Wyoming Symphony Orchestra

Courtney Hershey Bress

MUSSORGSKY - Gopak

DAUGHERTY - Harp of the Ages

SAINT-SAËNS - Symphony no. 3 “Organ Symphony”

Celebration Overture is exactly that, a celebration! Enjoy a big and splashy program to open the 75th season with guest musician, Courtney Hershey Bress on the harp. Professional and Principal Harpist, Bress is an international soloist who has been heard around the world from the Grand Teton Music Festival to the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia. During Celebration Overture, guests will witness her incredible talent. The evening will open with Mussorgsky’s Gopak, a rhythmic and energetic Ukrainian folk dance. Then, we will enjoy Daugherty’s Harp of the Ages, a concerto divided into seven movements, with each movement inspired by a memorable figure associated with the harp.  Following the concerto will be Camille Saint-Saëns' captivating Organ Symphony, a powerful and uplifting finale.