On 20 November 2021, you are invited to celebrate the 67th year of the Helena Symphony and the 50th birthday of Maestro Allan R. Scott. The Solid Gold – Happy 50th, Maestro! fundraiser will be a joyous and vibrant celebration complete with an exquisite catered dinner service, a captivating program of performances, live and silent auction, …
The 17th annual Intrepid Credit Union Symphony Under the Stars is a gift to the community from the Helena Symphony and Carroll College. The evening culminates with one of the best fireworks shows in Montana, also sponsored by Intrepid Credit Union. Typically, over 16,000 people attend this wonderful tradition, so pack your blankets. This is …
Watch live on YouTube. The long-awaited re-opening of in-person concerts begins with the most triumphant celebration of the human spirit – the immortal “Ode to Joy” of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Beethoven’s musical proclamations about community and equality continue to resonate around the world in a time where the power of music is more vital than …
Read more MASTERWORKS CONCERT I: Opening Night ~ Beethoven’s Ninth
Created for children 5-10, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and impart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held at St. Paul’s …
Watch live on YouTube. A concert of healing to remember those lost during the pandemic – three miniatures of Mahler allow us to reflect. Legendary Italian composer Gioachino Rossini brings his flair for operatic drama, passion, love, and loss to the setting of Stabat Mater – a recounting of the Virgin Mary’s devastation over the death of her …
Created for children 5-10, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and impart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held at St. Paul’s …
Watch live on YouTube. Acclaimed Russian Pianist Anna Kislitsyna brings Haydn’s graceful and intimate Piano Concerto to life, and the HSO performs a comedic overture by opera composer Domenico Cimarosa along with Mozart’s first symphonic masterpiece – his sparkling Symphony No. 29 – all by candlelight.
Usher in the season with Helena’s longest and greatest holiday tradition with an evening of lessons and carols – all in the profoundly reflective Cathedral of St. Helena. This special concert focuses on a continued spirit of reflection, healing, and finding peace within ourselves and with each other as we end 2021 and usher in …
Watch live on YouTube. Internationally renowned Pianist and Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu returns to perform Ravel’s emotionally delicate and jazz-infused Piano Concerto. The captivatingly lush and optimistic Fifth Symphony of Englishman Ralph Vaughan Williams sings with emotional strength and spirituality.
Read more MASTERWORKS CONCERT III: Ravel’s Piano Concerto with Pianist Jon Nakamatsu
Created for children 5-10, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and impart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held at St. Paul’s …
Watch live on YouTube. Fall in love with the iconic, beautifully tragic story of Romeo & Juliet, and then journey from the ecstatic highs of romantic obsession and unrequited love to the deepest lows of betrayal in Berlioz’s bombastic Symphonie fantastique.
Read more MASTERWORKS CONCERT IV: Romeo & Juliet and Symphonie Fantastique
Created for children 5-10, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and impart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held at St. Paul’s …
Watch live on YouTube. Indulge in Elgar’s profoundly expressive Cello Concerto with worldwide acclaimed Israeli-American Cellist Amit Peled. Then experience the music that caused a riot – the provocatively primitive and viscerally powerful Rite of Spring by Stravinsky.
Nearly 2,000 fourth and fifth graders from all over the region learn the importance of music in one’s education and life. Tickets are not sold for this concert, as students attend through their school music program. Wednesday, 15 April 2020 1:00 p.m. Helena Civic Center
Watch live on YouTube. One of the most thrilling stories ever told, Carmen pulls us into a messy love triangle between a handsome soldier, a sexy bullfighter, and the free-spirited gypsy seductress who is driven by her heart’s desires and makes men melt. Live dangerously and be tempted by one of the greatest female heroines …