Bozeman Magazine

Knitting Factory Presents and the Missoula Symphony Association invite you to experience the 1 st Symphony Under The Big Sky at Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater! The debut performance for this annual event will feature Grammy Award winning trumpeter and composer Chris Botti joined by none other than the Missoula Symphony Orchestra.

“The Missoula Symphony is really excited about this new partnership with Knitting Factory Presents.  The Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater is a world-class venue, and the variety of concerts Knitting Factory brings in is amazing – and gets better every year.  I’m so proud that the Missoula Symphony will be a part of this series. We get to perform with a big-name act for thousands of folks in an amazing venue.  What could be better?”
John Driscoll, Executive Director - Missoula Symphony Association

Presale tickets will be available to Missoula Symphony patrons beginning Wednesday, March 14 th at 10:00 a.m. with the public on sale taking place Friday, March 16 th at 10:00 a.m. Tickets will range from $42.50 for General Admission Lawn to $92.50 for Premium Seated Pit tickets available at Big Sky Brewing Company, Rockin’ Rudy’s, by calling 866-468- 7624 and online at TicketWeb.com or KnittingFactory.com
“We have been looking forward to working with the esteemed Missoula Symphony Orchestra for a long time. We are enthused to welcome the fans of the symphony, Chris Botti and the fine arts to the first Symphony Under The Big Sky. We could not be more excited for a great night of music under the stars.”
Mark Dinerstein, President - Knitting Factory Presents

About Chris Botti:
Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop muisc
and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 jazz albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards. Most recently, his latest album Impressions won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental
Album at the 2013 55 th Grammy Awards. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre.
Over the past three decades, Botti has recorded and performed with the best in music, including Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and even Frank Sinatra. Hitting the road for as many as 300 days per year, the trumpeter has also performed with many of the finest symphonies and at
some of the world's most prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House and the Real Teatro di San Carlo in Italy.
Impressions, Botti's 2012 Columbia Records and Grammy winning release, is the latest in a stellar parade of albums – including When I Fall In Love (2004), To Love Again: The Duets (2005), Italia (2007), and the CD/DVD Chris Botti in Boston (2009) – that has firmly established him as a clarion voice in the American contemporary music scene. Playing with his uniquely expressive sound and soaring musical imagination, Botti is joined on the disc by featured artists Andrea Bocelli, Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler, and David Foster in a warm, intimate celebration of melodic balladry.
With Impressions and the albums that preceded it, Chris Botti has thoroughly established himself as one of the important, innovative figures of the contemporary music world.