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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHollis Welsh, Executive Director

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BOISE PHIL REVEALS NEW VISUAL IDENTITY BEFORE LAUNCH OF AMBITIOUS SEASON

AUGUST 10, 2018, BOISE, ID—The Boise Philharmonic rolls out their new brand and visual identity this week, as a prelaunch to the start of their masterful 2018-2019 season, which opens on September 7 and 8. The vibrant new branding reflects the ambitious plans set in place by Music Director Eric Garcia, beginning his second season with the orchestra. The new brand is infused with the tag “discover, delight, connect” and encourages new and seasoned patrons alike to “join the musical adventure!”.

From September through May, the Maestro and orchestra will present deep explorations of Beethoven, Prokofiev, Bernstein and Sibelius as part of their Classical Series, and will launch a multi-season cycle of the complete Brahms symphonies. Each concert will showcase the talents of the Boise Phil musicians in a new way, some adventurous, some thoughtful, but all inspiring.

In Music Director Garcia’s words, “We are so very thrilled to begin what promises to the Boise Phil’s best season yet. We have an incredible line up of guest performers and concerts that guarantee to exhilarate and inspire. Our new brand is a true representation of the exciting journey we have in store!”

The Boise Phil worked with Boise design house W Design and designer Kristy Wehyrich to achieve the new look and feel. The visuals employ bold colors and lively photography of the orchestra, along with a new logo that shortens the name to the more familiar “Boise Phil”.

With a new brand, new season, and new Executive Director, the organization is ready to more deep-ly connect with the Treasure Valley community via its new In Roads programming. New performances will be added to the season lineup, including solo recitals by principal musicians, collaborations with Treefort and Story Story Night, and the new three-concert Pops Series featuring the film Star Wars: A New Hope screened with the score played live by the orchestra.

Executive Director Hollis Welsh said, “We’re very excited to launch our new brand to set the stage for our most exciting season yet. It really is about adventure this season, and about opening our doors to more people in more innovative and inviting ways. Our goal is to be as accessible as we can to as many people in the Treasure Valley as possible, and we hope our new brand conveys that. You are welcome here, and we want to connect with you. And, if you can’t come to us, we’ll find ways to come to you.”

Please visit the new website at www.boisephil.org for more information.

Highlights

Brahms 1 (Sept 7 & 8): A living female composer (Anna Clyne), the talented guest pianist Jon Nakamat-su, and the first Brahms symphony in the start of a years-long Brahms symphony cycle

Star Wars (Sept 22): A New Hope with live score by orchestra: The film classic like you’ve never seen it before, with live orchestra in the Morrison Center

Pub Crawl with partner Boise State Public Radio (Sept. 27): A night of lively music in your favorite down-town bars, accompanied by BSPR

Bernstein at 100 (Oct. 5 & 6): A celebration of the genius behind West Side Story with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony to top it off

Mendelssohn + More (Jan. 11 & 12): A night of heavy hitters, from Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, to the Mendelssohn violin concerto played by young virtuoso Simone Porter, ending with Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5

Uncorked Chamber Series (Jan – May): Four Sunday afternoons, beer and wine, and an up-close experi-ence with our Music Director and Principal Musicians

Championing Living Composers

Music Director Eric Garcia thoughtfully planned the music for the 2018-2019 season, which includes pieces by three living composers. The very first piece of the opening concert, Masquerade, was written by 38-year-old Anna Clyne, a London native known for her unusual methods and dazzling inventive-ness. The orchestra will also play John Adams’ The Chairman Dances and Sean Shepherd’s Songs, the latter of which will be performed for only the second time on a concert stage.

For a full overview of the 2018-2019 Season along with the Music Director Garcia’s vision for the or-chestra and its new visual identity, visit boisephil.org.

About the Boise Phil

The Boise Philharmonic Association is Idaho’s largest and oldest 501(c)3 non-profit performing arts organization. The new mission of the Boise Phil is to reflect the energy and heartbeat of our community through invigorating musical experiences that touch the human spirit.

Ticket Prices

Classical Series Subscription packages feature up to 20% savings and begin at $91 in Boise, $83 in Nampa. Single tickets begin at $25 in Boise, $23 in Nampa.

Pops Series Subscription packages, which includes Star Wars: A New Hope, start at $94. Single tickets start at $25, $45 for Star Wars.

