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Join sculptor Patrick Dougherty as he creates "Cursive Takes a Holiday" alongside his work "Daydreams" at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana. Patrick muses on his process and motivations and the importance of art as work.
WINNER: Best Made in Montana Film - Montana International Film Festival - 2025
WINNER: Best Documentary - International Fine Arts Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: WYO Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Full Bloom Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Pikes Peak Documentary Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Yellowstone Film Festival - 2025
HONORABLE MENTION: North Carolina Film Festival - 2024
Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Colorist: Kevin Richey
Original Score Composer and Performer: Jim Ruberto
Sound Recordist / Sound Designer / Sound Mixer: Monte Nickles
Dialogue Editor: Jim Ruberto
Visit tippetrise.org
Join sculptor Patrick Dougherty as he creates "Cursive Takes a Holiday" alongside his work "Daydreams" at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana. Patrick muses on his process and motivations and the importance of art as work.
WINNER: Best Made in Montana Film - Montana International Film Festival - 2025
WINNER: Best Documentary - International Fine Arts Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: WYO Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Full Bloom Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Pikes Peak Documentary Film Festival - 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Yellowstone Film Festival - 2025
HONORABLE MENTION: North Carolina Film Festival - 2024
Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Colorist: Kevin Richey
Original Score Composer and Performer: Jim Ruberto
Sound Recordist / Sound Designer / Sound Mixer: Monte Nickles
Dialogue Editor: Jim Ruberto
Visit tippetrise.org
![Haydn: Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37, III. - Marc-André Hamelin [Excerpt] #shorts
Performed live by Marc-André Hamelin at Tippet Rise Art Center on 23 August 2024. Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise celebrates art, music, architecture, and nature: inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37, III. Finale: Presto ma non troppo [Excerpt]
Performed by:
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Program book: https://tippetrise.org/library/2024-concert-season-ticket-guide
Produced in house at Tippet Rise Art Center
Film Director / Cinematographer: Kevin Richey
Lighting Board Operator / Electrician: Peter Fedock
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Richey
Sound Recording: Monte Nickles and Jim Ruberto
Sound Editor: Jim Ruberto
Sound Mastering: Monte Nickles
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![Peter Halstead - The Himalaya Sessions - Volume V: The Gift To Be Simple
Recorded in a tractor barn in Colorado’s Vail Valley in 2006, co-founder Peter Halstead performed a compilation of works by Copland and Brahms.
all Copland copyright by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Chapters:
00:00 - Fanfare for the Common Man, B Flat (originally C), arr. Roger Brison, “Very deliberately,” 1942
03:15 - Saturday Night Waltz, from Rodeo, E Flat, arr. by Aaron Copland, 1942
09:11 - The Resting-place on the Hill, from the film score, Our Town, E Minor, “Very deliberate,” 1940 13:41 - Conversation at the Soda Fountain, from the film score, Our Town, “With unhurried flowing movement,” A Major, 1940
17:41 - Story of Our Town, from the film score, Our Town, “Moderate, with calm,” G Major, 1940
21:58 - In Evening Air, from the film score, The Cummington Story, B Flat and G Major, 1974
25:57 - Midsummer Nocturne, “Slowly, poetically (and somewhat thoughtful),” A Major, 1947
28:18 - Down a Country Lane, “Gently flowing, in a pastoral mood,” F Major and D Flat, 1962
31:27 - Variations on a Shaker Melody, “The Gift to Be Simple,” from Appalachian Spring, C Major, 1943, arr. Stanley - Halstead (also includes the end of the Appalachian Spring Suite, which follows the Variations)
43:41 - Johannes Brahms: Ballade, Opus 10, No. 4, B Minor, 1856
55:50 - Johannes Brahms: Ballade, Opus 10, No. 1, after a Scotch Ballad “Edward,” D Minor, 1856 [note: 5-channel]
01:00:55 - Johannes Brahms: Capriccio, Opus 116, No. 3 (1892), G Minor
01:06:08 - Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody, Opus 79, No. 2, G Minor, 1880 [old version]
01:13:27 - Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody, Opus 79, No. 2, G Minor, 1880 [5-channel version] Peter Halstead - The Himalaya Sessions - Volume V: The Gift To Be Simple](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vq3qlZfm51U/mqdefault.jpg)



![Ali-Zadeh: Rəqs - Owls [Excerpt] #shorts
Performed live by Owls at Tippet Rise Art Center on 25 August 2024. Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise celebrates art, music, architecture, and nature: inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.
Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz: Rəqs [Excerpt]
Performed and Arranged by Owls:
Alexi Kenney, violin
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Paul Wiancko, cello
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Program book: https://tippetrise.org/library/2024-concert-season-ticket-guide
Produced in house at Tippet Rise Art Center
Film Director / Cinematographer: Kevin Richey
Lighting Board Operator / Electrician: Peter Fedock
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Richey
Sound Recording: Monte Nickles and Jim Ruberto
Sound Editor: Jim Ruberto
Sound Mastering: Monte Nickles
Visit https://tippetrise.org Ali-Zadeh: Rəqs - Owls [Excerpt] #shorts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WU0yWZxO01A/mqdefault.jpg)
![Overton: Once More - Charles Overton [Excerpt] #shorts
Performed live by Charles Overton at Tippet Rise Art Center on 7 September 2024. Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise celebrates art, music, architecture, and nature: inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.
Overton, Charles: Once More [Excerpt]
Arranged by Charles Overton
Performed by:
Charles Overton, harp
Program book: https://tippetrise.org/library/2024-concert-season-ticket-guide
Produced in house at Tippet Rise Art Center
Film Director / Cinematographer: Kevin Richey
Lighting Board Operator / Electrician: Peter Fedock
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Richey
Sound Recording: Monte Nickles and Jim Ruberto
Sound Editor: Jim Ruberto
Sound Mastering: Monte Nickles
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![Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 2, I. [Excerpt] #shorts
Performed live by Anne-Marie McDermott and Chad Hoopes at Tippet Rise Art Center on 6 September 2024. Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise celebrates art, music, architecture, and nature: inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 2, I. Allegro con brio [Excerpt]
Performed by:
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Chad Hoopes, violin
Program book: https://tippetrise.org/library/2024-concert-season-ticket-guide
Produced in house at Tippet Rise Art Center
Film Director / Cinematographer: Kevin Richey
Lighting Board Operator / Electrician: Peter Fedock
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Richey
Sound Recording: Monte Nickles and Jim Ruberto
Sound Editor: Daphne Getty
Sound Mastering: Monte Nickles
Visit https://tippetrise.org Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 2, I. [Excerpt] #shorts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XVE05j_qUqs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Iyer: Jiva for Solo Shamisen - Hidejiro Honjoh #shorts
[Excerpt] Performed live by Hidejiro Honjoh at Tippet Rise Art Center on 24 August 2024. Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise celebrates art, music, architecture, and nature: inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.
Iyer, Vijay: Jiva for Solo Shamisen
Performed by:
Hidejiro Honjoh, shamisen
Program book: https://tippetrise.org/library/2024-concert-season-ticket-guide
Produced in house at Tippet Rise Art Center
Film Director / Cinematographer: Kevin Richey
Lighting Board Operator / Electrician: Peter Fedock
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Richey
Sound Recording: Monte Nickles and Jim Ruberto
Sound Editor: Jim Ruberto
Sound Mastering: Monte Nickles
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