She grew up in Silver Creek then attended SUNY College at Fredonia where she received a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance. After graduation, she moved to Buffalo, NY, and began performing . . .

Kyle began playing violin at age three in Missoula, MT under the instruction of Dr. Gerlad Doty. Starting on the Suzuki Method, Kyle was part of the Missoula Suzuki community and participated in local and regional Suzuki institutes in his formative years. After growing. . .

Laurie Miller: I grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, where I started playing the horn in 7th grade. I continued to play through high school and sporadically in college. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with BA degrees in Sociology and Spanish in 1982, and a . . .

Yaphet Jones retired from the United States Marine Corps in May of 2011 after 22 years of active service, attaining the highest enlisted rank of Master Gunnery Sergeant. During high school, Mr. Jones was an alternate member of the McDonald’s All-American High . . .

Patrick Shannon is a new addition to Glacier Symphony with strong Butte roots, as well as an enrolled tribal member of The Citizen Potawatomi Nation. At two years old, he quickly fell in-love with playing the violin and celtic fiddle and years later, attended the. . .

I started playing the violin when I was 9 and played in the Mankato Symphony in Minn. when I was 14. When I moved to the Flathead Valley in 1973 I found other musicians to form small musical ensemble groups which then in 1985 turned into the Glacier . . .

Aimée Zupicich is a native of Arizona (but a Montanan by genes). She works in Kalispell as a cardiovascular nurse practitioner. She holds a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in music education, a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Montana State. . .

David Barr is a native Montanan and attended Montana State University receiving a Bachelor of Music in 1990. Mr. Barr earned a Master of Music Performance degree from Morehead State University, Kentucky and performed professionally in and around . . .

Dr. Jordan Neiman is an active teacher and performer in the Flathead Valley. A graduate of Flathead High School, he received his BM at UNC School of the Arts, MM and GPD at the Boston Conservatory, and DMA at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory. . .

Musically started on piano and flute, switched to oboe, started violin when moved here in 1976. I also "fiddle" with the "Cowboy Country" dance band. I moved here to ski - my #1 addiction, plus to ride my horses.

Sarah Church has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Idaho where she studied violin with Dr. Robert Billups. Soon after receiving her music degree, Sarah moved to Portland, Oregon where she studied violin with Dr. William Hunt. Sarah has been a core violinist . . .

Mary has been playing with the Glacier Symphony since 2019. She graduated with a degree in oboe performance from Ball State University. She studied under Timothy Clinch, Johanna Cox, Aryn . . .

In addition to the Glacier Symphony, Greg Notess, French horn, has performed with the Bozeman Symphony (for 27 years), Helena Symphony, Great Falls Symphony, Billings Symphony, Lexington (KY) Philharmonic, Big Sky Music Festival Orchestra, Intermountain . . .

Jennifer Hawken began playing flute when she was twelve and soon knew that flute would be a major part of her life. She studied flute with Mary Karen Clardy at the University of North Texas and Sydney Carlson at the University of Houston. Jennifer has appeared as . . .

Brian Hawken began his musical journey at age 12 on baritone. Due to a shortage of tuba players in high school, he switched to tuba halfway through his freshman year and the rest, as they say, is history. Brian attended the University of North Texas where . . .

Claudia Albrecht grew up in Austria, where she started playing the violin at age 8 and gained first orchestral experience with the local Youth Orchestra, which had her play numerous concerts in Austria and Germany, and took her on international orchestra tours to . . .

Violinist and Concertmaster Ali Schultz Levesque is a Montana native who has recently returned to her home state after a sojourn in New England and abroad. She developed an early love of music. . .

Sara Schultz Levesque is an award-winning musician and Associate Concertmaster who has recently returned to the Montana stage after several years studying and performing in the US and abroad. Sara began her studies at age 4 in Shepherd, Montana, subsequently . . .

Brianne Franklin is a Kalispell native who has enjoyed playing violin for the Glacier Symphony Orchestra since her senior year at Flathead High School in 2002-2003. Brianne has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies and Political Science from the . . .

Lynn Andenoro plays in the violin section of the orchestra and is the Managing Director for Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale.