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Nutcracker Ballet, a Billings Symphony Holiday Tradition
The Nutcracker Ballet is a classic story nearly synonymous with Christmas. Young Clara receives a nutcracker on Christmas Eve, and her dreams take flight with sugarplum fairies, dancing snowflakes, and…
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Billings Symphony players and their Decker oboes
For the Billings Symphony oboists, there’s nothing quite like a Decker oboe. Ken Decker began his career at the age of 13 when he began an apprenticeship with Russell L. Davis,…
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World premiere of ‘American Veteran: A Story Without Words’ to showcase Billings Veterans
When Photographer Marcus “Doc” Cravens makes a portrait, he asks his subject to tell him a story. He’s developed an eye for emotion, and when the moment is right, he…
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Montana Composer Ilse-Mari Lee to honor veterans through music
When Ilse-Mari Lee sits down to write, she wastes little time. Ilse-Mari Lee is a composer, concert cellist and Dean of the Montana State University (MSU) Honors College. Her latest…
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Meet the newest board members of the Billings Symphony
The Billings Symphony is committed to sharing the joy of music with others and nurturing a new generation of audiences and musicians. We’re excited to welcome two new board members…
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Global talent Chee-Yun (and her 345 year-old violin) to perform in Billings Oct. 15
There’s a reason why the only violin concerto Jean Sibelius wrote is still celebrated almost 120 years after its final draft. It’s exquisite, intense, and complex, written by a composer…
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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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