MUSIC DIRECTOR NORMAN HUYNH
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The Bozeman Symphony Board of Directors are pleased to announce internationally acclaimed conductor Norman Huynh has been appointed its new Music Director. Huynh was publicly announced the Bozeman Symphony’s new Music Director at a virtual event on June 8th via a live Zoom meeting hosted by Board of Director’s Chair Stephen Schachman and Executive Director Emily Paris-Martin held at Old Main Gallery.
Norman was selected out of six finalists following a year-long Music Director search throughout the 2019 – 2020 concert season. He was selected with the help of the Bozeman Symphony Board of Directors, an eight-person search committee, staff, musicians, and community participation. Stephen Schachman said, “Norman’s talents coupled with our terrific Executive Director Emily Paris-Martin and our dynamic staff will ensure an exciting future for our community and our musicians. It would be remiss not to thank the search committee and our patrons who supported us during the search.” As the Bozeman Symphony finalizes its 2020 – 2021 concert season schedule, Schachman adds, “We are all incredibly excited to start the next chapter of the Bozeman Symphony and to continue to bring exceptional live symphonic music to the community. Norman is an exceptional talent and we are fortunate to have someone of his level of expertise help forge the future of the Bozeman Symphony Society.” Norman Huynh has established himself as a conductor with an ability to captivate an audience through a multitude of musical genres. Born in 1988, Norman is a first-generation Asian American and the first in his family to pursue classical music as a career. |
Along with his role as the Bozeman Symphony’s Music Director, he will continue as the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor of the Oregon Symphony.
Norman is honored to be named the Bozeman Symphony’s new Music Director, and see’s the appointment as the beginning of an exciting adventure. “I am inspired by Bozeman’s support of the arts, and the closeness of the community as a whole. Everyone that I met during my time in Bozeman, from baristas at coffee shops to The Last Wind Up, expressed a genuine interest in the Bozeman Symphony. I look forward to joining this community and creating musical experiences that continue to bring us closer together,” said Huynh.
He adds, “As I step into the role of Music Director, I am most excited about the potential of what we can accomplish together. I look forward to expanding our collaborative efforts and building lasting partnerships with other arts institutions in town. In the wake of current world events, I believe that the role of the Symphony is to reconnect us with each other, to facilitate healing and forward momentum through the language of music.”
Bozeman Symphony Concertmaster Carrie Krause is thrilled for the future of her fellow musicians and the entire Bozeman Symphony. She said, “Musically, Norman’s well-equipped to inspire and lead our orchestra to a new level of excellence through his musical passion, awareness of style, training at top-level institutions, adaptability, and deep dedication to the art of our craft.”
Carrie adds, “The Bozeman Symphony at large will benefit from Norman's strength of creative programming, community-centered marketing, charisma, approachability, and thoughtfulness in collaborating with musicians, staff, audiences, patrons, and Bozeman's incredibly rich community of arts organizations.”
Norman’s recent conducting engagements include the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfònica del Vallès, Eugene Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, and the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra of Bangkok. He has served as a cover conductor for the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic with John Williams.
Norman has been at the forefront of moving orchestral music out of the traditional concert hall into venues where an orchestra is not conventionally found. In 2011, he co-founded the Occasional Symphony in Baltimore to celebrate holidays by performing innovative concerts in distinct venues throughout the inner-city. The orchestra performed on Dr. Seuss’ birthday at Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Halloween in a burnt church turned concert venue, and Cinco de Mayo in the basement bar of a Mexican restaurant. As Music Director, Norman commissioned new works by multiple composers to give concert goers the rare experience of being present for a piece of music’s world premiere.
Norman is a recipient of the 2015 Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award for his work with the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Explorer’s Program. As the Assistant Conductor of the PSO from 2013-2016, Norman visited over sixty schools across the state of Maine and co-founded Symphony & Spirits, a series of events for young professionals, between the ages of 21-39, to make the orchestra more accessible and engaging for a younger audience.
Norman is honored to be named the Bozeman Symphony’s new Music Director, and see’s the appointment as the beginning of an exciting adventure. “I am inspired by Bozeman’s support of the arts, and the closeness of the community as a whole. Everyone that I met during my time in Bozeman, from baristas at coffee shops to The Last Wind Up, expressed a genuine interest in the Bozeman Symphony. I look forward to joining this community and creating musical experiences that continue to bring us closer together,” said Huynh.
He adds, “As I step into the role of Music Director, I am most excited about the potential of what we can accomplish together. I look forward to expanding our collaborative efforts and building lasting partnerships with other arts institutions in town. In the wake of current world events, I believe that the role of the Symphony is to reconnect us with each other, to facilitate healing and forward momentum through the language of music.”
Bozeman Symphony Concertmaster Carrie Krause is thrilled for the future of her fellow musicians and the entire Bozeman Symphony. She said, “Musically, Norman’s well-equipped to inspire and lead our orchestra to a new level of excellence through his musical passion, awareness of style, training at top-level institutions, adaptability, and deep dedication to the art of our craft.”
