Allan R. Scott – Conductor
Capathia Jenkins – Vocalist
Ryan Shaw – Vocalist
Calli Graver – Backup Singer
Rajdulari – Backup Singer
HELENA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE
The use of audio recording and recording equipment is strictly prohibited.
SMITH / Stravinsky, arr.
The Star-Spangled Banner
VARIOUS
ICON Overture
George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Billy Joel
Movin’ Out
Sonny Bono
I Got You Babe
The Beatles
Hey Jude
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Your Song
Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan
Lady Marmalade
Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett
Man in the Mirror
Otis Redding
RESPECT
*** Intermission ***
Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
I’m Coming Out
Nikolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
You’re All I Need To Get By
Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
This Will Be
Otis Blackwell
All Shook Up
Jim Weatherly
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
John Kander & Fred Ebb
New York, New York
Richard Kerr & Will Jennings
I’ll Never Love This Way Again
Prince
Purple Rain
Spector, Barry, Greenwich
River Deep – Mountain High
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Ain’t No Mountain High
Try using one or all of the following hashtags: #symphonyunderthestars #suts2025 #sutshelena. Make sure to tag @helensymphony @intrepidcreditunion and @carrollcollege for extra connection!
Limited edition art prints of the original watercolor, numbered and signed by the artist Constance R Bergum, are now available for purchase at the Helena Symphony tent near the vendors’ area. Additionally, the official 20th anniversary t-shirts are available. Posters are available for $30 and t-shirts are $20.
Any remaining stock of prints or t-shirts will be available at the Symphony office at 21 N. Last Chance Gulch, Suite 100 or by phone (406) 442-1860.
ARTISTIC STAFF
Allan R. Scott – Music Director & Conductor
Michael Mleko – Orchestra Assistant Conductor
Larry Sheldon – Chorale Assistant Conductor
June Lee – Staff Accompanist
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Scott Kall – Director of Patron Services
Cameron Betchey – Director of Development & Communications
Lisa Van Meter – Executive Assistant to the Music Director
Lauren van Staveren – Administrative Assistant
Scott Kall – Project Manager / Symphony Under the Stars
Duane Johnson – Information Technology Manager
Ginny Emery – Staff Photographer
Wipfli – Accounting
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION STAFF
Rehanna Olson – Director of Artistic Planning
Nicholas Slaggert – Librarian & Operations Manager
James Guglielmo – Operations Manager
Joshua Dickey – Chorale Manager
Anna Milburn – Education Coordinator
John Murphy – Recording Engineer
Darla Sautter – Head Usher
Tom Rolfe – Artist Driver
Marketing / Edge Marketing & Design
Allie Keleti – Marketing
Lori Pederson – Brand Manager
Deanna Johnson – Webmaster/Marketing Director
OFFICERS
Ron Baldwin – Chair
Kathy Bramer
Art Bumgardner, D.M.A.
Sisi Carroll
Carlton Colby, Orchestra Representative
Matthew Dalton
David Genter
Marilyn Hudson
Christine Kaufmann
Stephen Mason
Ramon Mercado, Esq.
Liz Moore
Susie Osborne, Chorale Representative
Alison Paul, Esq.
Joan Poston, Esq. – Honorary
Chantel Schieffer
Allan R. Scott, ex officio
Darien G. Scott – Honorary
William “Shrop” Shropshire
Eric Stern, Esq.
