LIVE FROM JERECO STUDIOS

THE LIVESTREAM CONCERT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW DIRECTLY BELOW UNTIL SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021

LIVE FROM JERECO STUDIOS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021
7:30 PM (MST)
LIVESTREAM CONCERT
Where: Bozeman Symphony's website, YouTube, and Facebook
Emcee: Norman Huynh, Music Director
Featuring: Sandy Stimson, oboe; Sue Makeever, flute; Kerri Brown, flute; Megan Makeever Ali, flute; Natalie Padilla, violin; Gregory Young, clarinet; Julia Cory Slovarp, cello; Jeannie Little, trombone; Kristofer Olsen, tenor steelpan; and Michael Videon, guitar

To celebrate the New Year, the Bozeman Symphony presents a free livestream concert, “Live from Jereco Studios,” featuring musicians of the orchestra playing a variety of solo and chamber works. Music Director Norman Huynh will emcee the event providing an intimate look at each musician and the music they will perform.

CONCERT PROGRAM

Three Melancholy Airs
CHARLES BUEL
I. Lento
II. Con ira e furia
III. Allegro risoluto
Sandy Stimson, oboe

Trio for Flutes
LÁZLÓ ZEMPLÉNI
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Vivace
Flutes Sue Makeever, Kerri Brown, Megan Makeever Ali

Concerto in G minor, RV 103
ANTONIO VIVALDI
I. Allegro ma cantabile
II. Largo
III. Allegro non molto
Natalie Padilla, violin; Gregory Young, clarinet; and Julia Cory Slovarp, cello

INTERMISSION

Blue Wolf
BRAD EDWARDS
Jeannie Little, trombone

The Honeybee
LIAM TEAGUE
Kristofer Olsen, tenor steelpan

Sonata for Cello and Guitar
RADAMÉS GNATTALI
I. Allegro comodo
II. Adagio
III. Con spirito
Julia Cory Slovarp, cello and Michael Videon, guitar

FEATURED BOZEMAN SYMPHONY MUSICIANS:

SANDY STIMSON, OBOE

Sandy Stimson is the principal oboe of the Bozeman Symphony. She earned her Master's from Yale University and her Bachelor's at Ithaca College. At the Eastman School of Music, she participated in masterclasses and studied privately with Richard Killmer for two years. In Bozeman, Sandy performs with the Intermountain Opera Bozeman and the Montana Ballet Company. With sales nationwide, Sandy has her own business (sandysreeds.com) manufacturing and selling oboe and English horn reeds. Prior to moving to Montana, Sandy performed as a full-time professional musician. Previous orchestral engagements include Principal oboe of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal oboe of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and Associate Principal oboe of the Omaha Symphony. For 15 years she served as Principal oboe with the Breckenridge Music Festival Chamber Orchestra in Colorado, a professional summer music festival. Sandy and her husband reside in Livingston and are avid skate skiers, hikers, and cyclists. Sandy is performing on a Rosewood Decker oboe made by her husband Ken Decker, oboe maker and oboe specialist.

SUE MAKEEVER, FLUTE

Susan Makeever is the principal flutist of the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, the Intermountain Opera Orchestra, the Montana Ballet Orchestra, and the Big Sky Festival Orchestra. Sue recently retired from Montana State University after 12 years of teaching and served as Principal Flutist of the Billings Symphony for 22 years, retiring from that position in 2017.

Sue earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Illinois, a Master of Music Performance from Northwestern University, and completed all coursework and recitals toward a Doctor of Music from Florida State University. She has taught at the University of North Texas, MSU-Billings, the Red Lodge Music Festival, and the Rushmore, Northwest, and Illinois Summer Music Camps.

KERRI BROWN, FLUTE

Kerri Brown holds the Second Flute chair in the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from Portland State University and played 3rd flute/piccolo for the (Portland) Columbia Symphony. She taught flute in an adjunct position at PSU, as an instructor at the Urban Music Project, and in her own private studio until moving back to Montana in 1998. Kerri joined the BSO in 2007 and has performed in the orchestras for Intermountain Opera productions and for Montana Ballet’s Nutcracker. Kerri recently served for two seasons (2017-2020) as BSO’s Manager of Artistic Operations.

MEGAN MAKEEVER ALI, FLUTE

Megan Makeever is a professional flutist, singer/songwriter, and music educator. As a flutist, she has performed with the Greensboro Opera Orchestra, Piedmont Wind Symphony, HPU Community Orchestra, Glacier Symphony, Billings Symphony, Bozeman Symphony, Missoula Symphony, Intermountain Opera Orchestra, Montana Ballet Orchestra, and Montana Theatre Works Orchestra.

She holds a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from St. Olaf College and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Montana. Megan is currently a music professor at Montana State University, teaches flute and piano in her private studio, and often can be found singing and playing her original works at a local coffee shop, or live-streamed event.

NATALIE PADILLA, VIOLIN

Steeped in the traditions of Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Texas-Style Fiddle music, Natalie Padilla also has deep roots in classical violin. In 2011, after winning several prestigious student awards, she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Northern Colorado. Natalie has continued to explore her love of classical music and has performed with the National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, Colorado Bach Ensemble, Opera Colorado, Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, and was associate concertmaster of the Greeley Philharmonic for 6 years. Now a professor at the University of Northern Colorado’s new Folk & Bluegrass Program, Natalie regularly travels regionally and internationally to teach at camps and perform, while maintaining a private teaching studio. She has recently moved back to Montana and is thrilled to be a new member of the Bozeman Symphony!

