Montana musicians gift a ‘Heigh Ho Holiday’ to local audiences
Baroque Music Montana and Bozeman Symphony partner to present “Heigh Ho Holiday,” a concert of seasonal gems from centuries past. The online event is set for Saturday, December 12th at 7pm. This free holiday concert streamed on Bozeman Arts-Live celebrates varied instrumental colors with Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto in D minor and Holborne’s Heigh Ho Holiday.
Join local musicians for an evening of seventeenth-century Celtic to Venetian splendor, featuring Concertmaster Carrie Krause, Principal Oboe Sandy Stimson, Principal Trumpet Sarah Stoneback, Cellist Julia Cory Slovarp, Violinists Natalie Padilla and Cade Fiddaman, Violist Amy Letson, and Organist Ilse-Mari Lee.
As the holidays quickly approach, Bozeman Symphony Concertmaster and Baroque Music Montana’s Artistic Director Carrie Krause felt it was necessary, this year more than ever, to share the power of music this season. “Through these strange times, I have been hearing how much we all love and need to hear music, especially celebrating community or personal connections, and especially how this is true around the holidays,” said Krause. “Hearing the sound and celebrating the traditions feeds our souls.”
Event organizers are pleased to provide a way to celebrate the season merriment safely at home. “Live music, even if experienced virtually, has ripple effects via the musicians given the opportunity to work hard towards a goal and to be inspired by each other, through those musician’s students and their families, out to listeners, donors, volunteers, and board members who care for culture and creation,” said Krause.
This program is Baroque Music Montana’s first foray into holiday music, and realizes a many-year dream for Krause of collaborating with historically informed chamber music. “I have beyond prodigious excitement for this repertoire,” said Krause. “The shutdown has given me a new appreciation for varied instrument colors, and this concert celebrates, albeit on the small scale that is our current option, the timbres of brass, woodwind, keyboard, and strings.”
The Heigh Ho Holiday concert will stream at www.bozemanarts-live.com on Dec. 12th at 7pm. During the free livestream performance, viewers will have the opportunity to donate to Bozeman Symphony and Baroque Music Montana online with a virtual “tip jar.” For more information about the livestream holiday concert, please visit www.bozemansymphony.org. •