HELENA SYMPHONY FOUNDATION
Ross Cannon, Esq. – Chair
Joan Poston, Esq. – Vice President
Thomas C. Morrison, Esq. – Treasurer
Barbara Howe – Assistant Secretary
Darien G. Scott – Secretary
Peter E. Bogy, Esq. – Vice Treasurer
Cameron Betchey – ex officio
HELENA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN
Stephen Cepeda, Concertmaster
Hyeri Choi, Principal Second & Associate Concertmaster
The Zanto Family Chair
Ali Schultz Levesque
Anne Wolfe, Assistant Concertmaster
The Pam & Lee Shubert Chair
Devin Burgess
Rebekah Desta
Allison Elliott
The Eleanor Parker Chair
Richard Ferguson
Julia Frantz
Dayeon Jang
Jenna Kramer
The Henry Van Wormer Memorial Chair
Alyssa Lahoda
Pamela Liu
Heather MacArthur
Lucas Martins
Monica Meilleur
Michael Mleko
Lucinda Morris
Mary Murphy
Eleanor Parker
The M.J. Davidson Memorial Chair
The Fran Waddell Chair
Mary Papoulis
Dario Santos
Grace Solomon
Shisheng Song
Clara Weick
Isabelle Wong
VIOLA
Sara Schultz Levesque, Principal
The Linda & Patrick Keim Chair
Christine Sherlock, Associate Principal
The l.m.minich & Denise C. King Chair
Joseph Jewett
Zac Masiba
Madeleine Mleko
Elisabeth Sibulsky
Jennifer Smith
Marta Smith
Nicole Smith
AJ Stacy
Richard Wells
CELLO
Linda Kuhn, Principal
The Dana Hillyer & Robert Caldwell Chair
Carlton Colby, Associate Principal
The Sisi & Wil Carroll Chair
Zachary Boles
The Regina & Ramon Mercado Chair
Katharine Cavanaugh
Fern Glass Boyd
David Harmsworth
Kelly Kuhn
The Laurie Ekanger & Margaret Bullock Chair
Jonathan Lindsay
Diane Sine
Christine Sopko
Emily Wolfram
Carson Yahvah
BASS
Micah Stoddard, Principal
The Heidi & David Genter Chair
Sarah Burdick
Ryan Davis
Fischer Friend
The Amber Conger Chair
AJ Frisque
Sam Fossum
Justin Henderson
Cortney Peres
The Jill & David Templeton Chair
Joel Schnackel
The Audra & Bill Shropshire Chair
FLUTE / PICCOLO
Tiana Grisé, Principal
The Joan Poston Chair
Abby Easterling, Associate Principal
The Rosana Skelton Chair
Kathy Chase
The Fran Waddell Chair
OBOE / ENGLISH HORN
Becky Tipler, Principal
The Jennifer Pryor & William Crenshaw Chair
Mary Robinson, Associate Principal
The Dudley H. Page Memorial Chair
Nicole Evans
Eleanor Rasmussen
Sue Logan – English Horn
The Toni & Bob Person Chair
CLARINET / BASS CLARINET
Jill Brischli, Principal
The Lezlie Pearce Hopper & Warren Hopper Chair
Julia Klein, Associate Principal
The Peter Sullivan Chair
Jennifer Skogley
Jay Savoy
BASSOON / CONTRABASSOON
Dana Nehring, Principal
The Marilyn Hudson Chair
Alicia McLean-Brischli
Kirsten Kennedy
The Barbara Harris Chair
HORN
Erin Vang, Principal
The Susan Benedict & Scott Mainwaring Chair
Maria D’Ambrosio, Associate Principal
Madeleine Folkerts, Assistant Principal
Nathan Goldin
The Trillium Chair
Daniel Lande
Krista Smith
The Rebecca Shaw Quinones Chair
Lee Shirer
TRUMPET
Thomas Lee, Principal
The Katy Wright & Scott Pargot Chair
Michael Hamling, Associate Principal
Nicholas Slaggert, Assistant Principal
TROMBONE
Don Stone, Principal
Scott Black
Daniel Cosio
The Marie Kall Chair
Chris Nevinski
TUBA
Phil Johnstone, Principal
The Carol J. Roberts Memorial Chair
HARP
Tess Flammond, Principal
The Janice & Peter Bogy Chair
PIANO / CELESTE / HARPSICHORD
Kihana VanDiest, Piano & Celeste – Principal
The Elizabeth Maclay Chair
June Lee, Harpsichord
The Helena Symphony Chorale Chair
TIMPANI
Jeffrey H. Vick
PERCUSSION
Jeffrey H. Vick, Principal
The Harlan & William Shropshire Chair
Danny Kocher, Associate Principal
Ryan Fox, Assistant Principal
Dennis Dell
Jake Henneford
Ross Coons
SAXOPHONES
Matt Austin
Loren Stillman
James Mepham
RHYTHM SECTION
Mark Walker – Piano/Synthesizer
Jeremy Slead – Drums
Craig Hall – Guitar
Rob Kohler – Bass
HELENA SYMPHONY CHORALE
SOPRANO
Soprano I
Kaitlin Albus
Fay Buness
Julane Fihre
Jill Guthrie
Joy Holloway
Fong Hom
