POCATELLO — The Idaho State-Civic Symphony concludes its landmark 90th season, “Echoes of Time and Place,” with an emotional finale titled “Memories and Mysteries” on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Arts Center. A pre-concert chat will begin at 6:30 p.m.

This performance holds particular significance, as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Stephens Performing Arts Center, whose stage the Symphony has called home since April 2005. In this commemorative season, ISCS conductor and artistic director Nell Flanders has guided audiences through a musical exploration of time, place, memory and meaning.

The concert opens with Charles Ives’s “The Unanswered Question,” a haunting meditation on existence that pits a solitary trumpet against an eternal backdrop of string “silence.” This is followed by the world premiere of “Up North,” a piano concerto composed and performed by Daniel Pesca. Commissioned by a national consortium of orchestras, including the Idaho State-Civic Symphony, Pesca’s work is a nostalgic reflection on childhood summers in Northern Michigan. This concert also marks the debut recording of “Up North,” captured by the students and faculty of Idaho State University’s Commercial Music program and slated for release on ISU’s City Creek Records label.

In the second half of the program, Maurice Ravel’s beloved “Mother Goose Suite” enchants with fairytale miniatures evoking characters like Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, and Beauty and the Beast. The season concludes with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ transcendent “Toward the Unknown Region,” a choral-orchestral setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry performed with the ISU Concert Choir, Treble Choir, and Camerata Singers under the direction of Jeffrey Francom and Geoffrey Friedley.

As the 2024–2025 season concludes, the Symphony looks toward the future with anticipation. Details of the 2025–2026 season will be announced in the coming weeks, featuring a compelling mix of new artistic directions and time-honored programming.

“We are incredibly grateful for our community of concertgoers, donors and volunteers who made this season possible,” said Logan Anderson, executive director of the Symphony. “As we celebrate the extraordinary musical voices on our stage, we remain committed to our mission: to perform, teach, and champion music to enrich our community and inspire a lifelong love of the arts.”

For tickets and more information about the Symphony, visit ISCSymphony.org or call the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 208-282-3595.