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A red monumental steel sculpture called Archway II by Alexander Liberman is positioned in front of the Beartooth Mountains.

Artnet News

This is Tippet Rise Art Center, where each summer the philanthropists Cathy and Peter Halstead host a five-week cultural program that combines art and music in about as majestic a setting as exists on earth.

Peter and Cathy Halstead stand arm in arm at Tippet Rise Art Center.

The Sunday Times

Cowboys, concerts and cutting-edge sculpture — welcome to Montana, the big-sky US state with a serious creative streak.

A piano trio performs inside the Olivier Music Barn.

Classical Voice North America

Intimacy is about the last thing that springs to mind when envisioning a classical- music performance at a 12,500-acre working ranch in Montana, but Tippet Rise Art Center provides just that.

A monumental steel sculpture called Beethoven's Quartet is positioned in front of the Beartooth Mountains pink with alpenglow.

El Universal

Hay un secreto en la montaña, el viento pronuncia su nombre, se llama Tippet Rise Center.

The xylem Pavilion is positioned among the aspen trees on a summer day at Tippet Rise Art Center.

Harper’s Bazaar

The world-class cultural hub, on a working ranch in the foothills of Montana’s Beartooth Mountains, kicks off its new season on August 18 with a set of classical concerts that include six world premeires and performances alongside monumental sculptural installations.

Stephen Hough plays on a Steinway grand piano in the Olivier Music barn at Tippet Rise.

ConcertoNet

Sir Stephen Hough, an acknowledged keyboard colossus, will open the Wigmore Hall season in London. In one of the world’s great concert halls in Montana, he performed a preview to an eager audience.

The Olivier Music Barn catches the first light of sunrise while the Beartooth Mountains catch the alpenglow in the background.

Scene & Heard International

The natural surroundings are spectacular. Tippet Rise is in Montana’s Big Sky Country with the Beartooth Mountains looming on the horizon. The man-made elements are equally impressive, including its concert venues and large-scale outdoor sculptures.

Stephen Hough stands with Peter and Cathy Halstead with the Beartooth Mountains in the background.

Berkshire Fine Arts

Tippet Rise is the passionate expression of Cathy Halstead, a painter, and Peter Halstead, a polymath (poet, pianist, photographer, and novelist) who met when they were very young and have lived like two peas in a pod ever since.

Cool Hunting

The synergy of musical performance, sculpture and natural landscape at Tippet Rise comprise the vision of husband and wife founders, Peter and Cathy Halstead.

Classical Voice North America

This rural retreat for art and music simultaneously operates as an active ranch: Inquisitive Angus cattle and sheep can be seen (or heard) calmly grazing, while the highly varied terrain attracts hikers and mountain bikers to explore some 15 miles of winding trails.

Galerie Online

The Montana destination’s live chamber music series, which runs throughout September, brings together sculpture, nature, and performing arts

The Art Newspaper

The artist has unveiled an otherworldly work for the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana that envelops a frontier-era school with swells of willow saplings

Metropolis

In the age of social distancing and social media, outdoor art centers are experiencing a boon.

Departures

Architect Francis Kéré has earned global renown for projects in his native Burkina Faso. Now he’s brought his vision for hyperlocal, low-tech buildings to America.

Bachtrack

Bach, Berio and Dvořák in the mountains of Montana

Architectural Record

Using geometry and natural materials, a new pavilion provides an intimate perspective on wide, open spaces.

Musical America

John Luther Adams and JACK Break New Ground at Tippet Rise

GRAY Magazine

Through a shared belief in the importance of community, West African architect Francis Kéré and philanthropists Peter and Cathy Halstead connect two towns nearly 7,000 miles apart.

National Geographic Traveler

Landscape and artistry converge on a creative pilgrimage to Montana

Mountain Living

An Artistic Journey on 10,000 Acres

Musical America

A Weekend at Tippet Rise, Where Landscape Immensity Meets Musical Intimacy

Deseret News

Montana’s Tippet Rise might be the coolest outdoor concert space you’ve never heard of

The Art Newspaper

Architect Francis Kéré to construct a meditative pavilion for Tippet Rise Art Center

Architectural Record

Tippet Rise Commissions Francis Kéré to Design Pavilion

Chicago Tribune

A selective guide to U.S. summer classical music festivals

Gramophone

Jed Distler offers an insight into three American festivals which combine serious music-making with the peace and beauty of some stunning scenery

Symphony

Whether it’s on a mountaintop, next to a lake or a river, or in an ampitheater, experiencing music outside can make you hear music in a completely different way

Cereal

The Olivier Music Barn, positioned across a short path from Will’s Shed, has been deliberately designed to absorb music in the purest way possible…

Studio International

Peter Halstead: ‘People should have their own personal adventure with sculpture’

Mark Magazine

Wilderness
Ensamble Studio created three concrete structures for
the newly opened Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana.

