Join Boise Phil in an all-American program celebrating the rich musical history of our country, past and present. Members of the Boise Phil Youth Orchestra take the stage in a side-by-side performance of William Grant Still’s brassy Festive Overture. Audience members then travel to the misty blue mountains of Appalachia with Jennifer Higdon’s Suite from Cold Mountain and then simmer in the deep South with Florence Price’s stunning Piano Concerto, joined by piano virtuoso Fei-Fei, a winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and a top finalist at the prestigious 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Finally, listeners take a snappy, jazzy jaunt to New York City with Gershwin’s famous Rhapsody in Blue, which he once called “a musical kaleidoscope of America,” once again joined by Fei-Fei.<br/><br/>Tickets to this performance at The Morrison Center are available on the Boise Phil’s website: https://boisephil.org/bp event/rhapsody-in-blue/. Discou
In his first conversation as the Boise Philharmonic’s new executive director, Tim Young likened his role as to when he was a professional musician – playing the viola in New Zealand.
Founded in 1972 in its earliest iteration as the Ballet Folk of Moscow, Ballet Idaho has transformed throughout the past 50 years to become the premiere professional ballet company and dance academy in the state of Idaho.
The best musical talents have something in common with nearly all of us – there was that first moment when live orchestral music opened a window we never knew existed before. For Eric Garcia, it was Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”“I remember just being enthralled by these sounds I’d never heard before,” said Garcia. “It was the most beautiful music I’d ever heard.”
Johnson remains a Langroise Fellow at the College following recent retirements by Samuel Smith and Geoffrey Trabichoff. He serves as the Trio’s violist in performances and will be joined by Shea (violinist) and Kettler (cellist).