Carrie adds, “The Bozeman Symphony at large will benefit from Norman's strength of creative programming, community-centered marketing, charisma, approachability, and thoughtfulness in collaborating with musicians, staff, audiences, patrons, and Bozeman's incredibly rich community of arts organizations.”
Norman’s recent conducting engagements include the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfònica del Vallès, Eugene Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, and the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra of Bangkok. He has served as a cover conductor for the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic with John Williams.
Norman has been at the forefront of moving orchestral music out of the traditional concert hall into venues where an orchestra is not conventionally found. In 2011, he co-founded the Occasional Symphony in Baltimore to celebrate holidays by performing innovative concerts in distinct venues throughout the inner-city. The orchestra performed on Dr. Seuss’ birthday at Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Halloween in a burnt church turned concert venue, and Cinco de Mayo in the basement bar of a Mexican restaurant. As Music Director, Norman commissioned new works by multiple composers to give concert goers the rare experience of being present for a piece of music’s world premiere.
Norman is a recipient of the 2015 Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award for his work with the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Explorer’s Program. As the Assistant Conductor of the PSO from 2013-2016, Norman visited over sixty schools across the state of Maine and co-founded Symphony & Spirits, a series of events for young professionals, between the ages of 21-39, to make the orchestra more accessible and engaging for a younger audience.
Music Director Search Committee
Music Director Search Receives over 200 Applications
Stephen Schachman, Chair: Stephen is Director Emeritus of Duane Morris Government Strategies LLC. He has an extensive background in senior management of highly regulated industries including the Philadelphia Gas Works, the nation’s largest municipally owned natural gas utility. Stephen earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, a law degree from Georgetown University, and is a graduate of Stanford’s Executive MBA program. In addition, Stephen served as Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Carrie Krause: Violinist Carrie Krause specializes in early music, performing with baroque ensembles as soloist and concertmaster across the country and on numerous international series, such as the BBC Proms and Utrecht Early Music Festival. Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Carrie is concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony, teaches students ages four to infinity, and is founder of the concert series Baroque Music Montana, the baroque ensemble I-90 Collective, the Second String Orchestra, Bozeman Chamber Ensembles for youth, and the Period Performance Workshop. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Carnegie Mellon. Some days she loves to skate ski almost as much as practicing violin. www.baroquemusicmontana.com.
Jeannie Little: Dr. Jeannie Little, Principal trombonist of the Bozeman Symphony, is the Low Brass Professor and Director of the University Band at Montana State University. She lives in Bozeman with her wife, two children and two dogs.
Emily Paris-Martin: Emily has been involved with the Bozeman Symphony since 2002. Upon moving to Bozeman, one of the first things she did was audition for the violin section of the orchestra. As part of the administrative team since 2010, she has worked in areas of artistic operations, marketing, communications, and now as the organization’s senior staff member promoted to Director of Business Operations in January. Emily holds a B.S. in Business from Montana State University and a M.S. in Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Emily was recently accepted into the 2019 League of American Orchestras Essentials of Orchestra Management Seminar, referred to by many as the gold standard of orchestra management training. She lives in Bozeman with her husband Charlie (a cellist in the orchestra) and three-year old daughter Iris.
Charles Rinker: Charles practiced surgery in Bozeman from 1976 to 2009 and is now retired. Shortly after coming to Bozeman, he learned of the Symphony, joined the choir under Lowell Hickman, and has been a supporter ever since. “It is an honor to participate in the search for a new conductor/music director for this talented assembly of musicians, and I am encouraged by the number and quality of applicants.”
Kippy Sands: Kippy grew up outside of Milwaukee Wisconsin, graduated from Smith College and Harvard University, and began teaching music in Massachusetts in the 1960's. After marrying and spending their honeymoon year in Australia, she and Dave Sands settled in New Haven CT where their three children were born. In 1976 Dave was called to MSU and they've lived in Bozeman ever since. Kippy taught music in the Bozeman Public Schools from 1978 to 2004 and has sung in the Bozeman Symphonic Choir since 1978. She served on the board of the Intermountain Opera in the '90's and on the Bozeman Symphony board 2007-2010.
Cliff Schutter: Cliff started attending the Symphony in the late 1980’s. Now about thirty years later, Cliff and his wife Laura look forward to each and every Symphony performance. Born in Bozeman and having lived outside of Manhattan most of his life, Cliff graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Agronomy. Cliff and Laura are blessed with five wonderful children, with whom they have been able to share their love of music. Along with his four brothers, Cliff runs Schutter Seed Farm which is recognized nationwide for quality reputation. The farm produces seed potatoes as well as wheat, barley, alfalfa, peas, and corn.