Uncorked Series packages begin at $54, and single tickets begin at $15.

All packages and single tickets are now on sale, including our Add-On concerts of Messiah and Silent Movies. Discounts are available for students and groups of 10 or more. For our Uncorked and Messiah concerts, tickets increase in price at the door.

Concert and Event Descriptions

Brahms 1: Nampa: Friday, September 7, 2018, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, September 8, 2018, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Join us on a journey of greatness and grandeur with Anna Clyne’s Masquerade, which pays homage to the original mid-18th century promenade concerts held in London’s pleasure gardens. Award-winning soloist Jon Nakamatsu will join us for Saint-Saens’ mercurial and virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2. We will conclude with Brahms’ beloved Symphony No. 1, the beginning of our multi-season celebration cycle of his four masterful symphonies.

Anna Clyne: Masquerade

Saint-Saens: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in G minorJon Nakamatsu, soloist

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

JON NAKAMATSUAmerican pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw unanimous praise as a true aristocrat of the key-board, whose playing combines elegance, clarity, and electrifying power. A native of California, Mr. Nakamatsu came to international attention in 1997 when he was named Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the only American to have achieved this distinction since 1981. Mr. Nakamatsu has performed widely in North and South America, Europe, and the Far East, collaborating with such conductors as James Conlon, Marek Janowski, Raymond Leppard, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Osmo Vänskä and Hans Vonk. He also performed at a White House concert hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton.

Star Wars: A New Hope with live orchestra: Saturday, September 22, 2018, 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Morrison Center for the Performing ArtsSingle tickets start at $45 including taxes and fees; Pops packages start at $94.

See the magic of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope like never before!

The original intergalactic epic comes to life on the big screen with the Boise Phil performing John Wil-liams’ unforgettable score LIVE.

The orchestra will be led by Ron Spigelman, guest conductor.

Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner/Chappell Music. © 2018 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©DISNEY

RON SPIGELMANA native of Australia, conductor Ron Spigelman is an honors graduate of the Royal Academy of Mu-sic, London. He has been the Associate Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, the San Angelo Symphony, the Texas Chamber Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MO) and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (NY). He is currently Pops Conductor of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.

He has appeared as guest conductor with many orchestras in the U.S. including: the Dallas, San Anto-nio, Phoenix, Virginia and North Carolina Symphonies as well as the Louisiana, Rochester and Naples Philharmonic, and in Australia, the Adelaide, Queensland, The West Australian and Sydney Symphony orchestras, the West Australian Opera and the Australian Youth Orchestra. He has conducted live film scores for Pirates of the Caribbean, Fantasia, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wizard of Oz, Passion of Joan of Arc and Ben Hur. This season, along with Star Wars, he will conduct Home Alone and Harry Potter – Chamber of Secrets.

Pub Crawl with Boise State Public Radio: Thursday, September 27, 2018, 6-9pm; Downtown Boise

A FREE event in Downtown Boise, featuring the Boise Phil Chamber Players and Boise State Public Ra-dio!

Our Annual Spring Pub Crawl is a crowd favorite, so we’re starting the fun even earlier this year.

Start at one venue and crawl to the other locations while enjoying great drinks, music, food, and people.

6 - 8 pm at Woodland Empire Ale Craft: Woodwind Quintet 6:30 - 8:30 at Boise Brewing: String Quartet 7 - 9 pm at Pengillys Saloon: Brass Quintet

Bernstein at 100: Nampa: Friday, October 5, 2018, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, October 6, 2018, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Join us as Eric Garcia leads the Phil in a celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday! Also enjoy Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Symphony No. 5.

We celebrate the iconic and larger-than-life American composer Leonard Bernstein in his centennial year with his cherished Overture to Candide, crackling with energy and tender in tone. Based on sa-cred texts, Bernstein’s three-movement masterpiece Chichester Psalms, which will feature the Boi-se Phil Master Chorale, showcases Bernstein’s signature exuberant rhythms and haunting melodies. Tchaikovsky’s dramatic and emotional Symphony No. 5 takes us on a journey through sorrow, courage and triumph.

