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Montana debut of Jennifer Higdon’s ‘Cold Mountain Suite’ featured in Billings Symphony’s American Kaleidoscope
When Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon set out to write her first opera, she considered more than 100 stories and books before her gaze landed on the book “Cold…
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Renowned pianist Kevin Cole joins Billings Symphony to perform Gershwin classic ‘Rhapsody in Blue’
It has been said that it’s impossible to play Gershwin’s Rapsody in Blue well, unless you love it. If that’s true, the love abounds when Kevin Cole is at the…
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Saturday! Rocky Mountain Jazz Collective brings the music of Henry Mancini to the Babcock Theatre
On Saturday, September 10, the Rocky Mountain Jazz Collective performs a tribute to the great Henry Mancini at the historic Babcock Theatre. This special event, presented by the Billings Symphony,…
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Friendship and serendipity bring the work of Henry Mancini to Billings
When Scott Jeppesen, founder of the Rocky Mountain Jazz Collective, met Monica Mancini, daughter of the great Henry Mancini, he never could have known that he would one day be…
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Have you heard? ‘Billings Symphony Live’ features concerts on YPR
Billings Symphony Live is back on Yellowstone Public Radio! The hour-long weekly program highlights the best of the Billings Symphony, produced and narrated by Ken Gilstrap. Due to copyright on…
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Get to know the newest staff at the Billings Symphony
The Billings Symphony staff is growing and we are excited to welcome two new staffers to the organization! Dylan Dwyer joins us as our Personnel and Youth Orchestra Manager, and…
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Billings Symphony Executive Director announces departure
The Billings Symphony announced on Tuesday that Executive Director Ignacio Barrón Viela will leave the Billings Symphony to pursue another opportunity. The Reno Philharmonic has selected Barrón Viela as President…
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Billings Symphony and Billings Youth Orchestra to join forces
The Billings Symphony will acquire the Billings Youth Orchestra (BYO) effective July 1, 2022, renaming the nonprofit the Billings Symphony Youth Orchestra. The governing boards of both groups voted unanimously…
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Ignacio Barrón Viela named 2022 Community Builder by Downtown Billings
We’re so excited to announce that Billings Symphony Executive Director Ignacio Barrón Viela has been named 2022 Community Builder by Downtown Billings. This special honor is “awarded to an individual…
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