Northwest Civic Orchestra to presents annual spring concert May 3

The Northwest Civic Orchestra will present its annual spring concert on Saturday, May 3, titled “The Music of Spain, ‘Schoessler’ and Schumann.” 

The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the Nelson Performing Arts Auditorium on the Northwest College campus, featuring the accomplished and popular pianist Tim Schoessler. 

Tickets, only sold at the door, are $12 for general admission, and $8 for seniors (62 and up). Children and students are admitted free of charge.

Schoessler is an adjunct Instructor of Piano at Montana State University Billings and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in keyboard performance from the University of Wyoming. He began studying piano at age 7 and organ at age 12 and was an active performer during his teenage years in Cody and Powell.

An active adjudicator in Wyoming and Montana, Schoessler maintains a small private studio of students in the Big Horn Basin. He currently lives in Billings with his wife Rachel and daughter Aria while also serving as organist and choir director at First Presbyterian Church in Cody where he has been since 2015.