South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

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THE LAKOTA MUSIC PROJECT SHARED VISION TOUR

OCTOBER 13 - 18, 2025

 

From the Crazy Horse Memorial to Sioux Falls, the Lakota Music Project will build bridges on a statewide tour this fall.


All concerts are free to attend.


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Announcing the 25-26 Season!

"The new season is a mix of traditional and contemporary I think our audiences will enjoy..."  Delta David Gier

3 FREE concerts when you subscribe to the full season.

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2025-2026 Season Preview

The New York Times

"An Operatic 'Diamond on the Side of the Road' Catches Light Again"

Giants in the Earth Opera Revival Review by Joshua Barone

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The New York Times

"Lakota Music Project Merges Two Traditions for One Common Cause"

by classical music critic Zach Woolfe

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Concerts | Tickets

Lakota Music Project Tour

The SDSO is excited to announce the Lakota Music Project Tour coming this October!

Lakota Music Project Tour

The New Yorker

From the world premiere by Composer John Luther Adams

An article and review of ‘An Atlas of Deep Time’
by music critic Alex Ross

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An Atlas Of Deep Time

Out on Cantaloupe Music, John Luther Adams maps our geological journey with An Atlas of Deep Time.  Commissioned and recorded with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Delta David Gier.

Now available for purchase.

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A Giant Awakening

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Revives Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Giants in the Earth" Opera

By Keeley Ehrmantraut

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The American Scholar Magazine

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is featured in The American Scholar Magazine!
Cultural historian Joseph Horowitz explores the SDSO's contextualized performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad"), performed on February 25, 2023.

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

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October 4, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Spanish Passion

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

October 25, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Psycho: Film + Orchestra

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

November 22, 2025 | 7:30 PM

An American In Paris

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

December 5 & 6, 2025 | 7:00 PM

Handel’s MESSIAH

First Lutheran Church

December 13, 2025 | 7:30 PM - December 14, 2025 | 2:30 PM

Christmas with the Symphony: 'Tis the Season

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

January 24, 2026 | 7:30 PM

Mozart's A Little Night Music

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

February 7, 2026 | 7:30 PM

Beethoven & Brahms

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 21, 2026 | 7:30 PM

Broadway to Hollywood

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

March 7, 2026 | 7:30 PM

Shostakovich Symphony No. 8

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

April 11, 2026 | 7:30 PM

Haydn's Glorious "The Creation"

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

April 25, 2026 | 7:30 PM

Mozart & Bartok

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

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