Jody Isbell
Deanna Johnson
Autumn Keller
Janet Kenny
Sarah Larsen
Carolyn Linden
Kate Mehrens
Susie Osborne
Laura A Pippin
Elizabeth Reynolds
Makenna Sellers
Gayle Sheldon
Coleen Smith
Mary Thomas
Mary Williams
Soprano II
Susan Anderson
Tascha Anderson
Briar Bell
Shiloh Corcoran
Laurie Ekanger
Jena Fetters
Ellen Forslund
Starsha Frederickson
Emilia Gilsdorf
Kayleigh Griffith
Kristina Jordan
June Lee
Lia Leinonen
Stefanie Lineaweaver
Sharon Maynard
Patty Mazurek
Amy McDonald
Heidi Simons
Abigail Vilhauer
Carol Waniata
Lisa Williams Mathews
Helen Wolfe-Visnick
ALTO
Alto I
Amy Balmain
Kathy Bramer
Alissa Chambers
Marj Clark
Elizabeth (Betsy) Cohen
Val Colenso
Angela Conley
Christina Dube
Rebecca Egeline
Jen Jenkins
Nadia Jones
Christine Kaufmann
Debi Nason
Jeannie Parr
Alison Paul
Stacy Perkins
Linda V Peterson
Beth Rolfe
Meghan Scott
Maggie Stockwell
Martha Jane Thieltges
Lindsey Wilkerson
Cathy Wright
Dawn Zehr
Janet Zimmerman
Alto II
Cathy Barker
Connie Conley
Sherry Held
Rika Lashley
Beverly Magley
Michelle Maltese
Liz Moore
Judy Nakagawa
Roberta Nelson
Laurie Sarault
Molly Severtson
Naci Spano
TENOR
Tenor I
Rachel Aagenes
Fred Collins
Joshua Dickey
Dustin Hofer
Dean Naylor
Rehanna Olson
James Peruzzi
Skylar Shields
Joshua Wright
Tenor II
Harlan Conroy
Seth Fontaine
Michael Gray
Duane Johnson
John Miller
Dale Waniata
BASS
Bass I
Jon Bennion
Robert Caldwell
James Guglielmo
Gary Guthrie
Kevin Harris
Jim Keil
Bryan Lobar
Kevin Mathews
Terry Seabold
Lawrence Sheldon
Michael Swisher
Greg Zeihen
Bass II
Art Bumgardner
Mike Earley
Hal Fossum
Pat Keim
Evan Kulesa
Ron Nelson
Gordon Stockstad
Dick Weaver
NAMING RIGHTS
Intrepid Credit Union
INNOVATE LEVEL
Lewis & Clark County
City of Helena
Montana Department of Commerce
TRANSFORM LEVEL
Boeing
Headwaters Hospice
Town Pump Charitable Foundation
Marie Kall
ENRICH LEVEL
Peter Sullivan
D.A. Davidson
Helena Chamber of Commerce
Jon Miller State Farm
St. Peter’s Health
Visit Helena
ENGAGE LEVEL
Barbara Harris
Morrison Maierle
TDS Telecommunications
Steed
First Interstate Bank
Valley Excavating
True North Leadership
Helena Area Community Foundation
Christensen CPA
Nancy & Alan Nicholson
Crowley Fleck
Creative West / National Endowment for the Arts
Bravera Bank
Bruce Desonia
Blackfoot River Brewing Co.
Marilyn Hudson
FRIEND LEVEL
Robert Peccia & Associates
Tori Hunthausen
Gail Brown
Julie Reardon
Jan Brown
Jasyn & John Harrington
Power Townsend
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
406 Recycling
The Brewhouse Pub & Grill
DoubleTree by Hilton
Edge Marketing
Ghost Art Gallery
Strong Backs 4 U
State of Montana, Dept. of Administration
ADDITIONAL THANKS
All the Vendors
All the Volunteers
Big Sky Fireworks
Bill Roberts Golf Course
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 214
Carroll College Facilities & Grounds
Gather ‘Round Events
Helena Fire Department
Helena Food Share
Helena Police Department
Litt’l John’s Septic Service
United Way of Helena
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The 21st annual Intrepid Credit Union Symphony Under the Stars (SUTS), a gift to the community presented by Carroll College and the Helena (MT) Symphony, will be held on Saturday, July 19 at 8:30 PM. This free outdoor concert is held at what is known as Guad Hill on the Carroll College Campus at 1601 N. Benton. This year’s theme is ICONS!, featuring music from the voices that changed music over the past half century, performed by the Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, backup singers, and two acclaimed guest vocalists. The finale of the concert will offer one of the best fireworks show in the state, also sponsored by the Intrepid Credit Union! Typically, over 15,000 attend this wonderful tradition, so pack your blankets. This is a FREE PERFORMANCE!
