After a fifteen month-long search, the Great Falls Symphony (Montana) has found a successor to long-time music director Gordon Johnson. Wisconsin-born Grant Harville, 36, will be the new music director.
Winner of the London Conducting Masterclass Competition and the Agatha C. Church Conducting Award, Grant Harville is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Idaho State-Civic Symphony, where he is charged with the musical leadership of all ISCS concerts, as well as the organization’s numerous ancillary and educational programs. His tenure has been marked by high artistic standards, adventurous programming, and fiscal stability, earning enthusiastic responses from orchestra, audience, board, and staff.
Harville has previously served as Associate Conductor of the Georgia Symphony, Director of the Georgia Youth Symphony, Orchestra Director at Ripon College, and Music Director for multiple Madison Savoyards productions.