Designboom

ensamble studio erects structures of landscape at montana’s tippet rise art center

Divisare

Located at the edge of Yellowstone Park in Montana, Tippet Rise Art Center -with an extension of 10,260 acres of wilderness- is born as a new destination for the arts, in which music performances and large-scale outdoor sculptures play a major role.

Garden Design Journal

Project: Tippet Rise, Montana landscape

Designboom

patrick dougherty weaves daydreams from willow trees at tippet rise, montana

The Clyde Fitch Report

New Frontier at Tippet Rise Art Center: Access for All

Toronto Star

Art and music blend in the Montana wilderness

Galerie

A Montana Ranch Becomes A Stunning Outdoor Sculpture-and-music Center

Travel + Leisure

In Montana’s Beartooth Mountains, a Seductive New Arts Complex Beckons

Whitewall Magazine

How Peter and Cathy Halstead Cultivate Transformative Experiences at Tippet Rise Art Center

Strings Magazine

The Transfiguration of Caroline Goulding

The Boston Globe

Montana’s Tippet Rise offers art and music on a grand scale, under a big sky

BBC Music Magazine

Musical Destinations Heading Out on the Ranch Tippet Rise: US

AFP

In America’s vast West, new music center aims big by going small

Montana Quarterly

On an expanse of land near Fishtail, an audacious dream takes shape: sharing world-class art with anyone who wants it

Creator's Project

A Center for Majestic Experiences Rises in the Middle of Montana

Interior Design

11,500 Acres of Montana Ranchland Host Sculpture and Music at Tippet Rise

Musical America

Tippet Rise Art Center Part II: A Special Kind of Presence

Musical America

Tippet Rise Art Center Part I: A Special Kind of Presence

Financial Times

Montana’s Tippet Rise: shown on the range

Chicago on the Aisle

Montana Aisle: Where earth meets cosmos, new Tippet Rise center melds music with art

Architectural Digest

American Summer

Architectural Record

Balancing Act

Classical Voice North America

Montana Grandeur Cues Harmony Of Music, Sculpture

Artnet

Behind Tippet Rise, the Wild West’s New Art Destination

Archdaily

Tippet Rise Art Center Combines Architecture, Art, Music and Mountains in Montana

Smithsonian

Six Monumental New Outdoor Art Installations to See This Summer

Slate

These Immense Concrete Sculptures Near Yellowstone Look Like They’ve Always Been There

Dezeen

Tippet Rise Art Center opens on a cattle ranch in rural Montana

Wallpaper*

Perfect harmony: Montana’s Tippet Rise Art Center blends culture and nature

Departures

Tippet Rise: An Arts Institution Emerges from the Rockies

Fast Company Design

Architects Built This Monumental Land Art By Imitating Geological Processes

Art Newspaper

Artists turn Montana ranch into vast open-air sculpture and music centre

BBC

Buildings to look out for in 2016

Architect's Newspaper

Experimental architecture and art find a home on remote ranch land

Musical America

A New Arts Center for Big Sky

Media

March 6, 2024

Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Details of its 2024 Concert Season

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November 16, 2023

Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Highlights of 2024 Season

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August 8, 2023

Tippet Rise Art Center Concert Season Begins On August 18, 2023

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March 7, 2023

Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Details of its 2023 Concert Season

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August 2, 2022

Tippet Rise Art Center welcomes visitors for its seventh summer concert season

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March 9, 2022

Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Details of its 2022 Concert Season

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December 9, 2021

Tippet Rise announces highlights of its 2022 Season

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May 25, 2021

Tippet Rise announces its digital summer event, Tippet Rise on Tour: August Festival

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March 8, 2021

Tippet Rise Art Center announces highlights of its 2021 Season

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July 9, 2020

Tippet Rise announces summer streams and Music Downloads Library

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February 18, 2020

Tippet Rise announces programs for its fifth concert season

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June 20, 2019

Tippet Rise Art Center to welcome visitors for its fourth season

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February 20, 2019

Tippet Rise announces programs for its fourth concert season

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December 13, 2018

Tippet Rise will soon break ground for a new pavilion by the world-renowned architect, Francis Kéré. Plus, a peek at Season Four’s concert series.

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October 18, 2018

World-renowned sculptor Stephen Talasnik’s work is featured in the art center’s first indoor exhibition

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June 14, 2018

Tippet Rise Art Center welcomes visitors for its third season

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May 16, 2018

Tippet Rise Art Center announced it has commissioned world-renowned architect Francis Kéré to create a 1,900-square-foot pavilion

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February 20, 2018

Tippet Rise Art Center announces programs for its third concert season July 6-September 8, 2018

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November 30, 2017

Tippet Rise to present its third concert season July 6 through September 8, 2018

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June 8th, 2017

Tippet Rise opens to public for second season on June 30th, 2017

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April 27th, 2017

Tippet Rise joins with the Architecture & Design Film Festival

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February 14, 2017

Season Two Announcement

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November 29th, 2016

Fall News Release

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June 14th, 2016

Tippet Rise Grand Opening News Release

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January 28th, 2016

Inaugural Performance Schedule News Release

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November 10th, 2015

Tippet Rise Introduction News Release

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