The Score | In Utah, “75 and Counting”

To celebrate its 75th anniversary during the 2015-16 season, the Utah Symphony elected to go local: 75 special events and performances throughout the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Among the “75 and Counting” events were appearances in hospitals and care centers, a Beat Beethoven 5K run, cooking classes, a ski day with Music Director Thierry Fischer at Deer Valley Resort, and a performance of the national anthem at a Utah Jazz basketball game. Masterworks Series performances featured collaborations with Utah Opera, Ballet West, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Madeleine Choir School. In early April, the orchestra released Dawn to Dust, a recording featuring live performances of commissioned works by Augusta Read Thomas, Nico Muhly, and Andrew Norman. The celebrations weren’t only local: in April, the orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall for the first time in more than 40 years.