas Carol)

C. Hubert Parry Lady Radnor’s Suite: Prelude

Traditional The Boar’s Head Carol

Anon/arr. Ocker Wassail Song

Prichard/arr. Ferguson Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Carol Sing-a-long

Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas CarolsBret Weston, baritone

Intermission Carl Davis A Christmas Carol (selections from the ballet) Keeping Warm Nephew and Niece Phantoms Roger de Coverly Belle (Pas de Deux) Dance of Mournig Dance around a Brazier and Cornhill Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Scrooge’s Dressing Dance Deck the Hall

Dan Nickerson, narrator


Concert Sponsors:Lee & Denise Scherer

Guest Artist Sponsors:Guy Glenn & Elizabeth McNamer Glenn

Dan Nickerson is a BFA graduate of Cornish College of the Arts (’10) Theatre program in Seattle, WA. He has performed on stage and on camera in California, Washington & Montana. Since moving to Billings in 2011, he performed on stage at BST (Spring Awakening & Legally Blond: The Musical), Venture Theatre (Evil Dead: The Musical, & 2013 Fringe Festival), NOVA (Young Frankenstein, Little Shop of Horrors & 2104 Fringe Festival), Prince Theatre (Silva), and Helena Theatre Company (Venus in Fur.) In the fall of 2013 he took over as

Youth Director for NOVA and hasn’t looked back since; directing, writing and producing shows for the Youth Conservatory year round. He has also performed with the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale in 2015’s Behind the Scenes, where he played Hector Berlioz.For more information about Dan Nickerson, visit Novabillings.org

About Dan Nickerson

Baritone Bret Weston is in his twenty-fifth season as a member of the Billings Symphony Chorale. Bret studied vocal performance under Lowell Hickman at Montana State University and from Elizabeth Rowan in Billings and continues to work with voice coach Dennis Rupp of Los Angeles. Bret has appeared in numerous Rimrock Opera and Billings Studio Theater productions. Bret resides in Billings with his wife, Janet.

About Bret Weston


Rockin' New Year's EveDecember 31, 2017

Selections to be announced on stage


Lorraine Marsh in Memory of Stephen MarshJohn Vondra/Edward Jones

Josh Reynolds, son of original founding member of Nick Reynolds, has joined forces with two of Nick’s closest kindred spirits, Mike Marvin, Nick’s nephew and Tim Gorelangton, Mike’s musical brother. Alongside Josh, Mike & Tim have re-captured that original Kingston Trio magic with their energy, humor and crowd charming musical repertoire.


Anonymous

LaurelLinde*

PRINCIPALCLARINET

In memory of Jean G. Dimich

Rebekah Reger*

David & Linnea Veeder

Jolane Jones*

2NDCLARINET

Dr. Dennis O’Brien & Mur Quaglia

Amy Logan*

BASSCLARINET

Mike Nelson*

Drs. Thomas & Jane Van Dyk

HARP

AngelaEspinosa

Randy & CherylBentley

John Dutton*

PRINCIPALHORN

Warren & JudyFrank

Jeanne K. Johnson In Memory of

Kim Johnson Garcia

Lynette Larson*

2NDFLUTE

PRINCIPALFLUTE

TylerMenzel

CHORALEBASS

SECTION

Tom SingerAxilon Law

Group, PLLC

Mike & Nancy DowningLarry Downer & Nancy

Ferguson-Downer

CHORALEDIRECTOR

StevenHart

CHORALETENOR

SECTION

Alan & Pamela Muskett

CHORALEACCOMPANIST

Sandi Rabas

James & LindaThompson

CHORALESOPRANOSECTION

Walter & Barbara Gulick

Greg & Janine Piper

CHORALEALTO

SECTION

Dr. Phillip & Barbara Griffin

Van & Cheryle Pittack

Mary Robertson*

Angus & MarjorieFulton

Kyle Melugin*

ABBA Caring Projects

PERCUSSION BRASS

WOODWINDS

TIMPANI

Edwin Stickney M.D.

