We invite you to learn more about our organization and join us in providing the gift of music to all.
We invite you to learn more about our organization and join us in providing the gift of music to all.
We invite you to learn more about our organization and join us in providing the gift of music to all.
We are privileged to play classical music in the Mid-Columbia region of the Pacific Northwest, amid a diverse array of experiences thanks to the blending of an equally diverse community of people, cultures and ideas.
Now in it’s 78th year, the Mid-Columbia Symphony entertains, inspires, and educates our community through excellence in live classical music.
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Musical Leadership
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Youth Orchestra Director
Adrienne Fletcher
Adrienne Fletcher currently serves as the Music Director of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras and the Assistant Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. She is also the Music Director for the Ellensburg High School Winter Musical and a recurring Music Director for Valley Musical Theatre.
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss
In addition to our concertmaster, Ms. Moss is a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Sinfonietta.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
She is founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a resident chamber music ensemble at Yakima’s Seasons Performance Hall. Ms. Moss is in demand as recitalist and soloist around the Northwest, recently performing the Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms Sonata No. 2, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, and Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Teaching violin has been part of Ms. Moss’ musical life for over a decade. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idylwild Arts Academy, and have graduated high school to pursue music at the collegiate level. She has adjudicated orchestra competitions, Solo and Ensemble, and been a guest teacher and master-class clinician for studios across the state. Ms. Moss is also honored to be on a team of teaching artists with Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) an equity driven youth orchestra program inspired by Venezuala’s El Sistema program.
Music Director & Conductor
Nicholas Wallin
Dr. Nicholas Wallin returns in 2022–2023 for his fifteenth year as Music Director and Conductor of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Wallin has garnered praise for his committed performances and his bold creative programming style, focusing on American music and collaborations with area musicians. While remaining firmly rooted in the standard symphonic repertoire, he is also an advocate for performing new music by living composers.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.
Wallin has conducted numerous ensembles across the country including the Spokane Symphony and Hartford (Conn.) Opera Theater. He has served as guest conductor or adjudicator for orchestras and music festivals across Washington, Idaho Oregon, Illinois, and Michigan, and previously served as Music Director for the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
In the summer of 2006, Wallin studied and conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a participant in the International Academy of Advanced Conducting. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Akira Mori and Craig Kirchhoff, and he has conducted in workshops and masterclasses for numerous leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Gunther Schuller.
Wallin is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and began his musical training there on piano and tuba. In 1991 he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in mathematics, a bachelor of music in tuba performance and a master of music in tuba performance. After leaving Northwestern, he earned a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At Peabody he was a student of Gustav Meier and a recipient of the Graduate Conducting Fellowship. In December 2004, he completed a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting, with a secondary area in music theory at the University of Minnesota, where he received a College of Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship.
Wallin is also an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There he conducts the orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Wallin served on the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman. Wallin believes strongly in music education for all ages and enjoys speaking to organizations and music classes in the schools. He and his wife, Alice Swan, live in Evanston, Ill., with their sons, Rex and Enzo.