Artistic Leadership
Adrienne Fletcher
Interim Music Director and Conductor
Welcome to the Mid-Columbia Symphony’s 81st season: RESOUND – Together in Action. United in Sound. It is with great joy and honor that I serve as your Interim Music Director during this important chapter in our history. Having lived and worked in the Tri-Cities for the past ten years with both the Symphony and the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras, I have witnessed many of the ebbs and flows of our arts community. Through challenges and triumphs, one truth has always remained: the Mid-Columbia Symphony has a vital role to play in the life of this community. I am determined to guide MCS as we adapt, grow, and enter this new season with resilience and vision.
For me, RESOUND is more than just a theme, it’s a promise. It speaks to revival and renewal, but also to the way music has the power to bring us together when we need it most. After all, a single note can be beautiful on its own, but it truly resonates when joined with others. That is what this season is about: lifting our voices and instruments together so the music can be heard more fully, more clearly, and more joyfully. These concerts are not simply dates on a calendar—they are opportunities to gather as a community, to celebrate the arts here in the Tri-Cities, and to be reminded that the Symphony is alive, vibrant, and ready for the future. I am so excited to share that journey with you.
Adrienne Fletcher
Youth Music Director
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. She has previously served as Assistant Conductor for Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Guest Conductor for Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor for Central Washington University Symphony Orchestra and Opera Production, and Guest Conductor for the Kittitas Valley Youth Orchestra.
Fletcher remains active as a performing musician. As a harpist, she has played with several ensembles including the Olympia Symphony, Tacoma Concert Band, and Tacoma Opera. She has most recently played for Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra and CWU Symphony Orchestra. Last year, she joined CWU Wind Ensemble to record the music of Alan Hovahness for Naxos Music Library. She works frequently as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist in central Washington state. She has worked with the Suzuki Association of Washington State as an accompanist at their annual festival at CWU and she collaborates frequently with the CWU voice department as a pianist and répétiteur. She is an enthusiast for opera repertoire and is an active opera coach. Her most recent credits include CWU’s production of Die Fledermaus and Gianni Schicchi and Valley Musical Theatre’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Fletcher holds a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting and Vocal Performance/Pedagogy from Central Washington University and a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree in Harp from Pacific Lutheran University. Her primary teachers have been Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Dr. Edwin Powell, and Dr. Jeffery Bell-Hanson. A native of Forest Grove, Oregon, Adrienne Fletcher currently resides in Richland, Washington. She also enjoys reading books, watching films, and sipping a good cup of coffee.
Vanessa Moss
Concertmaster
Concertmaster Vanessa Moss is an active performer throughout the northwest. In addition to serving as our concertmaster, she is also violinist with Yakima Symphony, concertmaster of the Walla Walla Symphony Orchestra, and frequently performs with the Northwest Sinfonietta and Spokane Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Moss is the founder and Artistic Director of Sempre Chamber Music, a repertory ensemble of chamber musicians in the inland northwest. She has received numerous awards for her electric performances, including top prizes at MTNA regional and national competitions in chamber music. Recent performances include Franck’s Sonata for Piano and Violin, Brahms’ Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Violin, Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams, and, with us, the exquisite violin solos in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Ms. Moss is a passionate teacher, teaching students from her home in Ellensburg, WA. Her students have been selected to perform at State Solo and Ensemble, won concerto competitions, been accepted to prestigious programs such as Idyllwild Arts Academy, and have gone on to pursue music at the collegiate level. Vanessa is a graduate of Central Washington University and is grateful for teachers and mentors Katrin St. Clare, Rhonda Marsh, Carrie Rehkopf-Michel, and Denise Dillenbeck. When not teaching, rehearsing, and performing, Vanessa is likely to be found exploring the outdoors with her husband, percussionist Josh Gianola and their black lab.