Zachary Matheson

Caleb Lande*

Dr. Stewart & Mary Jane

Taylor

MatthewMitchener

Lynn Marquardt &Jim Gutenkauf

Gerald TDavidson

PICCOLO

JuliaBarnette

Carole Baumann

ErinCummings

Jon & Nancy RuttAqua Systems of MT

BetsyRivers*

ASSISTANTPRINCIPAL

BeckettKoch**

Mike & Cara Schaer Sophia

Barthell**

Ron & Mary Beth Billstein Andrew & Jennelle

Billstein

CynthiaFoster

PRINCIPALVIOLIN II

Lisa Bollman*

CathyPomeroy*

Bar Accounting Services/

Kim & Dennis Bar

AnaStrong**

VIOLIN II

Don & MarilynFloberg

KristiKazmierski*

AliLevesque

VikkiPayne*

Robert & Kathy GriffinSharon Shannon

Kathy Griffin*

ASSISTANTCONCERTMASTER

George & HeatherRosenfeld

Patti Morledge

LauraDalbey*

BarbaraKirk*

Dr. Lisa A.Malody

CONCERTMASTER

Rita Heizer

Randy Tracy*

MaurineAkin

Guy Glenn &Elizabeth

McNamer Glenn

Joel & AndreaLong

Lisa Lombardy*

JulieJohnson

Eileen Orser & Terry Attallah

VIOLIN I

PRINCIPAL

MadyJohnson

Gareld & BarbaraKrieg

Mary AnnJacobson

Brett R. Bennion, M.D. P.C.

Lisa Bollman*

LIBRARIAN

Tom SingerCONCERT

CUES

Brent & DorotheaCromley

STAGEMANAGER

Amy Logan*

Jack Lawson

Darren & Nikki Rich

Richele Sitton*

Orchestra Personel Manager

Lynn Marquardt &Jim Gutenkauf


2017-2018 Contributors as of July 31, 2017

BENEFACTOR $10,000+Hewes and Susan AgnewAjax FoundationCheryl and Randy Bentley/

Northwest Pipe FittingsThe Billings GazetteDiane Boyer JerhoffPat and John BurgVincent and Janet CarpenterJohn and Carol GreenJeff Lindenbaum and

Joan SorensonLynn Marquardt &

Jim GutenkaufDenny and Linda Menholt/

Denny Menholt ChevroletMontana Arts CouncilNational Endowment

for the ArtsNorthern HotelGary and Melissa Oakland/

Oakland & CompanySidney E. Frank FoundationSusan and John StewartWells Fargo

Virtuoso $5,000-$9,999Ossie Abrams and

David OrserCharles M. Bair Family TrustBest Western Clocktower InnDude Rancher LodgeEmployee Benefit

Management ServicesWalt and Terra GuslerPatricia JaffrayKTVQMorningStar Senior LivingLee and Denise SchererStillwater Mining CompanyStockman BankUnderriner MotorsUS BankDennis & Phyllis Washington

Foundation

Composer $2,500-$4,999Nibs & Edna Allen FoundationBrett and Daniela BennionBNSF RailwayChicago TitleDiA EventsMichael and Nancy DowningCynthia FosterWarren and Judy FrankElizabeth and Bill FultonGuy Glenn and Elizabeth

McNamer GlennRita HeizerHomer and Mildred Scott

Foundation

Joel and Andrea LongLorraine & Stephen MarshLarry and Ruth MartinMontana Association of

Symphony OrchestrasMcDonald Family FoundationWalt and Mary PeetDale and Judy PetersonGeorge and Heather

RosenfeldThe Sample FoundationRobert and Ashley SaundersTom Singer and Evey LamontSt. Vincent Healthcare

FoundationSummers McNeaJames and Linda ThompsonTom and Jane Van DykBob and Liz WilmouthYellowstone Electric Co.

