ANNOUNCEMENT

COVID-19 is having a significant impact on arts organizations across the country, including the Bozeman Symphony. As the situation regarding Coronavirus has rapidly evolved, the health and well-being of our entire community is our highest priority. We continue to monitor information and guidelines made available at the state, local and national levels. Each day seems to present new information and new challenges. It is with heavy hearts that our May 2nd and 3rd performances have been cancelled.

The Bozeman Symphony office is currently closed until April 10th. Staff are working remotely to assist our community of symphonic music lovers.

Thank you for your love of symphonic music, and your continued support.
Thank you for keeping the arts in Bozeman healthy and vibrant.

More information here

Bozeman Symphony Announces Music Director Search throughout the 2019 - 2020 Season.

This position serves as the organization's principal conductor, artistic director, and performing arts advocate within Bozeman and surrounding areas.

Music Director Search

MEET THE FINALISTS

UPCOMING CONCERTS AND EVENTS

SYMPHONY AT THE
​SHANE

Te deum

PERIOD PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

POSTPONED
Shane Lalani Center for the Arts
Featuring: Megan Makeever Ali (Flute), Sue Makeever (Flute) & Angela Espinosa (Harp), AND Sandy Stimson (Oboe), Wendy Bickford (Clarinet),
​& Stefan Stern (Piano)

​Symphony at the Shane performances feature the very best of the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir. Each performance showcases two diverse soloists and ensembles. You’ll be wowed by these fantastic musicians and proud to know they are your neighbors!

CANCELLED
May 2nd, 2020 - 7:30 PM
May 3rd, 2020 - 2:30 PM
Willson Auditorium
Special Guests: Caitlin Cisler, soprano and Daren Small, baritone
Featuring: The Bozeman Symphonic Choir

A grand display of chorus, brass fanfare, timpani, cymbals, triangle and bass drum announce the final performance of our season as we present Dvořák’s ethereal and operatic Te deum. ​

REGISTER

August 14-16, 2020
First Presbyterian Church, Bozeman, Montana
Artistic Director: Carrie Krause
Faculty: The I-90 Collective


Are you curious what information is available about period performance? Do you love history, music, and the stories it has to tell? Baroque Music Montana offers a period practice workshop, specifically for modern instrument performers.

MEET THE FINALISTS

SEPTEMBER 28 & 29, 2019
​STEFAN SANDERS

Biography

“Stefan Sanders continues to generate buzz for one of North Carolina's oldest regional orchestras. They've been very good for quite a while, but every time we hear them, the wow factor increases.”
​CVNC

OCTOBER 26 & 27, 2019
ANDREW CRUST

Biography

"Crust demonstrated an impressive ability to create atmosphere in musical textures, and he caught inner voices within the Borodin to produce several lovely surprises. His sense of pacing is attractive and deeply musical." - Hartford Courant

DECEMBER 14 & 15, 2019
NORMAN HUYNH

Biography

"Let it be said at the outset that this young man is a talented conductor, one who knows his craft and who conducted with sensitivity,
passion, grace and clarity."
Journal Tribune

JANUARY 25 & 26, 2020
WESLEY SCHULZ

Biography

"The North Carolina Symphony and Schulz definitely drew the utmost life out of Schubert's themes....Schulz did a spectacular job."
​Classical Voice of North Carolina Arts Journal

MARCH 7 & 8, 2020
THOMAS HEUSER

Biography

“Heuser and company strode through the
musical exhibition with confidence.”
Judith Reynolds, Durango Herald

MAY 2 & 3, 2020
JANNA HYMES

Biography

“Maestra Hymes has a relaxed, fluid, clear but very expressive conducting style. She elicited a warm, blended sound from the ensemble and paced the passionate climaxes in the Wagner [Siegfried Idyll] work extremely well..." The Roanoke Times

​​Announcement: Pre-Concert Talks

We are excited to invite you to attend our Pre-Concert Talks prior to each performance! These informative and entertaining presentations are FREE with your ticket purchase and take place inside Willson Auditorium before each concert. Lasting approximately 30 minutes, these informal conversations will give you a chance to get to know the Music Director finalists, guest artists and the music they will be performing.
Times:
Saturday's Pre-Concert Talk: 6:30 pm
Sunday's Pre-Concert Talk: 1:30 pm

Don't Be Late! 
It's important to be timely for the Pre-Concert Talks to experience the entire 30-minute conversation with our Music Director finalist. Latecomers will have limited entry during the Pre-Concert Talk. 

Seating:
​For our Pre-Concert Talks, seating will be on the Main Floor and is General Admission.

THE 2019-2020 SEASON IS HERE!

We are thrilled to be entering our 52nd Concert Season in Bozeman!  This season will consist of an exciting array of symphonic repertoire that will span across the eras.  As we continue in the search for our new Music Director, we will be featuring a "conductor's choice" at each concert, allowing our finalists to participate in this season's programming.  We know this season will be different, and we invite you to join us on what will undoubtedly be an unique and incredibly exciting concert series!

Season Brochure

TICKETS

NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES FEATURED IN
​THE 2019-2020 SEASON

mARIKA bOURNAKI

"The Celine Dion of classical."
-The Huffington Post

​

cARRIE KRAUSE

"Krause turns her playing into something resembling a dance...a tone that balanced sweetness with character."
-Atlanta Journal-Constitution
​

JON MANASSE

"He is unbelievably fluent, has a gorgeous tone, and imparts genuine feeling into all of his music.  If there is a better clarinetist around, I have not heard him."
-American Record Guide

T E S T I M O N I A L S

"Soon after moving to Bozeman from the Connecticut suburbs of New York, we were fortunate to witness the magnificent performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony by the Bozeman Symphony and Symphonic Choir.  As frequent attendees at performances by the New York Philharmonic and other world-renowned orchestras at Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls, we were unsure of what to expect from our new hometown orchestra.  May we say “WOW!”  Someone said that the performance was at least the equal of anything to be heard in New York and we couldn’t agree more.  We have now joined the community of enthusiastic and loyal subscribers and cannot praise enough the quality of the performers and the programming creativity. 

​The BSO is indeed a jewel in the mountains!"

Diane and Lee Selby

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