GJ Symphony Concerts

The Grand Junction Symphony is a highly skilled professional orchestra. This year is season 45. Their most recent concert occurred on October 13 and 14, 2023 at the Avalon Theater in Grand Junction. Tickets ranged between 17-49 dollars per person depending on where you would like to sit. In case you're planning on going, anytime these prices are year long.

 The Grand Junction Symphony has instruments such as almost all orchestra, brass and woodwind band, along with percussion instruments. All of these play an important role in the symphony. Commonly the violinist is the melody due to its natural way of sounding professional, the percussion instruments play  a metronome that keeps the orchestra together.

  According to Rachel Lavadie, a violinist in the GJ Symphony, she's been playing in the symphony for over 15 years:  Her favorite part of the symphony is “Being able to share all the amazing music with the audience,”. Watching a symphony concert is something magical and can take you out of this world. Mrs Lavadie also expresses the challenges and devotion like being on time and practicing in your own time things like that you have to have to be a part of a professional organization. This is relatable to all groups in life because, no matter what, you have to put in lots of dedication and effort in order for you to stay in a professional group.

   In past years, the concerts have played lots of arrangements of Mozart Beethoven, Rick Monanufh, Lenard Bernstien, Hector Berlioz. The orchestra has been around since 1978 and has been through 45 years worth of concert music. This season their playing arrangements of Modest Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov-Night on Bald Mountain. Over the years they've played multiple songs by Modest Mussorgsky, according to Cameron Honnen. He plays Bass trombone in the symphony orchestra; he says they have played many songs by Mussorgsky in the past. 

  Gretchen Gardener, a violinist in the 8th-grade orchestra, is joining the symphony when she's older. According to her, what inspires her to play is “...good learning experience and it can provide you with great opportunities in the future,”. Starting an orchestra or just any instrument right now at a young age is very beneficial and you would be way more likely to be in a professional group later in life.

 The Grand Junction Symphony works hard all year round to provide a concert for all who come to support.

If you're ever considering going to a Grand Junction Symphony orchestra concert try experiencing the magic of concert music. For more information check out their website at https://gjso.org/