Maestro $1,000-$2,499Virginia AllenDeborah Anspach and

John HansonAqua Systems of MTDennis and Kim BarSusan and Bruce BarrowJim and Frankie BennettBillings Community

FoundationBillings OB-GYN AssociatesTeresa L BottrellBill and Nancy BoyerBriggs Distributing

Company, IncRockwood BrownScott and Debora BrownRon and Judy BurnamCHS, Inc.Dorothea and Brent CromleyCrowley Fleck PLLPBob and Shari DaytonBill and Sharon DimichLarry Downer and

Nancy Ferguson-DownerJoAnn and Bert EderFay EllisLarry and Susan EricksonBev FosterAngus and Marjorie FultonMichael Geurin and

Rory RoginaJeremy and Elizabeth GoetzJim and Peggy GoodPhil and Barb GriffinLew and Dianne GumperTom and Robin HanelDon and Shirley HarrSusan HeynemanTom Hohn/Hohn Engineering

Holiday Station StoresEric Hudson and

Anne HarriganDave and Cindy HummelMary Jo JohnsonKSVI ABC/FoxRick and Nicki LarsonAmy and Bill LetsonMarvin and Carol LindeMajestic HomesLisa A. MalodyBen and Mary Lou MarchelloLloyd MickelsonMOJO FM92.5Pat MorledgeAlan & Pamela MuskettTy and Mendy NelsonSteve and Terri NormandOrtho Montana PSCPEAK Technology SolutionsVan and Cheryle PittackRobert L. QuamJaq QuanbeckMark and Chris RandakDarren and Nikki RichJames Rollins and

Julie JohnsonSig and Bev RossSignal Peak EnergyMike and Cara Schaer/

Computers UnlimitedJudith A. SmithRon and Karin SmithRonald SmithRalph and Tancy SpenceEdwin StickneyDave and Linnea VeederGeorge WallisScott and Robyn Wetzel/

Wetzel’s Quality Cleaners

Sonata $800-$999Carole BaumannBerkshire Hathaway Floberg

Real EstateGerald T. DavidsonFirst Interstate BankFirst Montana TitleJeanne JohnsonJack LawsonBill OakeyTom and Peggy ParkerPhillips 66Neal and Gigi Sorensen

Opus $650-$799Langlas AssociatesPatrick and Mary Kay ByorthCity VineyardDavid and Mary Lee DarbyEide Bailly


Bruce and Darlene EllisDon and Marilyn FlobergMaryKate and Michael

HotalingMatovich, Keller, and

Murphy, P.C.Gareld and Barbara KriegTed and Bess LovecJeff and Lucy MeluginCarol MuellerEileen Orser and

Terry AttallahCarolyn S. OstbyDennis O’Brien and

Mur QuagliaSanderson-StewartBill and Suzanne SmootStewart and Mary Jane

Taylor

Concerto $350-$649Robin AalsethAnderson ZurMuehlen

& Co., P.C.Nick & Stacy BanKelly BergAndrew and Jennelle BillsteinRon and Mary Beth BillsteinJennine Budge and

Judith SmithBillings HardwarePaul and Mary CookMary DavisClint and Penny DoakMike and Helen EastwoodJoe FarleyFirst Federal Bank & TrustDonna Frisby-RamboldBob and Kathy GriffinWalter and Barbara GulickPaul and Patti GunvilleGeorge W. Haddenhorst and

D’Neale ParkerCameron & Mary Ann HallThomas and Kim HauptmanJudy JohnsonRoyal and Norma JohnsonBill JonesPamela Jones and Ed HahnFrank and Margo KelleyRoland LyngbyWilliam and Marci MercerRobert and Linda MerchantMerrill Lynch/Anderson,

Hedge, Wagner & Assoc.Dorothy PeeteMark ReynoldsWilliam and Beverly RyanGeorge and Patty SeloverSharon ShannonDon and Susan SommerfeldGary and Judy TreglownDaniel and Michelle

