Events
Free Family Series
SYMPHONY IN THE PARK
Sunday
Jun 29, 2025
Pioneer Park
301 Parkhill Dr.
Free Concert, donations accepted
Relax under the big sky with Billings’ favorite summertime music event. Come early and bring your blanket or lawn chair. Enjoy family activities like the Kids’ Conducting Contest, instrument “petting zoo,” face painting, and food trucks!
5PM
Billings Community Band
Instrument Petting Zoo closed during performance
6PM
Instrument Petting Zoo open 6–6:45PM
Ever wonder how much breath it takes to play a tuba or flute? Or how a violin or cello bow feels in your hand? Thanks to Eckroth Music, you can experience instruments up close. This free hands-on event is fun for the whole family!
6:45PM
Kids Conducting Contest
This annual tradition has become a favorite for the young and the young at heart. Children are invited to come down to the front of the stage at 6:45PM to conduct a march by John Philip Sousa. Guest judges will select four finalists who then vie for a chance to conduct the orchestra on Sousa’s Invincible Eagle. We’re excited to welcome back all our budding musicians! Wands are available for purchase at the Symphony information tent. | Sponsored by Mayor Bill & Anne Cole
Wands are available for purchase at the Symphony Information Tent for just $2!
7PM
Billings Symphony Orchestra & guest artist (TBD)
Please see Symphony program for show line up
Instrument Petting Zoo closed during performance; open during intermission
GUEST ARTIST
Hannah was born in Santa Clarita, CA. She lived there until 2017 when her and her family moved to Billings, MT for her dad’s new job. She spent the next years at Billings Skyview High School, where she joined the choir program and participated in multiple musicals both with the school and with Billings Studio Theater.
She is currently at the University of Montana studying as a young performer majoring in musical theater. She has performed in multiple dance shows, such as Dance Up Close and Dance Film Fest. During her first year, she participated in the university production of She Loves Me, as part of the ensemble and understudied for Amalia Balash. She was also privileged to be a part of the University of Montana Chamber Chorale led by Dr. Duffy. While a part of this group, she traveled to London to premiere an excellent piece of music and then attended the Marktoberdorf Choir Competition in Germany. In the fall of 2022, she first appeared on the Missoula Community Theater stage in the wonderful ensemble for The Addams Family the Musical. She spent much of her sophomore year singing with the University of Montana Opera program, doing scenes from various productions with her peers.
In her third year at the university, she was cast in the play A Wrinkle in Time. She has also been fortunate enough to be a part of the wonderful Aiga Singers Choir developed by Leasi Mana. During the second semester of third year the University of Montana Opera program put on a production of The Magic Flute which was her opera debut in the role of Pamina. Now, in her fourth year, the cast of Into the Woods just closed its run with her as Cinderella. Throughout her years in college she also participated in a handful of film projects. Some of the completed projects include Illicit Allure written and directed by Grace Walcott and Broken in a music video written by Azure Larkwood.