2016 – 2017 season

—Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

—an unprecedented programming innovation.

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Delta David Gier . . . decided to perform a piece by a living
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer on each of the classical programs . . .

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Winner of the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment
to New American Music

I just heard your performance of my second symphony. It was deeply committed and moving, and your orchestra played it superbly. Please give them my thanks and congratulations.

You obviously understand what the root of my music is, and I only hope to hear more performances by you of my work.

Thank you so much. With admiration,

John Corigliano

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2021–2022 Concert schedule

MAY 2021

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven Piano concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Emmanuel Ax, piano

Aaron Jay Kernis Elegy

Beethoven Symphony No. 7

JUNE

Masterworks festival

Mozart Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio

Beethoven Piano concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Dvorak Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

JULY

Crescendo Summer Institute

Mozart Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

SEPTEMBER

Orchestra Metropolitana Bari

September 17

Arthur Farwell Hako Quartet

Lou Harrison Piano Concerto

Emanuele Arciuli, piano

September 23

Frank J. Oteri Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow
George Walker Lyric for Strings

Philip Glass Tirol Concerto

Emanuele Arciuli, piano

OCTOBER

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Yarbrough Suite South Dakota
World Premiere

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Maya Anjali Buchanan, violin

Grieg Symphonic Dances

SDSO’s Lakota Music Project Concert

Stephen Bryant, bass-baritone

Bryan Akipa, cedar flute

Creekside Singers

Star Spangled Banner and the Lakota Flag Song

Jeffrey Paul Wind on Clear Lake

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate Victory Songs

Jeffrey Paul Desert Wind

Alexander Trujillo The Little Boat

Teagan Bellonger Stolen Sisters

Brent Michael Davids Black Hills Olowan

arr. Theodore Wiprud Amazing Grace

NOVEMBER 2021

Lancaster Symphony Orchestra

Roberto Sierra Sinfonietta

Roberto Sierra Symphony No. 4

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

DECEMBER

Handel’s Messiah

JANUARY 2022

Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3

Arturo Márquez Cello Concerto

Francisco Vila-Haas, cello

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

David Gordon Fabular Arcana World Premiere

Paul Sánchez, piano

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

FEBRUARY

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Jessie Montgomery Starburst

Jessie Montgomery Strum

George Walker Lyric for Strings

Valerie Coleman Nonet

Anna Clyne Within Her Arms

Vivaldi Four Seasons

MARCH

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Malek Jandali / TBD World Premiere

Zakir Hussain Peshkar
Zakir Hussain, tabla
Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 5

APRIL

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Bach St. Matthew Passion

Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra

John Luther Adams An Atlas of Deep Time
World Premiere

David Gier gave a splendid reading of the Mahler [4]. The long slow movement unfolded as if in one breath, and you could absolutely feel the audience being drawn into the music. You could have heard a pin drop for the entire length of that slow movement. . . .
Watching David speak at a post-concert dinner and interact with the Volunteer League at their luncheon and the board at their meeting, it is clear that he is the complete music director package.

—Henry Fogel, On the Record Blog February 2008