Carole Sisson, Ex-Officio
Sandra Stimson: Sandy is Principal oboe of the Bozeman Symphony. Before returning to Montana, she held Principal oboe positions with professional orchestras back east. Sandy has her own business: sandysreeds.com and performs in chamber ensembles and the various orchestras around Montana. An avid hiker, skier and cyclist, Sandy spends time enjoying the outdoors in beautiful Montana with her husband.
The Symphony will utilize resources to guide their search process available through the League of American Orchestras and connections with state, regional, and national orchestras which include the Missoula Symphony, Great Falls Symphony, Wyoming Symphony, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Symphony and more. The committee aims to invite finalists to participate during the 2019-2020 concert season.
The selection process will provide the opportunity for our community to participate in a landmark event for our organization's history. We anticipate around 100 applicants for the position and have received over 50 applications currently.
Music Director Search Receives over 200 Applications
Stephen Schachman, Chair: Stephen is Director Emeritus of Duane Morris Government Strategies LLC. He has an extensive background in senior management of highly regulated industries including the Philadelphia Gas Works, the nation’s largest municipally owned natural gas utility. Stephen earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, a law degree from Georgetown University, and is a graduate of Stanford’s Executive MBA program. In addition, Stephen served as Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Carrie Krause: Violinist Carrie Krause specializes in early music, performing with baroque ensembles as soloist and concertmaster across the country and on numerous international series, such as the BBC Proms and Utrecht Early Music Festival. Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Carrie is concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony, teaches students ages four to infinity, and is founder of the concert series Baroque Music Montana, the baroque ensemble I-90 Collective, the Second String Orchestra, Bozeman Chamber Ensembles for youth, and the Period Performance Workshop. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Carnegie Mellon. Some days she loves to skate ski almost as much as practicing violin. www.baroquemusicmontana.com.
Jeannie Little: Dr. Jeannie Little, Principal trombonist of the Bozeman Symphony, is the Low Brass Professor and Director of the University Band at Montana State University. She lives in Bozeman with her wife, two children and two dogs.
Emily Paris-Martin: Emily has been involved with the Bozeman Symphony since 2002. Upon moving to Bozeman, one of the first things she did was audition for the violin section of the orchestra. As part of the administrative team since 2010, she has worked in areas of artistic operations, marketing, communications, and now as the organization’s senior staff member promoted to Director of Business Operations in January. Emily holds a B.S. in Business from Montana State University and a M.S. in Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Emily was recently accepted into the 2019 League of American Orchestras Essentials of Orchestra Management Seminar, referred to by many as the gold standard of orchestra management training. She lives in Bozeman with her husband Charlie (a cellist in the orchestra) and three-year old daughter Iris.
Charles Rinker: Charles practiced surgery in Bozeman from 1976 to 2009 and is now retired. Shortly after coming to Bozeman, he learned of the Symphony, joined the choir under Lowell Hickman, and has been a supporter ever since. “It is an honor to participate in the search for a new conductor/music director for this talented assembly of musicians, and I am encouraged by the number and quality of applicants.”
Kippy Sands: Kippy grew up outside of Milwaukee Wisconsin, graduated from Smith College and Harvard University, and began teaching music in Massachusetts in the 1960's. After marrying and spending their honeymoon year in Australia, she and Dave Sands settled in New Haven CT where their three children were born. In 1976 Dave was called to MSU and they've lived in Bozeman ever since. Kippy taught music in the Bozeman Public Schools from 1978 to 2004 and has sung in the Bozeman Symphonic Choir since 1978. She served on the board of the Intermountain Opera in the '90's and on the Bozeman Symphony board 2007-2010.
Cliff Schutter: Cliff started attending the Symphony in the late 1980’s. Now about thirty years later, Cliff and his wife Laura look forward to each and every Symphony performance. Born in Bozeman and having lived outside of Manhattan most of his life, Cliff graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Agronomy. Cliff and Laura are blessed with five wonderful children, with whom they have been able to share their love of music. Along with his four brothers, Cliff runs Schutter Seed Farm which is recognized nationwide for quality reputation. The farm produces seed potatoes as well as wheat, barley, alfalfa, peas, and corn.
Carole Sisson, Ex-Officio
Sandra Stimson: Sandy is Principal oboe of the Bozeman Symphony. Before returning to Montana, she held Principal oboe positions with professional orchestras back east. Sandy has her own business: sandysreeds.com and performs in chamber ensembles and the various orchestras around Montana. An avid hiker, skier and cyclist, Sandy spends time enjoying the outdoors in beautiful Montana with her husband.
The Symphony will utilize resources to guide their search process available through the League of American Orchestras and connections with state, regional, and national orchestras which include the Missoula Symphony, Great Falls Symphony, Wyoming Symphony, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Symphony and more. The committee aims to invite finalists to participate during the 2019-2020 concert season.
The selection process will provide the opportunity for our community to participate in a landmark event for our organization's history. We anticipate around 100 applicants for the position and have received over 50 applications currently.