Bernstein: Overture to Candide

Bernstein: Chichester PsalmsWilliam Thompson, boy sopranoBoise Phil Master Chorale

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

The Boise Phil Master Chorale is led by Dr. James Jirak.WILLIAM THOMPSON

William Thompson is a 9th grade vocal major at Idaho Fine Arts Academy in Eagle. He is a veteran per-former with Opera Idaho, and has been a member of the Opera Idaho Children’s Choruses since 2012. William was a member of the Boise Schools All City Honor Choir during 4th and 5th grades, and has appeared in the summer musicals South Pacific as Jerome, The Music Man as Winthrop, and The Sound of Music as Kurt. He has performed in Opera Idaho’s main stage productions of Amahl and the Night Visitor (as Amahl), Hansel and Gretel, Tosca, Pagliacci, and in The Mikado as Ko-Ko, H.M.S. Pinafore as Sir Joseph Porter, The Pirates of Penzance, and Brundibár. William has also performed in Music Theatre of Idaho productions of Les Misérables as Gavroche, The Secret Garden as Colin, The Sound of Music as Kurt, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Shrek, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Aladdin Jr., The Little Mermaid Jr., Mulan Jr., and will portray The Artful Dodger in Oliver in October, 2018. He has also appeared in Meridi-anCUE’s production of The Little Mermaid as Flounder, and was an understudy in Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Secret Garden.

DR. JAMES JIRAKJames Jirak has been the Artistic Director of the Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale since 1996. He is an Associate Professor of Music at Boise State University, where he leads the long-standing University Singers and teaches courses in Music Theory, Music Education, Conducting, and Jazz Techniques. Jirak also co-directs the annual Hymns of Thanksgiving Chorus and Orchestra here in Boise.

In addition to conducting, Jirak has performing experience ranging from studio and jazz singing to opera and musical theater roles, as well as ballet and modern dance. He has performed as a vocal soloist on the BSU Faculty Artist Series and he is a charter member of the local Critical Mass Vocal Arts Ensemble. In 1997 he was chosen to perform Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” in Carnegie Hall as a member of the Festival Chorus under the direction of Mr. Robert Shaw.

Dr. Jirak holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Colorado State University, a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Wyoming, and a Doctor of Arts degree in Choral Conducting and Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado.

An active clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, Dr. Jirak’s professional memberships include the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the National Association for Music Education, and life membership in the American Choral Director’s Association.

In September of 2017, Dr. Jirak was honored to receive Mayor Bieter’s Award for Excellence in Education. A native of Nebraska, he began his teaching career in Teton County, Wyoming, where he taught music to all grades (K-12, both vocal and instrumental) for 11 years.

The Sea: Boise: Saturday, November 10, 2018, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts Nampa: Sunday, November 11, 2018, 3:00 pm; NNU Brandt Center

A program inspired by the music of nature.

Two musical interpretations of the seas remind us how powerful sound can be in creating unforgettable images of the forces of nature. Britten’s beautiful and foreboding Four Sea Interludes, extracted from his opera Peter Grimes, transports us to dawn, morning, moonlight and an unrelenting storm at sea. Debussy’s impressionistic La Mer reveals the luminous and atmospheric mysteries of the sea. Elgar’s Enigma Variations pays tribute to the composer’s wife and friends through a series of variations based

on an original theme.

Britten: Four Sea Interludes

Debussy: La Mer

Elgar: Enigma Variations

Handel’s Messiah: Friday, November 30, and Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:00pm; St. John’s Cathedral, Boise

Join us in the beautiful St. John’s Cathedral in Downtown Boise for a special performance of Handel’s Messiah.

George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) Messiah

Heather Phillips, soprano Darryl Freedman, alto Jonathan Hill, tenor Johnathan McCullough, baritone

HEATHER PHILLIPSHeather Phillips has been praised for a voice that is “simply glorious” and “glistening.” As a recent fellow at the Aspen Music Festival she sang the role of Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Aspen Opera Theatre under the baton of Jane Glover.This season, Ms. Phillips was heard on the concert stage as the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Grammy nominated ensemble, True Concord in which the Arizona Daily Star noted her “clarion soprano”. She also returned to the Ravinia Festival and the Tucson Desert Song Festival this season as a recitalist in collaboration with pianist Kevin Murphy.

Ms. Phillips received both her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Cincinnati, Col-lege-Conservatory of Music. Before her collegiate operatic studies began, Miss Phillips trained and performed as a pianist and flautist for 10 years, performing as an adolescent with the Canton Youth Symphony Orchestra as a flautist and throughout the community as a volunteer outreach performer on piano, flute and voice with the McDowell Music Club of her hometown of Canton, Ohio. She currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DARRYL FREEDMANPraised by Opera News for her “striking dark timbre” and “expansive, sumptuous” performances, mez-zo-soprano Daryl Freedman is a recent graduate of the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.

