delta david gier
2023–2024 Concert schedule
AUGUST 2023
The Crescendo Summer Institute
Tokaj, Hungary
Brahms Symphony No. 1
OCTOBER 2023
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery Banner
Hailstork Symphony No. 3
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
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The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Lou Harrison Piano Concerto
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
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DECEMBER 2023
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Handel Messiah
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JANUARY 2024
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Mozart Symphony No. 29, A Major, K. 201
Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C Major, RV 450
Jeffrey Paul, oboe
Thomas Parente World Premiere
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte
Haydn Symphony No. 59, A Major, “Fire Symphony”
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February 2024
Mozart Symphony No. 29, A Major, K. 201
Mozart Exaltate Jubilate
Hannah Celeste Lu, soprano
Mahler Symphony No. 4
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The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Schubert Symphony No. 9, “The Great C Major”
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Joyce Yang, piano
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APRIL 2024
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Yarbrough World Premiere
Dorff Clarinet Concerto World Premiere
Chris Hill, clarinet
Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"
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The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Mahler Symphony No. 3
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“The model of an engaged conductor.”
—The New Yorker Magazine
Video Performances
Performances Videos
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LISTEN First reading of John Luther Adams
An Atlas of Deep Time
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LISTEN MPR Arvo Pärt Trisagion SDSO
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TV & Radio Interviews
SDPB Maestro Gier on SDSO's 100 years:Art helps us find our place in the world.
SDPB The Lakota Music Project as a
Musical Bridge for Cultural Understanding.
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Polyphonic Org at Eastman
Discussing the SDSO with Greg Sandow
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New York Philharmonic
Young People's Concerts
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Articles
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Shostakovich in South Dakota
A manifesto for the future of American classical music
How the South Dakota Symphony Became One of America’s Boldest Orchestras
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Notable Performances and Recordings of 2022
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NEH 2018
by David Skinner
Can Orchestras Be Reinvented
as Humanities Institutions?
Arts Journal
by Delta David Gier
A Museum Culture of Symphony Orchestras?
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Unanswered Question 2018
by Joe Horowitz
America's Most Exceptional Orchestra
Unanswered Question 2016
by Joe Horowitz
Dvorak on the Reservation
Voice of America 2010
Lakota Get Classical
New Music Box 2006
Making Inroads Through the Back Roads
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New Music Box 2005
Builiding an audience in South Dakota
. . . with Pulitzer Winners
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2011 Pulitzer Prize Music Jury chair
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