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Montana Chamber Music Festival coming to Big Sky July 23
ARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY
The Arts Council’s “Bravo! Big Sky” series is bringing the annual performance of the Montana Chamber Music Summer Music Festival to Big Sky on Tuesday, July 23, at 7 p.m. in the Sapphire Room at the Wilson Hotel. Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased in advance at bigskyarts.org
This year the audience will be treated to Copland’s iconic “Appalachian Spring” for 13 musicians, including celebrated violinist Angella Ahn. There will be a pre-concert reception at the hotel’s Lobby Bar, where guests can mingle before the performance. Seating for the concert is first-come, first-served.
The program includes Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” (Suite for 13 instruments), as well as Mark O’Connor’s “Appalachia Waltz,” Martinu’s “3 Madrigals for Violin and Viola,” Arthur Foote’s “Night Piece for Flute and String Quartet,” Paul Schoenfield’s “Café Music for piano trio” and Mikhail Glinka’s “Trio Pathétique for piano, clarinet and bassoon.”
Each year the festival brings in renowned classical musicians and tours around Montana. In addition to Big Sky there are performances in Bozeman, Virginia City, Georgetown Lake, Butte and Livingston. Performing at this year’s festival will be Angella Ahn, violin; Jun-Ching Lin, violin; Jihye Sung, violin; Elizabeth York, violin; Chi-Chi Lin Bestmann, viola; Dana Rokosny, viola; Jessie Reagen, cello; Sara Stalnaker, cello; Josh Schwalbach, bass; Immanuel Davis, flute; Amer Hasan, clarinet; Ben Greanya, bassoon; and Michele Levin, piano. This is an opportunity to see and hear world-class talent in Big Sky.
Governor’s Office
HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana ranks in the top ten states with the highest year-over-year job growth rates.
“Montana continues to rank as one of the best states to start or grow a business, earn a competitive wage, and secure a good-paying job,” Gov. Gianforte said. “As we continue to reform our regulatory environment to support job creators and cut taxes to give money back to the hardworking Montanans who earned it, we see the results of conservative policies at work as the Treasure State ranks in the top ten states with the strongest job growth.”
According to a report by Stat Ranker, which compared all 50 states based on year-over-year growth in total nonfarm payroll employment between February 2025 and February 2026, Montana ranked ninth in the nation for both jobs added and overall job growth adding more than 2,100 jobs over the year, representing a 0.4 percent job growth rate.
Last week, the governor attended the groundbreaking for Janicki Industries in Great Falls to celebrate the aerospace manufacturers’ investment expected to create more than 2,000 jobs over the next ten years and the ribbon cutting for Amazon’s sixth delivery station in Montana that brings the company’s total employment in the state to over 800.
Last month, the governor announced Montana was ranked in the top five states with the fastest-growing economies since 2021. The report from Visual Capitalist found that between 2021 and 2025, Montana’s GDP grew 16.1 percent while the national average in the same time period was 10.8 percent. When it comes to wage growth, Montana ranks third in the nation for fastest wage growth and is only one of two states in the nation where wage growth has outpaced inflation since 2020. The average wage earned by Montana workers reached $60,037 in 2024.
Earlier this year, Gov. Gianforte also announced Montana’s fiscal health surged into the top ten states nationally under his leadership, rising from 22nd in 2021 to 8th in 2025. Since taking office, the governor has paid off the state’s general obligation debt, making Montana debt-free in 2023 and saving Montanans $40 million over a period of two years.
Montana also consistently ranks in the top fifteen states with the lowest unemployment rates. Last month, the governor announced Montana’s unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4 percent in May, lower than the national unemployment rate which remained at 4.3 percent.
The full Stat Ranker report can be read here.
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
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