Ms. Freedman was a member of the Studio Artist Program at Portland Opera from 2009-11, singing Concepción (L’heure espagnole), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Venere (Monteverdi’s Il ballo delle ingrate), Sandman (Hansel and Gretel), Maman (L’enfant et les sortilèges), and Aglaonice in Philip Glass’ Orphée, the last of which was recorded and released on Orange Mountain Music Records. She holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Temple University.

JONATHAN HILLFormer Opera Idaho Artist in Residence, Mr. Hill, has been featured in solo roles in opera companies around the upper West Coast. Formerly of Boston, MA, Mr. Hill has enjoyed recently singing such roles as Monostatos from Die Zauberflöte and Guiseppe from La Traviata, while also covering Tamino and Alfredo. Mr. Hill has also sung the roles of Spoletta, Tosca, Mississippi Opera, Goro, Madama Butterfly, Natchez Festival of Music, and Pedrillo, Entführung aus dem Serail, New York Opera Forum. In April of 2017, Mr. Hill made his debut singing Don Miguel in La Perichole with Tacoma Opera. Mr. Hill regularly travels to New York City where he continues to work with stage director Cindy Oxberry and vocal coach Mitchell Cirker, while he currently resides in Boise, ID, where he studies with Sue Patchell and Brett Hamilton.

JOHNATHAN MCCULLOUGHGerman baritone Samuel Hasselhorn’s performances, recognized for his charismatic stage presence and stunning vocal ability, have been praised for offering “moments of emotion and pure musicality that will not soon be forgotten” (Crescendo Magazine). After winning First Prize at the 2015 Young Concert Art-ists International Auditions, he was awarded First Prize in the 2017 Das Lied International Song Com-petition in Berlin. He also won Second Prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall Song Competition in London, and Third Prize in the Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart, Germany in 2016. Mr. Hasselhorn captured First Prize in the 2013 International Schubert Competition in Dortmund, and the “Prix de Lied“ in the 2013 Nadia and Lili Boulanger Competition in Paris.

Samuel Hasselhorn earned his degree in Opera Performance from the Hannover Music School, which also included a year of study at the Paris Conservatory. He has worked with Malcolm Walker, Marina Sandel, Jan-Philip Schulze, Susan Manoff, and Anne Le Bozec. He has received grants from the Walter and Charlotte Hamel Foundation and the Gundlach Music Award, and in 2010, he received a Top Prize at the National German Voice Competition in Berlin and an award from the Paul Lincke Association. He currently holds the Lindemann Vocal Chair of YCA.

Holiday Pops: Nampa: Friday, December 7, 2018, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for our traditional celebration of the Holiday Season, featuring the full Boise Phil and Master Chorale with guest conductor, Chelsea Tipton.

Enjoy favorites like Sleigh Ride, Jingle Bells, selections from the Nutcracker, and an audience sing along. Always a family favorite, and always sold out! Buy your tickets now for the best seats.

CHELSEA TIPTONAmerican conductor Chelsea Tipton, II has won over audiences and critics alike with his vibrant musical-ity, accessibility, versatility and extraordinary commitment to Arts education. As a sought-after guest conductor, Tipton has appeared with numerous major orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Pittsburg Symphony, Houston Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Palermo), Dohnanyi Symphony Orchestra (Buda-pest), Atlanta Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Loui-siana Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and the San Antonio Symphony Orches-tra among others.

The 2017-18 season sees Tipton working with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilton Head Sympho-ny Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra while continuing his work as the Principal Pops Conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and celebrating his ninth season as Music Director of the Symphony of Southeast Texas in Beaumont.

Tipton earned a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance from the Eastman School of Music, with additional studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Mendelssohn + More: Nampa: Friday, January 11, 2019, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

With wit and effervescence, Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony pays an affectionate homage to compos-ers of the classical period, particularly Haydn. In Prokofiev’s words, “It seemed to me that had Haydn lived to our day he would have retained his own style while accepting something of the new at the same time.” Lyrical passionate and highly technical, Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin features our superb guest soloist Simone Porter. Sibelius’ bold and expansive Symphony No. 5 elicits some of the compos-er’s most mesmerizing and inspired music.

