“He taught us the stories, and fun, behind the classics. But more than anything else, Missoula Symphony Orchestra Music Director Darko Butorac showed us the enthusiasm for live music,” writes Dennis Bragg last Thursday (12/26) at television station KPAX (Missoula, MT). “Butorac and the symphony worked hard for … Darko’s [April 2019] farewell concert that capped an exhilarating 12-year stint in the Garden City…. It’s been a dozen years filled with tremendous music and punctuated by Darko’s infectious enthusiasm for music. But he’s also left a mark by making concerts fun, and helping young fans in particular discover the spectacle that is live music. ‘Our kids are great because they have zero preconceptions about what they’re into. So, they just hear music. They get righteously excited. They clap. They sing. They yell. I mean the energy is incredible,’ Butorac said. ‘And the family concerts certainly stand as one of my favorite projects we’ve done …’ Darko will consolidate three musical directorships into two, continuing his five-year stint as musical director for the Tallahassee Symphony, and the new position he accepted with the Asheville Symphony last fall…. ‘I’ve been very fortunate to call Missoula my home—and now in the future Asheville.’ ”
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