2026 /2027 PERFORMANCES

October 3, 2026 

Ravel / Rapsodie Espagnole
Rachmaninoff / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Enescu / Romanian Rhapsody No. 2
Beteta /  La Danza de los Volcanoes
(The Dance of the Volcanoes) (world premiere)
Liszt / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2


November 21, 2026 
Dvořák / Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Ballard / Incident at Wounded Knee
Bermel & Black Bear / Lakota Refrains

 

December 4 & 5, 2026  
Handel's Messiah

 

January 23, 2027 
John Tomkins, bassoon
Rameau / Suite from Les Boréades
Françaix / Divertissement for Bassoon and String Orchestra
Bacewicz / Concerto for String Orchestra
Handel / Water Music Suite No. 1

 

February 6, 2027

Sibelius / Symphony No. 6
Lombardi / Palimpsest (World Premiere)
Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)

February 27, 2027 
Ravel / Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ibarra / Kuwentong Karst
(World Premiere)
-Talking Gong Trio

  -South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Chorus 
  -Bryan Akipa, flute

  -Susie Ibarra, percussion 
  -Claire Chase, flute
 -Alex Peh, piano

Paul/Akipa / Songbird and Goose
Stravinsky / The Firebird

 

April 10, 2027 
Wagner / Lohengrin, Prelude to Act I
Alma Mahler / Hymne
                             Ansturm
                             Hymne an die Nacht
Panufnik / Alma's Songs Without Words
Strauss / Death and Transfiguration
Strauss / Four Last Songs

​  -Malin Hartelius, soprano
  -Anne Waltner, piano

 

April 24, 2027 | 7:30 PM
Beethoven Missa solemnis

  -South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Chorus
  -Dr. Timothy J. Campbell, chorus director
  -Marcy Stonikas, soprano
  -Lauren Decker, contralto
  -Rodrick Dixon, tenor
  -Joshua Jeremiah, baritone
  -SDSU Concert Choir
  -Andrew Robinette, SDSU Concert Choir director