You can’t blame Birch Creek Music Performance Center Executive Director Jenna Ferdon for treating the first few weeks of the 2025 season like a family reunion. 

Ferdon was a symphony session student and a faculty member before being hired as its executive director. The symphony season began last week with its annual Clampitt Concerto Competition Winners performance and its Independence Day concert, kicking off a stretch that has conductor Brian Groner, violist Matthew Lipman, trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden, and bassist Michael Thurber all returning to the Egg Harbor campus. Ferdon says the enthusiasm they have shared in their returns has been infectious.

The Birch Creek Music Performance Center symphony session runs through July 12th. You can catch our full interview with Ferdon at this link.