Arts Council of Big Sky's Summer Concert Series Program

June 21: Kitchen Dwel ers +The Wel July12: SisterSpar ow&The DirtyBirds Aug. 9:The Elders June 28: Josh Hoyer& Soul Colos al July19: Polyrhythmics

Aug. 16: JeffAustinBand+TwoBitFranks

July4:TheTinyBand

Aug. 23:The Dustbowl Revival

July26: Shovels & Rope

July5: Mandolin Orange + Joe Pug Aug. 2: Cordovas

Aug. 30: Pinkyandthe Floyd

July31: Montana Shakespeare inthe Parks • Aug. 10-12: 8thAn ual Big SkyClas ical Music Festival June 21: Kitchen + The Well July 12: Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds June 21:Dwellers Kitchen Dwellers + The Well June 28: Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal July 19: Polyrhythmics June 28: Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal

Aug. 9: The Elders July 12: Sister Sparrow Aug. 16: Jeff Austin Band + Two Bit Franks July 19: Polyrhythmics

July 4: The4: TinyThe Band Tiny Band July 26: Shovels & Rope July July 5: Mandolin Orange + Joe PugOrange Aug. 2: July 5: Mandolin +Cordovas Joe Pug

Aug. 23: The Dustbowl Revival & Rope July 26: Shovels Aug. 30: Pinky and the Floyd Aug. 2: Cordovas

July 31: Montana Shakespeare in the Parks • Aug. 10-12: 8th Annual Big Sky Festival July 31: Montana Shakespeare inClassical the Music Parks • Aug. 10-

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About Welcome to another amazing summer of Music in the Mountains in beautiful Big Sky, Montana!

You’ll notice that this summer there are even more concerts—and they are still free! When you combine these with our annual Big Sky Classical Music Festival and our other events happening this summer, it all adds up to the best summer event series in Montana—and we’re happy to have you here!

Putting together a summer like this takes a lot of hard work and financial support, and none of it would happen without our dedicated volunteers and our program partners—the businesses and community foundations that make an investment in our community’s arts and culture. And for that we say thank you!

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schedule schedule June 21: Kitchen Dwellers (Bluegrass) with special guests The Well (Rock) June 28: Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal (Soul/Funk) July 4:The Tiny Band (R&B/Soul) July 5: Mandolin Orange (Americana) July 12: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (Soul/Rock) July 19: Polyrhythmics (Jazz/Fusion/World) July 26: Shovels and Rope (Americana/Alternative Country)

August 16: Jeff Austin Band (Bluegrass/Jamgrass) with opening band Two Bit Franks (bluegrass) August 23:The Dustbowl Revival (Americana) August 30: Pinky and the Floyd (Classic Rock) Other Events: July 31: Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (“Love’s Labour’s Lost”) September 14-16: Mountainfilm in Big Sky (Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour)

August 2: Cordovas (Rock/Americana) August 9:The Elders (Celtic) August 10-12: Big Sky Classical Music Festival

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July 12: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds Sponsored by Spanish Peaks Community Foundation In the years since forming, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds have performed more than 700 shows and made their national TV debut on NBC’s Today Show.

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August 9: The Elders Sponsored by RMR Group

The Elders were founded in 1998 by six individuals with a passion for music rooted in Americana and Celtic folk rock. From the beginning The Elders seemed to be channeling something ancient and enduring – something unaffected by fads, trends and the giant maw of mind-numbing commercialism. Their ability to bring together the art of storytelling with elements both musically progressive and rooted in tradition, has won them a broad international fan base, as well as critical acclaim in numerous publications such as PASTE Magazine, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, Music Row Magazine, Goldmine Magazine, TRAD Magazine (France), Chicago Sun-Times, Kansas City Star and more.

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Big Sky Sky Classical ClassicalMusic MusicFestival Festival Big The Arts Council once again will be brining the best in classical music to Big Sky this summer, with the 8th annual Big Sky Classical Music Festival taking place August 10-12, 2018. Three days of incredible music, and most of it is free!

For this year’s festival, be prepared to be enchanted by the mesmerizing sounds of acclaimed violinist Bella Hristova, who will perform an intimate recital with fellow violinist Angella Ahn at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center on opening night.