Wohlgenant

Overture $150-$349Joseph and Sandra AccianiAmerican Water

TechnologiesBill and Sandy AndersonRandall and Judy

BarthelmessRick and JoAnn BartschLinda and G. Todd BaughSteve and Sue BentleyKen and Heath BillingsleyWiley and Marilyn BlandLisa and Jeffrey BollmanWallace and Gayla BradberryBertan and Janet BridgerGary and Norma BuchananBugz’s Bar & CasinoBusby Land and Auction Co.Doug and Karla CarrCladis Investment AdvisoryKaren F. CookJulie CruikshankNancy and Dale DetrickAnne DietrichDimich Bros Gourmet

HotdogsGFWC - Billings Junior

Woman’s ClubJohn and Pat EastmanJane and Steve EricksonKaren FreemanPaul Grmoljez and

Alice GordonTracy GuntherDona and Paul HagenDorcas HalversonCowboys Bar & GrillMerilee and Bob HansonGail and Jim HeatherlyBayou CatfishEd HudsonDave and Judy JohnsonLance JohnsonJolane JonesGet JuicedKhanthaly’s EggrollsDavid and Gail KimballEloise KirkTaco TreatMarilynn LaugherySteven and Laurel LindeMike MakaraJudy E. McDowellMontana Rude BoysDonna MeyerMidland PrintingEdwin MillerPaul and Ann MillerPeter Mitchell and

Elaine BrownPatricia NelsonPat and Sharon NewburyGreg and Jeanine PiperAudre PressmanEmber Cooking CompanyMatt & Stephanie Robertson

James and Lin RoscoeMartha RoweBob and Sheila RubleI’m Cravin Bar-B-QueVernon SandersPatrick and Terry SauerMike SchmittNorman SchoenthalTed and Elda SchumanSimply WineMargaret SteckelJudith WallinderDavid WangMarlin and Joy WaylanderSandra WilsonAmy YatesCopy Right

Prelude $75-$149Richard and Kathy AldrichBunny AllenJames BakerCarole BaumannSandra BeckerCharles and Laura BikleLeslie and Gloria BlairRonald and Leanore BoughJudy BuchananRena BucherDuncan and Vicki BurfordMary Ann CananSiri ChristensenKathleen CochraneJim and Joanne CorningGordon and Dodie CoxConnie CranstonBrian Bross and

Bonnie DanielsLaura DanielsCarl DevriesShirley DundasGeoffrey EdelmanDarrell and Sally EhrlickKen and Barbara

EichenbergerWilliam and Karin FitzgeraldGainan’s FlowersAmy Gibler Brown and

William BrownScott Goodwin &

Lauren BondLillie GraceRuth and George GrossiPerry GuthridgeBruce L. HaightBruce and Marilyn HammRandy and Teresa

HammerquistCharlie HamweyKathleen HanleyHarold HansenStephen and Linda HaradenBrian and Molly HarringtonDon and Pam HavigBill and Jan HawkSusan T Henderson


Lee and Jan HermannHilton Garden Inn BillingsWilliam D HonakerImagem US LLCDon and Gini JonesStacie KautzmanRobert and Ardyce KellyThomas and Ruth KoscheCharles and Ruth LechnerBud and Joanne LeutholdArle and Armand LohofAnn MaltbyLauralee MarchantLorraine and Stephen MarshBernice MasonMichael and Carol MetzlerLori Miller

Michael and Marti MillerRobyn and Scot MillerLouis and Jean MooreRussell and Mary MorrisonBetty MosesTracy MouserMartin and Nadine MutchKris and Warren OstwaltDiane M. PaszkowskiSteve and Mary PattonElizabeth and Michael PeriusLarry and Pat PetersenPatricia and Harold PittWilliam and Terri PortaMatthew RedingerDonald and Carol RobertsRichard Rogers

Emile RuffierKaren SimmonsEric SimonsenBrad SteortsDiane SveePatrick Sweeney and

Teresa EricksonMark ThomasDave & Vicki ThompsonD.W. TorgersonJanet UlrichMary VaughanSarah WaggonerThomas and Debbie WagnerLorraine D. WareKim WetzelPalma Wolverton

