Lakota Music Project

Programs of the LMP

John Stafford Smith Robert Moore, tenor	Star-Spangled Banner
Ellis Chips Chris Big Eagle Ben Black Elk	Lakota Flag Song

COURTSHIP AND LOVE

Ben Sitting Up	Rabbit Song
Piotr Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet Overture – Fantasy (excerpt)
Richard Wagner	Siegfried Idyll

THE SPIRITUAL WARIOR / SOLDIER

Anon.	World War II Veteran’s Song
Serge Prokofiev	“The Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet (excerpt)
Aram Khachaturian	“Sabre Dance” from Gayneh

DEATH AND MOURNING

Samuel Barber	Adagio for Strings
Severt Young Bear, Sr.	Mourning Songs

JOY AND AFFIRMATION

George Frederic Handel	Overture from Music for the Royal Fireworks (excerpt)
Aaron Copland	Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring
Severt Young Bear, Sr.	Intertribal Special Song
INTERMISSION
Jeffrey Paul	Desert Wind / Harmony’s Song
Melvin Young Bear
Brent Michael Davids	Black Hills Olowan

The Wisdom of Leadership: Then and Today
A program that tells the story of four great warriors: Crazy Horse, Two Strike, Red Cloud & Sitting Bull.