“In February 2016, longtime music director Gordon Johnson announced his impending retirement” from the Great Falls Symphony, writes Traci Rosenbaum in Monday’s (5/8) Great Falls Tribune (Montana). “Saturday night, it was announced that Grant Harville will be the one taking up the baton at the helm of the orchestra and youth orchestra…. Harville, 36, hails from Wisconsin and currently lives in Pocatello, Idaho…. After studying music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Michigan, Harville went on to spend four years as music director of the Idaho State-Civic Symphony. For the past year, he has also directed the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. ‘Youth orchestra has been a part of my life since I was eight years old,’ said Harville, who added that conducting youth orchestra will ‘help me get just one other tentacle into the community and into a population of the community that I might not otherwise get to see.’ … When applying for the position … it was important for Harville to get to know the symphony members, the board and the community.… ‘It’s a lot about fit and comfort, ultimately,’ ” Harville said.
Posted May 12, 2017
