The 50th season of Birch Creek Music Performance Center will be the final one for Executive Director Emeritus Mona Christensen, but there are still several measures left before her decade-long stint reaches its coda. Last December, Birch Creek announced that Jenn Ferdon would be succeeding Christensen as its executive director, with Christensen guiding her through the organization’s golden anniversary. The first sounds of the percussion session are still over two months away, but Christensen says there is plenty of work to do before the first students and faculty members arrive on campus.

Tickets for the 50th season of Birch Creek Music Performance Center are on sale now, with the percussion session beginning on June 19th, the symphony session on July 3rd, and the first of two big band jazz sessions starting on July 16th. You can listen to the full interview with Christensen online with this story.