Megan Karls

Megan Karls is the Concertmaster of the Wyoming Symphony and a violinist with the Spokane Symphony. She has treasured ties to Montana from her 12 years as Co-Concertmaster of the Great Falls Symphony and with their resident ensemble, the Cascade Quartet. Megan is known throughout the state of Montana for championing new commissions by living and local composers and for her innovative programming in chamber music and solo engagements. In 2021, Megan became the first woman in classical music to ever receive the Montana Arts Council’s Artist Innovation Award and is a recipient of the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award.

Residency site: Butte, MT
Imagine Butte Resource Center
Butte Silver Bow Archives
Historic Clark Chateau

The Beck Family

• The Patt and Terry Payne Family

• The Baldridge Family

• The Laura Barrett Family

• Montana Arts Council

• The Beck Family • The Patt and Terry Payne Family • The Baldridge Family • The Laura Barrett Family • Montana Arts Council •

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Missoula, MT 59801

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Open AIR programming takes place in the territories and traditional homelands of the Salish, Pend d’Oreille, Blackfeet, Kootenai, and Kalispel Peoples. We wish to honor the many generations that have been in close relationship with this region that so many of us are fortunate to call home.

Jory Mickelson

The Beck Family

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The Patt and Terry Payne Family

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The Baldridge Family

•

The Laura Barrett Family

•

Montana Arts Council

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The Beck Family • The Patt and Terry Payne Family • The Baldridge Family • The Laura Barrett Family • Montana Arts Council • The Beck Family • The Patt and Terry Payne Family • The Baldridge Family • The Laura Barrett Family • Montana Arts Council •

The Beck Family • The Patt and Terry Payne Family • The Baldridge Family • The Laura Barrett Family • Montana Arts Council •