7-Time ASCAP Award Winner
delta david gier
CONDUCTOR
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—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. 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
Brahms Symphony No. 2
OCTOBER
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
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
DECEMBER
Handel’s Messiah
JANUARY 2022
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 Colman / Nonet
Anna Clyne / Within Her Arms
Vivaldi / Four Seasons
MARCH
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Reena Esmail My Sister’s Voice
Saili Oak, soprano
Priti Ghandi, soprano
Malek Jandali / TBD
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 World Premiere
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The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Centennial Season Launch with Emanuel Ax
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
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Video
Performances Videos
Visit Delta David Gier's YouTube Channel
Interviews
New York Philharmonic
Young People's Concerts
Discussing the SDSO with Greg Sando
Radio Interviews
Lakota Music Project builds cultural bridges
MPR Arvo Pärt SDSO Performance
Articles
Can Orchestras Be Reinvented
as Humanities Institutions?
by David Skinner
A Museum Culture of Symphony Orchestras?
Unanswered Question
Joe Horowitz on Music
America's Most Exceptional Orchestra
Joe Horowitz on Music
Builiding an audience in South Dakota
. . . with Pulitzer Winners
Making inroads through the back roads
Listen here to learn about the
SDSO and the 2016 Bush Prize
2011 Pulitzer Prize Music Jury chair