Crowd management/safety is going to be a major concern this year. This has resulted in many changes, some of which will be of interest to you. PLAN AHEAD!
Lining up for the Blanket Rush on Friday will remain as it was last year. No more running down the hill. Actually, no more running at all. Lines will form on the north side of the stage for easy access to the lawn. Small groups at a time will be released by the Boy Scouts in intervals starting at 3:00 PM. Please, be civil! No running over people!
Amazingly, we have yet to hear of anyone getting their blankets stolen overnight, and very little occurrence of claim-jumping (but I wouldn’t leave coolers or chairs overnight). We advise you to use lots of canned goods to hold down your blankets. After the violent pre-concert storm from a couple of years ago, the blankets that didn’t get blown away were the ones that had as many as a dozen cans or more holding them down. While that storm was extraordinary, it did show that more is better!
Our strong recommendation is to bring canned or non-perishable goods to hold down your blankets. Helena Food Share will be on hand to collect them before/during/after the concert so that you don’t have to carry them home. We have collected over 50,000 lbs. of food over the past three years! Drop-off points will be found at numerous locations on the concert grounds.
Be neighborly—please do not park in the residential areas west of campus. North Benton Avenue is reserved for busses between the entrances to Guad Hall and the P.E. Center.
No parking in lots on the north or east sides of campus (reserved for musicians, volunteers, and sponsors) without a SUTS parking pass.
Free handicapped parking is available in the P.E. Center lot (must have a proper state-issued tag or license plates). Golf carts driven by volunteers will be available to shuttle people to the concert area.
Sponsor/donor parking is also available in the P.E. Center, as well as the stadium tailgate lots (must have SUTS parking pass). Passes will be mailed to sponsors/donors in early July.
Drop-off areas will be on Benton Ave, near the entrance to the Guad Hall lot and P.E. Center lot. The Benton Ave. drop-off will be closed at 4 PM on Saturday to allow for large bus parking.
We will have a crew from Crowd Management Services to help us this year. They are experienced with large events throughout the Pacific Northwest region. They also work closely with law enforcement and Carroll’s own safety team to make sure the event runs smoothly.
We will have officers from the Helena Police Dept. on hand to keep an eye on things. They will also work traffic control on the streets after the concert.
We will have an ambulance crew from St. Peter’s Health on-site to take care of any medical emergencies that might happen. They will be located in the parking lot behind the stage.
The Helena Fire Department will be on call with a truck and crew to prevent any potential problems with the fireworks. Additionally, employees of the Helena Solid Waste Transfer Station will be keeping an eye on their area in case of stray or errant fireworks.
A limited number of numbered/signed art prints by Connie Bergum will be available for purchase at the concert.
Our standard SUTS t-shirt will be available as supplies last for $20. Last year’s official 20th Anniversary SUTS t-shirt will also be available for $25.
There may be other stuff…we’re working on some things!
Also, as mentioned above, there will be a Bucket Brigade that will be soliciting donations through the crowd before and after the concert, as well as intermission.
We are always looking for volunteers to help out, mostly prior to the concert itself. Shifts are available from Friday early evening through clean-up on Saturday night, generally in two- or four-hour blocks. And it’s fairly easy “work”. The heavy lifting/truly sweaty work is already taken care of. If you’re interested in being a volunteer, please call the Symphony office (406-442-1860) and leave a message. Or email us at [email protected]. Someone will contact you.
Non-monetary actions include bringing your canned or non-perishable goods to hold down your blanket, then donating them to Helena Food Share. They will have drop-off points in various places on the concert grounds. We will also have drop-off points for your plastic recyclables.