Founded in the fall of 2011, Bare Bait Dance offers fresh, original, professional dance-works in Montana for Montanans.

Under the direction of Joy French, Bare Bait Dance company aims to:

– make contemporary dance more accessible to both the Missoula community as well as rural Montanan communities which are largely under served in the performing arts

– collaborate directly with local artists (filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, directors, actors) to create interdisciplinary dance-theatre works

– strengthen the Montanan dance community by providing paid performance jobs to highly skilled professional dancers, nurturing their creative work as choreographers, and facilitating opportunities for them to expand as teachers

– present performers and choreographers from around the region and nation in order to cultivate a richer appreciation for contemporary dance and dance field as a whole.

The Missoula Community Concert Band is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting and performing concert band music in the Western Montana area. They are open to all adults who play (or have played and want to get back to it) wind and percussion instruments. Eight weekly rehearsals are followed by a free public concert. Their Spring 2015 Session begins with rehearsals at the Sentinel High School band room at 7 pm on February 9 and the concert will be held on April 6, 7:30 pm at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. If you are interested in participating, please see their website for contact information.

Founded in 1945, the Missoula Mendelssohn Club is one of Montana’s oldest music institutions. This season marks the Club’s 68th season. The Club is a male choir whose members are broadly representative of the Missoula community, and have included active and retired teachers, professors, ranchers, lawyers, doctors, ministers, policemen, firemen, businessmen, and students. We are united by a love of singing. The Club’s repertoire includes classical, folk, and popular music.

The Club has sung in cities and towns throughout western Montana and made three tours of Europe. In 1987, the Club organized and hosted the first major international chorale festival held in the USA, the Missoula International Choral Festival. The Festival, which now has an independent board of directors, has brought singers to Missoula from over 40 countries and several US states. The festival celebrated its ninth anniversary in 2013.

Please visit website for further information.

Since 1987 the International Choral Festival has presented to Missoula some of the finest choirs in the world during a summer week of concerts at downtown venues. Friendships bridging continents are established through home stays with local families. Our next Festival is July 13-16, 2016!