GREGORY YOUNG, CLARINET

Gregory Young joined the music faculty at Montana State University in 1988 and has served as Director of the School of Music, Assistant Dean of the College of Arts & Architecture, and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. Currently clarinetist with the Intermountain Opera, Montana Ballet, and Bozeman Symphony Orchestras, he holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan. The U.S. Department of State sponsored his concert tour of Brazil with the Kreutzer Trio and soprano Elizabeth Croy, and he has toured throughout Europe and China with the MSU Cello Ensemble, as well as Southeast Asia with the MSU Symphony. In 2017 Routledge Press released his textbook, “Undergraduate Research in Music” and the MSU Wind Symphony performed his “Rocky Mountain Elk Suite” at the Kennedy Center.

JULIA CORY SLOVARP, CELLO

Dr. Julia Slovarp is the Cello and Bass Professor at Montana State University. An active musician, she frequently presents chamber programs and is a member of the Bozeman Symphony and Big Sky Classical Music Festival Orchestras. She has performed concert tours in Spain, Morocco, Ireland, the United States, and most recently, a piano trio tour of China with violinist Angella Ahn, pianist Julie Gosswiller, and conductor Dr. Tobin Stewart. In 2016, a Faculty Excellence Grant took her to France for research. Slovarp has been featured on the Emmy Award winning series 11th and Grant with Eric Funk, and has performed with contemporary groups ranging from Cirque du Soleil to Willie Nelson. She is the Artistic Director of Noon Notes at the Library, a program dedicated to bringing chamber music to children and new audiences, and is an active member of ASTA, NAfME, MTNA, and the Suzuki Association. Dr. Slovarp earned Bachelor and Masters degrees from Indiana University and a Doctor of Musical of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, and has completed Suzuki and Mark O’Conner Teacher Training. She has studied with cellists including Emilio Colón, Joshua Gindele, Janos Starker, Bion Tsang, and Tsuyosi Tsutsumi.

JEANNIE LITTLE, TROMBONE

Trombonist and conductor Dr. Jeannie Little joined the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra as Principal trombonist, and the Montana State University School of Music in 2015 as Low Brass Professor and Director of the University Band. Jeannie earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music, a Master’s degree in Music Performance from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the Florida State University.

As a soloist and clinician, Dr. Little is active presenting recitals and master classes throughout the country, with recent performances and clinics at the International Trombone Festival, the International Women's Brass Conference, and the American Trombone Workshop. She has also earned a reputation as an outstanding, dynamic and inspiring conductor having served as the Music Director of the Brighton Symphony Orchestra and assistant conductor of the legendary Eastman Trombone Choir.

Dr. Little’s orchestral experiences include Principal Trombone of the Bozeman Symphony, Charlottesville Symphony, the Illinois Chamber Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has performed with the Syracuse, Honolulu, Long Beach, Alabama, Chautauqua, New Mexico and Detroit Symphony Orchestras and the Louisiana Philharmonic. Other highlights include touring and recording with the Chicago Symphony under Leonard Bernstein. Additionally, she has performed with such jazz greats as Doc Severinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Natalie Cole.

Previous teaching positions include Trombone Professor at Louisiana State University, James Madison University, and Instructor of Low Brass at the Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Hawaii.

KRISTOFER OLSEN, TENOR STEELPAN

Dr. Kristofer Olsen is an Assistant Professor in Arts Education for the Department of Education at Montana State University. He maintains a piano and percussion studio and performs with the Bozeman Symphony, PercOrchestra, Montana Taiko, and is the founder of PanTana Steel Orchestra. His dissertation research took him to Trinidad & Tobago as well as Ghana, where he studied with Bismark Amoah and the Kukyekukyeku Bamboo Orchestra in Mesomagor, Central Region. His dissertation highlighted the musical influences and ideas that travelled between West Africa and the Caribbean over the course of a few hundred years that coalesced in the invention of the steelpan, an instrument crafted from discarded oil barrels.

Originally from Havre, Montana, he received his BA in Music Education and Mathematics Education from St. Olaf College, MM in Percussion Performance and World Music from West Virginia University and PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts from Ohio University, studying African Arts and Music and supported by a FLAS Fellowship in Akan (Twi). He has performed with Azaguno since 2008 throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Ghana. As a steel pan performer, he has studied with Ken "Professor" Philmore, Tom Miller, Andy Narell, Jeff Narell, Robert Greenidge, Chris Tanner, and Pelham Goddard; and performed with Harmony Steel Orchestra in the 2012 Brooklyn Panorama, birdsong Steel Orchestra and Exodus Steel Orchestra in the 2013 Trinidad & Tobago Panorama.

MICHAEL VIDEON, GUITAR

Michael Videon has been on the faculty at the MSU School of Music since 1997 where he directs the guitar program. Mr. Videon enjoys teaching and performing new repertoire, discovering new insights into standard repertoire and exploring the genre-hopping potential of the guitar. He earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Montana State University where his teachers included Robi Johns and Mark Tyers. He also spent one of his undergrad years at Portland State University where he studied with Bryan Johanson. He earned his Masters of Music in classical guitar performance from the University of Minnesota where his principal teacher was Jeffrey Van. He has performed in master classes with Christopher Parkening, John Sutherland, David Tanenbaum and Eduardo Fernandez, among others.

Mr. Videon has performed recitals and adjudicated competitions at both the Portland and Northwest Guitar Festivals and has served as host of the NWGF at MSU. Other venues have included St. Timothy’s Summer Music Festival in Georgetown Lake, MT, the University of Houston - Clear Lake concert series, performances with the Intermountain Opera of Bozeman and appearances on ‘11th and Grant with Eric Funk’ on Montana PBS. He remains active performing a stylistically diverse range of music in both solo and ensemble settings across the northwest and beyond.