Prokofiev: Classical Symphony

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin Simone Porter, soloist

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, E-flat major

SIMONE PORTERViolinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. After performing last season with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the LA Times declared Simone “on the cusp of a major career.” In the past few years she has debuted with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the LA Philharmon-ic; and with a number of renowned conductors, including Charles Dutoit, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Nich-olas McGegan, Ludovic Morlot, and Donald Runnicles. Born in 1996, Simone made her professional solo debut at age 10 with the Seattle Symphony and her international debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London at age 13. In March 2015, Simone was named a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Simone’s 2016/17 season marked her Carnegie Hall Debut with the New York Youth Symphony, followed by debuts with the Pittsburgh, Minnesota, San Diego, Indianapolis, Vancouver and Edmonton sympho-nies, and return engagements with the Seattle, Nashville, and Utah Symphonies.

Simone Porter plays on a 1745 J.B. Guadagnini violin on generous loan from The Mandell Collection of Southern California.

Uncorked #1: Façade: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 2:00 pm; Egyptian Theatre, Boise

Grab a drink and mingle with our talented Boise Phil Chamber Players at the Uncorked Series!

Join us for an incredible kick-off to our uncorked chamber series with Guilliame Connesson’s Double Quatuor, a colorful blend of romantic, lush melodies and harmonies, and modern dance rhythms. Com-posed for a combined string quartet and woodwind quartet, Double Quatour is a pulsating opener. Wil-liam Walton wrote the music of Façade to accompany the narration of twenty-one Edith Sitwell poems. Melissa Bagwell provides the virtuosic narration to Sitwell’s extraordinary and haunting text. Accompa-nying her through hornpipes, tangos, waltzes, yodeling songs, and other exciting adventures is a sextet comprised of flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, percussion and two cellos.

Guillaume Connesson: Double Quatour

William Walton: Façade

Our Uncorked Series features the Boise Phil Chamber Players in an up close and personal setting, en-hanced by beer, wine and laid-back Sunday afternoons.

The Boise Phil Chamber Players will be led by Maestro Garcia and joined by Melissa Bagwell, who will perform a reciter for Walton’s ‘Façade’

Come an hour early and stay behind an hour late to get to know these amazing musicians and others in the Boise music community.

Silent Movies: Saturday, February 2, 2019, 7:30pm; Egyptian Theatre, Boise

For the fifth year in a row, the Boise Phil invites organist and silent film specialist Ben Model to join us for a special concert of silent films accompanied by live music.

Enjoy classical film selections such as Laurel and Hardy favorites, with music by the Boise Phil and Ben Model, organist. Music selections TBD.

Viennese Masters: Nampa: Friday, February 15, 2019, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, February 16, 2019, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Enjoy an evening in the great musical city of Vienna with Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven. Mozart’s Overture to the Magic Flute is alive with fantasy, excitement and joy. Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 is infused with a perfect balance of his youthful exuberance and lyricism. Guest soloist Natasha Paremski is sure to thrill with Beethoven’s majestic Emperor Piano Concerto No. 5.

Mozart: Overture from The Magic Flute

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major (Emperor)Natasha Paremski, soloist

NATASHA PAREMSKIWith her consistently striking and dynamic performances, pianist Natasha Paremski reveals astounding virtuosity and voracious interpretive abilities. She was awarded several prestigious prizes at a young age, including the Gilmore Young Artists prize in 2006 at age 18, the Prix Montblanc in 2007, and the Orpheum Stiftung Prize in Switzerland. In 2010, she was awarded the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year. Natasha has performed with major orchestras in North America including the Dallas Symphony Or-chestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Toronto Sympho-ny, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, NAC Orchestra in Ottawa, Nashville Symphony, Virgin-ia Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Colorado Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra. Overseas she has toured with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vienna’s Tonkünstler Orchester, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre de Bretagne, the Orchestre de Nancy, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester in Zurich, and Moscow Philharmonic. Natasha began her piano studies at age 4 with Nina Malikova at Moscow’s Andreyev School of Music. She then studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music before moving to New York to study with Pav-lina Dokovska at Mannes College of Music, from which she graduated in 2007.

Uncorked #2: Langroise Trio + Brass Quintet: Sunday, March 3, 2019, 2:00pm; Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, Boise

Grab a drink and mingle with the talented Boise Phil Chamber Players at the Uncorked Series!