Endowment Gifts as of July 31, 2017

HART CAMPAIGNRobin AalsethOssie Abrams & David OrserSusan & Bruce BarrowLinda & G. Todd BaughCheryl & Randy BentleyDiane Boyer JerhoffScott & Debora BrownJennine Budge & Judith SmithPat & John BurgRon & Judy BurnamKathleen CochraneDan CohnMichael & Nancy DowningJulianne DufresneRosalie A. FosterJoan M. FritzMichael Geurin & Rory RoginaBob & Kathy GriffinPhil & Barb GriffinWalter & Barbara GulickEd GulickLew & Dianne GumperWalt & Terra GuslerRandy & Teresa HammerquistTom & Robin HanelKathleen HanleyJohn & Karen HaugheyDon & Pam HavigBill & Jan HawkCarrie House

Diane Boyer JerhoffDoug JohnsonPamela Jones & Ed HahnPatricia KirkThomas & Ruth KoscheJeff Lindenbaum & Joan SorensonSue LoganArle & Armand LohofLisa A. MalodyLynn Marquardt & Jim GutenkaufStephen & Lorraine MarshMichael & Carol MetzlerMichael & Marti Miller, in memory of Jessica StickneyTracy MouserAlan & Pamela MuskettSteve & Terri NormandWalt & Mary PeetDale & Judy PetersonGre & Jeanine PiperVan & Cheryle PittackRobert L QuamRandall & Sandra RabasMatthew RedingerMark ReynoldsMartha RoweCas & Barb SeagoJason ShroyerKaren SimmonsTom Singer & Evey LamontJudith A. SmithDon & Susan Sommerfeld

Susan & John StewartEdwin StickneyCarol TassetJames & Linda ThompsonGary & Judy TreglownTom & Jane Van DykSarah WaggonerThomas & Debbie WagnerLorraine D. WareBret & Janet WestonScott & Robyn WetzelBob & Liz WilmouthDale & Teresa Wicks

OTHER ENDOWMENT DONORSHewes & Susan AgnewPat & John BurgMary DavisJohn & Carol GreenPatricia Jaffray, in dedication to Richard Alton GonzalesJeff Lindenbaum & Joan SorensonLynn Marquardt & Jim GutenkaufStephen & Lorraine MarshDale & Judy PetersonJaq QuanbeckGeorge & Heather RosenfeldSonkar Inc.Susan & John StewartBob & Liz Wilmouth

2017-2018 Contributors as of July 31, 2017


Tribute Gifts as of July 31, 2017

In Memory Of Frankie Staffanson Eloise Kirk

In Memory Of Bill Thorndal Pamela Jones & Ed Hahn

In Memory Of Bill Thorndal Amy Gibler Brown & William Brown

In Memory Of Bobbi Hylton Linda and G. Todd Baugh

In Memory Of David Barnett Robert & Claudia Fife

In Memory Of David Barnett Pat & John Burg

In Memory Of Ed Fossen Anne Lambrecht, Wallace & Gayla Bradberry, Dennis & Kim Bar

In Memory Of Marge Decker Harold & Jeanne Habein

In Memory Of Stephen Marsh Dennis & Kim Bar, Pat & John Burg

In Memory Of Vince Larsen Wallace & Gayla Bradberry

In Memory Of Jessica Stickney Michael & Marti Miller

In Memory of Richard Alton Gonzales Patricia Jaffray

The Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale gratefully acknowledges the members of the Jean G. Dimich Encore Society. These donors have made known their inclusion of the BSO&C in their financial planning, such as in their will, life insurance, retirement account, or other planned giving. For more information about planned giving at the BSO&C or to let us know the BSO&C is a beneficiary in your plans, please contact Darren Rich at 294-3711.

The Jean G. Dimich Encore Society

AnonymousJulie L. ColemanVirginia CoxStephen H. & Bev FosterLynn Marquardt & Jim GutenkaufDavid & Judy JohnsonEdna B. Johnson

Linda L. LewisWilliam & Connie LowePeder MoeDale & Judy PetersonLouise H. SteinPatricia Jaffray, in dedication to

Richard Alton Gonzalez

BILLINGS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE

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