The Great Falls Symphony invites you to experience Renewal, a powerful evening of music on Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 PM in the Mansfield Theater, led by music director candidate Daniel Black. Designed as an emotional journey from darkness to hope, the program opens with Robert Schumann’s dramatic Manfred Overture, inspired by Lord Byron’s brooding Gothic poem, followed by Jocelyn Morlock’s modern and emotional My Name is Amanda Todd, a work centered on compassion and humanity.
The evening continues with Guillaume Connesson’s vibrant Oboe Concerto Les Belles Heures, featuring guest artist Dwight Parry, principal oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Written especially for Parry, the work is a colorful and poetic journey through the phases of the day. After intermission, the concert concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s joyful and melodic Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák), a warm and optimistic celebration of nature, beauty, and the vibrant spirit of Bohemia. Daniel Black describes the program simply: “I wanted to start somewhere dark and progress to somewhere more positive and upbeat.”
About Daniel Black
Daniel Black is a Montreal-based American conductor and composer. He concluded a highly successful four-year tenure as the Resident Conductor of the Florida Orchestra In 2022. Besides over 150 performances with The Florida Orchestra, Daniel’s guest-conducting engagements have taken him across the United States, Canada, the Ukraine, and Russia. He has conducted world and U.S. premieres, and has also conducted a number of film concerts. For two years, Daniel studied conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, and speaks Russian and French fluently.
He was the Associate Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for three years, and has received three Career Assistance Awards from the Solti Foundation, U.S. Daniel was also Composer-in-Residence of the 2014 Southeast Horn Workshop, and a finalist of the 2008 International Prokofiev Composition Competition.
Tickets & Information
Tickets, venue details, and program updates are available at www.gfsymphony.org/daniel-black.
This performance is made possible through the generous sponsorship of John Greenberger and Michael Kennedy, with the 2025–26 Season proudly sponsored by D.A. Davidson Companies. Daniel Black is sponsored by John Greenberger and Michael Kennedy, and all of our candidates are sponsored by the Gibson Hotel, City Motor Company, and Montana’s Rib & Chop House.
