Brian St. John, Timberline Symphony Orchestra's music director, is celebrating his 10 th season with Timberline Symphony. The 2005-2006 season has had the theme of Brian's 10 th year throughout the concert series. Every regular concert so far has featured one piece that was performed in Brian's inaugural year. In the Oct 2005 concert, Timberline performed Dvorak's Symphony No. 6. This was followed by the Nov 2005 concert featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and then the March 2006 concert had Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5. All these pieces were performed in Brian's first year and again in this 10 th season. As a gift to the Orchestra, Brian St. John composed his first piano concerto and honored Timberline with its premiere performance in March 2006. Also this season Timberline brought back the beloved Christmas favorite Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet.

Throughout the 10 years under Brian St. John, Timberline Symphony has experienced tremendous growth. The orchestra started by having four classical concerts a season. Now Timberline performs four concerts per season along with a family concert, the Nutcracker Ballet and free outdoor summer concerts. Brian has also brought in local and nationally known guest artists for our audience's enrichment. Collaborations with other organizations have also been a part of Brian's 10 years as Timberline has performed with organizations such as the Boulder Choral, the Longmont Dance Theatre, the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts and the Golden Concert Choir.

The final performance of Brian's 10 th season with Timberline will be the very famous Beethoven Symphony No. 9 "Ode To Joy". Timberline will be performing this with the Golden Concert Choir on April 29, 2006 at Monarch High School's Auditorium at 7:30pm. There will also be a silent auction at that perform to help raise funds for the orchestra. Brian has always wanted to conduct Beethoven's 9 th Symphony and has chosen this very special occasion (the final performance of his 10 th anniversary season) to bring this beloved piece to Timberline's audience. Timberline would like to welcome everyone to this special celebration of Brian's 10 th season and to enjoy Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in a live performance.