The opening concert of our annual Firefly Music Festival celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The Missouri Symphony Orchestra will kick off the concert with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. After intermission, they will be joined by the Columbia Choral and four of the most exciting young solo voices from across the country to present the 9th Symphony, which was first performed just over 200 years from this date. With its well-known final movement, commonly known as “Ode to Joy,” the audience will leave excited for what is to come the rest of the festival.

PROGRAM
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9

ARTISTS
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano
Daniel McGrew, tenor
Morgan-Andrew King, bass
Columbia Chorale – Emily Edgington Andrews, artistic director
Wilbur Lin, conductor

Daniel McGrew appears by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc. 
Tiffany Townsend, Katie Trigg, and Morgan-Andrew King appear by special arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music.