Join us for our 2022-2023 Season!
Last Best Comedy
December 1, 2022, TBD
Gardiner Public School
8:00 PM
$10 at the door, students and seniors over 70 free
Two Accordions
January 26, 2023
Gardiner Public School
Tickets: $10 at the door (Cash or Paypal) Students and seniors over 70 free.
7:00 PM
Vincent
Vincent is a one-man show illuminating the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, performed by acclaimed actor Jean-Michel Richaud. The play opened in Los Angeles at the V.S. Theater late 2012, enjoying three extensions, a 14-week sold-out run, and excellent reviews. Throughout the play, more than a hundred of Van Gogh's paintings are projected on a framed screen, providing a rich overview of the artist's work and a visual complement to the unfolding story.
Performance, open to the public, at 7:00pm at Gardiner Public School on October 25, 2022. Tickets available at the door, $10 for adults, kids free!
We’ll also be offering a workshop for Gardiner Public School Students the morning of October 26, 2022!
Information about the performance: Click Here
Artist in Residence
Electric Peaks Arts Council is proud to announce its selection of Jonathan Savage—Singer, Dancer, and Songwriter—as our 2022-2023 Artist in Residence. Jonathan will be residing in Gardiner for the month of November, and plans to host several workshops and write a song for Gardiner. Stay tuned for an event at the end of the month showcasing his work here! Jonathan shared his perspective on art and the community in his compelling program proposal:
"I’ve always loved to sing. It’s my first love. Thus musical theatre was a natural career choice. Graduating college in 2018 with a BFA in musical theatre, I moved to NYC ready to tackle the infamous actor hustle, much to my success. So much so that I found myself at a final callback for what could have been my Broadway debut, if only the pandemic didn’t shut down the world. In quarantine I found solace in songwriting. It was something I had always wanted to do but fear got the best of me. But with this newfound time, inspiration flowed; even more so when I made the decision to go West in a van, and eventually landed in Yellowstone National Park teaching at LPLC for a year.
My experience there led me to create my one man show, Farewell to the West, first performed in Gardiner, MT, and then ran at two of the most prestigious cabaret nightclubs in NYC to rave reviews.
I owe so much of my recent successes to my time in Gardiner, and the material I want to create hinges from this time in my life. The power of art lies in truth and being there would be so imperative to the writing process and helping to capture the majesty of this place and experience."
Last Best Comedy
Last Best Comedy: Annie and Levin O’Connor moved to Bozeman, Montana in the summer of 2018. A power couple from the improv world of Chicago and Los Angeles, they didn’t know what they would find in the small mountain town when it came to improv and comedy. That summer they met Molly Hannan and other improvisers from the troupe, The Bozeman Improverts and found a passionate and eager comedy community. Together with Molly they formed Last Best Comedy in 2019. They wanted to build on that foundation and create a space for more performance and training in Gallatin Valley. The mission of Last Best Comedy is to be a premiere place to experience, enjoy and laugh; a place for community, connection, and fun. https://www.lastbestcomedy.com/
Two Accordians
Family DUO “TWO ACCORDIONS” is a unique collaboration between father and daughter, both renowned musicians, accordion champions from the United States.
Classically trained at the Academy of Music in Voronezh, Russia, Sergei Teleshev has won many regional and international accordion competitions. Being a founding member and accordion player of Trio Voronezh, Classic Klezmer Trio, Valinor Quartet and East-West International Project, he collaborates with many internationally recognized artists, ensembles, and orchestras, composing and arranging music, participates in recording projects of different genres. Sergei’s personal YouTube channel (Sergei Teleshev) has more than two hundred music videos with his participation, and the most popular of them are gaining millions of views. Sergei is a jury member at International accordion competitions in Canada, USA, France, Italy, Russia and Ukraine. In 2013, Sergei won the U.S. National V-Accordion Competition. As the champion, Sergei represented the United States at the 7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival, in Rome, Italy, where he received a special prize for most online votes on the festival’s webcast. In July 2017 he won in two categories (Solo Open, and Ensemble) at the International Accordion Competition in Victoria, Canada. In May of 2020 Sergei Teleshev won two 3rd prizes in PIF Castelfidardo World Accordion Competition in Italy (Categories JAZZ Music, and Astor Piazzolla Music Award). In October 2020, Sergei was ranked #2 in the "International Open Trophy" World Accordion Contest in France. He is the organizer and the president of the most prestigious Accordion Competition-Festival "Accordion Star International" that brings together the best players and artists from all over the world (more than 30 countries were involved in 2021 season). He was ranked #1 in Russia and #3 in the World as a most popular and influential Accordionist of the Year 2019 by “Accordion Stars Illustrated” Magazine, Time Press, New York. Sergei is providing online accordion lessons, master classes, and educational school programs for all ages.
Jitro Czech Girls Choir
Jitro, meaning “Daybreak” in Czech, is more than just a concert choir from Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. It is an organization of 400 children in seven preparatory ensembles, of which only the best 25 or 30 qualify to tour. For the past 45 years they have been admired all over the world for their tonal brilliance, superb intonation, distinctively rich blend of sound, and energetic vitality. Today, Jitro is considered one of the best children’s choirs in the world. To date they have participated in 18 international competitions and won 38 categories. These awards have been bestowed on the choir by international juries, including at prestigious European contests such as Llangollen (1988), Nantes (1989), Neerpelt (1996), Olomouc (2003), Xiamen (2006), Lecco (2010), Pardubice (2015), Žilina (2017), and Sydney (2018).
Event Details:
Where: Mammoth Chapel
When: Sunday, March 26 at 6:00pm
Admission: Free!
Click the video above to view the Jitro Czech Girls Choir
Missoula Children's Threater
Missoula Children’s Theater: Life is no picnic when you stray from the trail! Join Red Riding Hood and her friends on a forest adventure when the Missoula Children’s Theater and over 50 local students present an original musical adaptation of this classic tale. This production is part of the Missoula Children’s Theater’s unique international touring project. https://mctinc.org/