Saturday’s free outdoor concert will see Time for Three—perhaps the hottest classical crossover ensemble in the world--perform music from Bach to Brahms and beyond. Sunday’s free outdoor performance of the Big Sky Festival Orchestra with Maestro Peter Bay will feature Haydn’s Symphony No. 94, as well as Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 with soloist Bella Hristova as well as selections from Milhaud and Fauré.You can get tickets for this amazing recital at www.warrenmillerpac.org.

August 10: Angella Ahn, Bella Hristova and friends at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center. Tickets available at www.warrenmillerpac.org , on sale June 1. Acclaimed for her passionate, powerful performances, beautiful sound, and compelling command of her instrument, violinist Bella Hristova is a young musician with a growing international career. The Strad has praised, “Every sound she draws is superb,” and The Washington Post noted that she is “a player of impressive power and control.” A sought-after chamber musician, Ms. Hristova performs frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at many music festivals including the Young Concert Artists Festivals in Tokyo and Beijing, the Musica Viva Festival in Sydney, Australia, the Grand Teton Festival, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Lake Tahoe Summerfest, Lake Champlain Music Festival, the Brevard Music Festival, Music@ Menlo, Music from Angel Fire, Chamber Music Northwest, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the Marlboro Music Festival. She has appeared on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio.

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August 12: Big Sky Festival Orchestra with Maestro Peter Bay and soloist Bella Hristova. Program includes Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, Haydn’s Symphony 94 in G Major, and selections from Milhaud and Fauré. This is a free concert at Town Center BIG SKY Park, starts at 5 p.m. Maestro Bay has appeared with seventy-five different orchestras including the National, Chicago, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, Baltimore, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tucson, West Virginia, Colorado, Hawaii, Sarasota, Fort Worth, Bochum (Germany), Carinthian (Austria), Lithuanian National, and Ecuador National Symphonies, the Minnesota and Algarve (Portugal) Orchestras, the Louisiana, Buffalo, Rhode Island Philharmonics, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Eastman (Postcard from Morocco) and Aspen (The CLASSICAL Ballad of Baby Doe) Opera Theaters, and the Theater M U S I C Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center.

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The career of Colorado-based artist Jeff Austin has already seen him break through jam and bluegrass scenes (as co-founder of the legendary Yonder Mountain String Band), play stages from The Fillmore Auditorium to Red Rocks Amphitheater, and outdoor events like Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, among many others. But with the launch of his solo career in 2014, Austin is now building on the foundations of previous ventures while honing his own sound and charting new courses. “I’ve learned a lot from the people I’ve played with,” says Austin who has shared stages with such luminaries as Del McCoury, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Earle Scruggs, Jon Fishman, and Phil Lesh. Although there is a strong undercurrent of momentum and innovation that course through Austin’s newest project, there is Big Sky Travel Shoppe also a connection to the past with the bandleader revisiting selections from his Located at the Highway 191 back catalog. Offerings include “Dawn’s and Spur Road intersection Early Light,” “Snow in the Pines,” and others dating back to the 1990s. What matters, Austin points out, is that those songs evoke strong emotional responses GAS both from the audience and himself.

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Other Events July 31: Montana Shakespeare in the Parks “Love’s Labour’s Lost” Montana Shakespeare in the Parks will perform Love’s Labour’s Lost at 5:30 p.m. in Town Center Park in Big Sky, on Tuesday, July 31. As one of the summer’s most anticipated events in the region, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks brings professional productions, at no cost to the public, to communities throughout Montana, northern Wyoming, eastern Idaho, western North Dakota and eastern Washington. Remarkably self-reliant, the company features 10 professional actors selected by national audition who tour without technical assistance to bring live theatre to communities primarily in rural areas. Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) opened its first season in the summer of 1973. Since that time, MSIP has performed over 2,250 times to nearly three quarters of a million people, becoming a mainstay of Montana culture.

September 14-16: MountainFilm in Big Sky The third annual Mountainfilm in Big Sky is a collection of films meant to inspire and educate audiences to create a better world, curated by the folks at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colo. This year’s event includes a feature film at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, a night of documentary films at the Lone Peak Cinema, and a free outdoor movie in Town Center Park.

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