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At 15 years old, Park County local Jillian Nordberg has been performing for over half her life.
The teenage musician began performing at age 6 when she played at a teacher conference, and from …
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At 15 years old, Park County local Jillian Nordberg has been performing for over half her life.
The teenage musician began performing at age 6 when she played at a teacher conference, and from there she began playing recitals. At 11 she taught herself to play guitar.
“I just really enjoy it, I’ve always had a good time, and I like interacting with people too and it also helps me [spread] my music,” Nordberg said, adding “I’ve just always enjoyed doing it, I’ve had a lot of fun.”
Now, four years later Nordberg has toured Wyoming and Montana with Juliette Angelo, a musician and former actress.
“I’ve got to play a lot of places that I would have never been able to play on my own … because I’m so young, so she’s gotten me into a lot of places that I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to [play],” Nordberg said.
The highlight of her touring is playing the Babcock Theater in Billings, a two level venue with roughly 1,000 seats.
Last year, half of the songs Nordberg played were covers of older music. But this year, Nordberg will mix in some more original work — one of her songs, “Last Laugh,” has even gotten some local radio play.
Audiences can catch Nordberg at the Pepsi Free Stage on Tuesday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Saturday at 3 p.m.
