Music of Montana

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Music of the United States
Local music
AK - AL - AR - AS - AZ - CA - CO - CT - DC - DE - FL - GA - GU - HI - IA - ID - IL - IN - KS - KY - LA - MA - MD - ME - MI - MN - MO - MP - MS - MT - NC - ND - NE - NH - NM - NV - NJ - NY - OH - OK - OR - PA - PR - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT - VA - VI - VT - WA - WI - WV - WY
History (Timeline)	Ethnic music
Colonial era	Native American
to the Civil War	English: old-time and Western music
During the Civil War	African American
Late 19th century	Irish and Scottish
Early 20th century	Latin: Tejano and Puerto Rican
40s and 50s	Cajun and Creole
60s and 70s	Hawaii
80s to the present	Other immigrants
Genres (Samples): Classical - Folk - Popular: Hip hop - Pop - Rock

Montana is a state of the United States. It has a long history of folk pioneer and cowboy songs. In modern Montana, two of the most prominent musical institutions, both classical, are the Great Falls Symphony Orchestra, which was established in 1958, and the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, which was established in 1963. The Helena Symphony was founded in 1955.

Post-secondary educational institutions which offer a program or major in music include the University of Montana - Missoula and Montana State University - Billings.

In popular music Ska music was very popular among Montana's youth in the 1990's, including frequent professionally organized concerts, but this trend has been replaced by less-frequent amateur punk and rock bands. Well known Montana country musicians include Rob Quist, formerly of the Mission Mountain Wood Band and well known ska bands include Helena and Missoula's The Skoidats, who have recorded on New York City's Moon Ska. Country musician Wilf Carter, aka Montana Slim, is not from Montana but Canada, and Patsy Montana was born Ruby Blevins in Arizona.

Montana is home to some of the best drums or American Indian music. See Blackfoot music, Crow music, Flathead music, Cheyenne music, Chippewa-Cree music, Gros Ventre music, Assiniboine music, Sioux music. Jack Gladstone is a folk musician and lecturer/presenter with Native themes who has collaborated with Rob Quist.

Montana has two official state songs: "Montana" and "Montana Melody".

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