Organization Member
Contact Information
(406) 599-3397
info@baroquemusicmontana.orghttps://baroquemusicmontana.org/
Bozeman
Montana
Type of Organization
Performing Ensemble
About
Founded in 2015 with support from The Juilliard School’s Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services and Entrepreneurship, Baroque Music Montana (BaMM) connects communities through historically informed performance, education, and artistic collaboration.
Based in Bozeman, Montana, BaMM specializes in chamber music inspired by history and provides a performance platform for visiting professionals deeply committed to historical performance, local artists passionate about Baroque music, and students eager to explore the style. BaMM’s musician roster varies based on the instrumentation and repertoire of each program and has included violinist Rachel Podger, cellist Phoebe Carrai, and countertenor Reggie Mobley, alongside other exceptional national and international artists.
BaMM performances are often in intimate spaces that reflect the settings for which the music was originally intended, with a particular emphasis on rural communities and venues of artistic and historical significance. Performances span a broad geographic region, from Whitefish, Montana to Cody, Wyoming.
Beyond Montana, BaMM has appeared on concert series in Seattle, Spokane, Syracuse, Ottawa, and Quebec. The ensemble also collaborates with a wide range of organizations including Tippet Rise, Tinworks, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Symphony, Phillipsburg Theatre, Holter Museum of Art, Bozeman Art Museum, the University of Montana and Montana State University, and Bitterroot Baroque. Through these partnerships, BaMM develops creative programming that reaches audiences in diverse settings including outreach performances, house concerts, public concerts, outdoor performances, lectures, masterclasses, and an annual Period Performance Workshop.
BaMM’s two albums, Sonata Tramontana and I Melt Like Snow in the Sun of Your Beauty, have earned critical acclaim. The ensemble has been featured on 11th & Grant, the Emmy Award-winning show on Montana PBS and in articles in EMAg.
