South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

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HANDEL'S MESSIAH

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 7:00PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 at 7:00PM

The greatest story ever told.  The most majestic music ever composed.  Experience Handel’s “Messiah” featuring the inspiring Hallelujah Chorus in the glory of First Lutheran Church.

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A Giant Awakening

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Revives Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Giants in the Earth" Opera

By Keeley Ehrmantraut

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An Atlas Of Deep Time

Out on Cantaloupe Music, John Luther Adams maps our geological journey with An Atlas of Deep Time.  Commissioned and recorded with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Delta David Gier.

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This season includes world premieres by American composers Paul Moravec and Theodore Wiprud, and the revival of Giants in the Earth-the Pulitzer Prize winning opera!

2024-2025 Concert Season

The New Yorker

From the world premiere by Composer John Luther Adams

An article and review of ‘An Atlas of Deep Time’
by music critic Alex Ross

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Media | Recordings

Lakota Music Project Album

The long-awaited first recording of South Dakota Symphony’s Lakota Music Project!

Years in the making, this groundbreaking collaboration melds two musical worlds.

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The American Scholar Magazine

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is featured in The American Scholar Magazine!
Cultural historian Joseph Horowitz explores the SDSO's contextualized performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad"), performed on February 25, 2023.

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Hearing the Music

Season 2 of the podcast ‘Hearing the Music’ is now available, seven episodes exploring Bach’s St. Matthew Passion musically and theologically.

Enjoy this deep dive with Music Director Delta David Gier and pastor J. Mark Bertrand.

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

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December 6 & 7, 2024 | 7:00 PM

Handel's Messiah

First Lutheran Church

December 14, 2024 | 7:30 PM - December 15, 2024 | 2:30 PM

Christmas with the Symphony: 'Tis the Season

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

January 25, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Beats & Beethoven

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

January 28 & 29, 2025 | 7:00 PM

Winter Camerata Recitals

Hamre Recital Hall

February 2, 2025 | 1:00 PM

SDSO Winter Chamber Music Concert

Hamre Recital Hall, Augustana University

February 15, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Valentine's Romance

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

February 16, 2025 | 2:30 PM

Concert for Kids & Families

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 1, 2025 | 7:30 PM

New World Encounters: American mavericks shake up the Old World

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 15, 2025 | 7:30 PM

A Celtic Celebration

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 16, 2025 | 4:00 PM

SDSYO Winter Concert

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 30, 2025 | 1:00 PM

SDSO Spring Chamber Music Concert

Hamre Recital Hall, Augustana University

April 26, 2025 | 7:30 PM - April 27, 2025 | 2:30 PM

Giants in the Earth: The Norwegians in the Dakota Territory

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

April 29 & May 1, 2025 | 7:00 PM

Spring Camerata Recitals

First Congregational Church, Sioux Falls

May 11, 2025 | 6:00 PM

SDSYO Spring Concert

Harrisburg Performing Arts Center

LAKOTA MUSIC PROJECT

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