South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

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FROM THE NEW WORLD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 AT 7:30PM

A multi-media exploration of Native American inspirations.  Experience the Creekside Singers drumming group with full orchestra!

The SDSO also invites you "Inside the score". For just $10, you can attend the final rehearsal and gain an insider's look at the creative process.

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FROM THE NEW WORLD FESTIVAL

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Ravishing Rhapsodies, the music of Star Wars, a salute to America, Stravinsky's "Firebird", Beethoven's "Missa solemnis", world premieres and so much more!

2026-2027 Concert Season

Giants in the Earth Recording

Out on Pentatone Music, the world premiere recording of Douglas Moore's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, Giants in the Earth, featuring the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra with music director Delta David Gier. 

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The New York Times

"An Operatic 'Diamond on the Side of the Road' Catches Light Again"

Giants in the Earth Opera Revival Review 

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The New York Times

"Lakota Music Project Merges Two Traditions for One Common Cause"

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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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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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A Giant Awakening

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

By Keeley Ehrmantraut

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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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UPCOMING CONCERTS

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November 21, 2026 | 7:30 PM

From The New World

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

November 22, 2026 | 4:00 PM

SDSYO Fall Concert

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

December 4 & 5, 2026 | 7:00 PM

Handel's Messiah

First Lutheran Church

December 12, 2026 | 7:30 PM - December 13, 2026 | 2:30 PM

Christmas with the Symphony: 'Tis the Season

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

January 23, 2027 | 7:30 PM

Baroque Favorites

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

February 6, 2027 | 7:30 PM

Tchaikovsky's 'Pathetique' Symphony

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

February 27, 2027 | 7:30 PM

Stravinsky's Firebird

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

February 28, 2027 | 4:30 PM

Concert for Kids & Families

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 13, 2027 | 7:30 PM

Star Wars at 50

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 14, 2027 | 4:00 PM

SDSYO Winter Concert

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

April 4, 2027 | 1:00 PM

SDSO Spring Chamber Music Concert

Hamre Recital Hall, Augustana University

April 10, 2027 | 7:30 PM

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

April 24, 2027 | 7:30 PM

Beethoven Missa solemnis

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

May 8, 2027 | 3:00 PM

SDSYO Spring Concert

Tea Area High School Performing Arts Center

LAKOTA MUSIC PROJECT

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