Hailee Colgrove, a music major at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, has been named one of the winners of the Heartland Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 Echo Kowalzek Youth Concerto Competition.<\/p>\n
Colgrove earned the prestigious recognition after standing out in a competitive pool of applicants from across central and northern Minnesota.<\/p>\n
Her selection not only highlights her individual talent but also underscores the strength of Bemidji State’s Vocal Department. As a winner, she will perform with the Heartland Symphony Orchestra in concerts held in both Little Falls and Brainerd, giving audiences the opportunity to experience her artistry live.<\/p>\n
Heartland Symphony Orchestra, a regional ensemble with multiple Bemidji State alumni, is conducted by Ryan Webber, an adjunct instructor of music at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Additionally, Dr. Miriam Webber, associate professor of music at Bemidji State, serves as the ensemble’s principal bassoonist.<\/p>\n
The Echo Kowalzek Youth Concerto Competition provides young musicians with a platform to showcase their skills and gain valuable performance experience. Colgrove’s achievement adds to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s reputation for fostering exceptional musical talent.<\/p>\n
The Heartland Symphony Orchestra’s spring concerts will take place March 22 at 7:30 p.m. and March 23 at 2:30 p.m. The program will feature a selection of works, including Film Music (For an Exit)<\/em> by Ian T. Jones, which draws inspiration from both the uncertainty of leaving a familiar place and the innovative, genre-bending music of the English rock band Radiohead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hailee Colgrove, a music major at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, has been named one of the winners of the Heartland Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 Echo Kowalzek Youth Concerto Competition. Colgrove earned the prestigious recognition after standing out in a competitive pool of applicants from across central and northern Minnesota. Her selection not only highlights her individual talent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":49328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,681,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-updates","category-student-life","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49327"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49332,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49327\/revisions\/49332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}