The College of Idaho Langroise Trio will be performing the Goldenberg Variations by J.S. Bach.

The Brass Quintet will perform a program that is TBD.


The College of Idaho Langroise Trio features our concertmaster, Geoffrey Trabichoff, Principal Viola, Da-vid Johnson, and our Associate Principal Cello Sam Smith. Each player is a master in his own right, and together they are a force.


Hollywood Hits: Saturday, March 30, 2019, 7:30pm; Morrison Center for the Performing ArtsSingle tickets start at $30; Pops packages begin at $94.

See film clips projected on the big screen while the orchestra plays the accompanying soundtrack!

These classic films of Hollywood include James Bond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman, Rocky, Ben-Hur, The Pink Panther, Star Trek, and more.

Uncorked #3: String Quartet + Woodwind Quintet: Sunday, April 14, 2019, 2:00pm; Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, Boise

Grab a drink and mingle with the talented Boise Phil Chamber Players at the Uncorked Series!

This Uncorked concert will feature the String Quartet and Woodwind Quintet.

Program TBD.


The Boise Phil String Quartet is made of four of our Principal string players, and the Boise Phil Wood-wind Quintet is made of five our Principal wind players.


The Virtuoso Orchestra: Nampa: Friday, April 26, 2019, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, April 27, 2019, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Chairman Dances, one of the best-known works by the leading American composer John Adams, opens this tour de force program. Culled from his opera Nixon in China, Adams subtitled this exciting piece a Foxtrot for Orchestra. Sean Shepherd, hailed as “an exciting composer of the new American gener-ation,” was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to write Songs in 2014. The Boise Phil is the second orchestra in the world to perform this work! Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra is a genuine athlet-ic showpiece, turning our orchestra into soloist all-stars.

Adams: The Chairman Dances

Sean Shepherd: Songs

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Uncorked #4: Jazz: Sunday, May 5, 2019, 2:00 pm; Egyptian Theatre, Boise

Grab a drink and mingle with our talented musicians as we end this season’s Uncorked Series with a bang!

For our final chamber concert of the season, we spotlight an assortment of contemporary music in-spired by jazz. Gershwin’s beloved Lullaby for string quartet showcases Gershwin’s melodic genius. Shostakovich’s Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1, inspired by popular café music, is complete with lilting saxophones, sliding trombones, a Hawaiian guitar, and subtle humor. American composer Derek Ber-mel’s Three Rivers is constructed of three rhythmic currents, flowing both separately and together. A fast bop section of the third brings the piece to an exhilarating climax. Milhaud wrote his enduring music for the ballet La création du monde in 1923. Leonard Bernstein summarized: “The Creation of the

World emerges not as a flirtation but as a real love affair with jazz.”

Lullaby by George GershwinSuite for Jazz Orchestra, No. 1 by Dmitri ShostakovichThree Rivers by Derek BermelLa creation du monde, op. 81 by Darius Milhaud



Russian Romantics: Nampa: Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:30 pm; NNU Brandt CenterBoise: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for our season finale of Russian works, joined by soloist Stéphane Tétreault!

Featuring our remarkable soloist Stéphane Tétreault, Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme is a rhapsodic cello showpiece. This audience favorite is a subtle expression of elegance and bravura. Rach-maninoff’s epic Symphony No. 2 intricately weaves moments of overwhelming intensity with moments of tender repose. This dramatic journey ultimately comes to a magnificent and exhilarating conclusion. What a season finale!

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Stéphane Tétreault, cello

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor

Stéphane TétreaultIn addition to numerous awards and honours, Stéphane was the laureate of the “Classe d’Excellence de violoncelle” Gautier Capuçon from the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and the recipient of the $50,000 Fernand-Lindsay Career Award.

Chosen as the first ever Soloist-in-Residence of the Orchestre Métropolitain, he performed alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin during the 2014-2015 season. In 2016, Stéphane made his debut with the Phila-delphia Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Nézet-Séguin and performed at the prestigious Gsta-ad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. During the 2017-18 season, he took part in the Orchestre Métropoli-tain’s first European tour with Maestro Nézet-Séguin and made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Stéphane was a student of the late cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky for more than 10 years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Montreal.

Stéphane plays the 1707 “Countess of Stainlein, Ex-Paganini” Stradivarius cello, on generous loan by Mme Jacqueline Desmarais.###

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