Hometown Hero: Local phenom back to star with Billings Symphony [Video]

BILLINGS — A number of incredible musicians have graced the stage at Alberta Bair Theater over the years, but none will have had a cheering section as big as Tanner Jorden’s this weekend.

“It’s a little bit stressful,” Jorden admitted. “I feel like there’s all these expectations that I’ve gotten better.”

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It’s hard to get much better than the Billings Senior grad was before he left for college. Billings Symphony conductor Anne Harrigan knew he was special the first time she met him, when he was just 14.

“At that time, he loved to play fast. That was the most important thing to him,” Harrigan said. “But after attending a masterclass with Brian Ganz, he became the most musical young musician I’ve ever heard in my life.”