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South Dakota Symphony Announcing Indvidual Tickets On Sale Date

Individual concert tickets for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's 2024-25 season will be available starting Friday, August 23.
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Announces 2024-25 Season

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra has announced details of the 2024-25 season, its 103rd, which will feature the greatly anticipated revival of Giants in the Earth – the Pulitzer Prize winning opera by American composer Douglas Moore (The Ballad of Baby Doe) based on Ole Edvart Rølvaag's epic novel about Norwegian settlers of the Dakota Territory in 1873.  The SDSO's production will be the first ever fully professional staging of Moore's opera.  More details on Giants in the Earth can be found at the bottom of this release.
New England Conservatory Announces Spring Programming

New England Conservatory has announced their spring 2022 Season. Highlights include NEC Wind Ensemble and Choirs offer a 50th anniversary celebration of the Wind Ensemble by presenting Igor Stravinsky's 'Symphony of Psalms,' and the world premiere commission of Chris Brubeck's first wind ensemble piece, 'Fifty'.
Steinway & Sons Presents Jeanne Golan's IT TAKES ONE TO TANGO!

Steinway & Sons presents It Takes One to Tango, the extraordinary new album from pianist Jeanne  Golan. Golan describes the album as “a collection featuring tango-inspired gems that are largely unknown. 
World Premiere of Compositions by Sisseton Youth to Be Performed by South Dakota Symphony

Musical compositions from seven participants of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's Music Composition Academies will feature on a concert that is free to the public, played by the musicians of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, on Thursday, September 12, 2019 in Sisseton, SD.
SDSO To Celebrate D.C. Residency Of Lakota Music Project With Local Send-Off Performance

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Washington, D.C. Residency of the Lakota Music Project with local send-off performance October 15, 2019
Compositions By SD Youth To Be Performed By Musicians Of SDSO

Musical compositions from twenty participants of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's Music Composition Academies will feature on a concert that is free to the public, played by the musicians of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, on Thursday, March 7.
South Dakota Symphony Launches 'Bridging Cultures' Program In February

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will launch a new initiative for building an inclusive community in Sioux Falls when it performs music of five living composers from as many different cultures today, February 1 at 7:30 PM in Hamre Recital Hall at Augustana University.
South Dakota Symphony Launches 'Bridging Cultures' Program In February

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will launch a new initiative for building an inclusive community in Sioux Falls when it performs music of five living composers from as many different cultures on Friday, February 1 at 7:30 PM in Hamre Recital Hall at Augustana University.
SD Symphony Names Jennifer Teisinger Executive Director

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) announces the appointment of Jennifer Teisinger as Executive Director. Teisinger's career spans more than 20 years of executive leadership in the performing arts. 
U-M Musical Theatre Students to Perform with the New York Philharmonic

The University Musical Society (UMS) announces that University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance students Jamie Colburn and Jessica Gomes-Ng will perform with the New York Philharmonic today, November 18 at Hill Auditorium.
Two U-M Musical Theatre Students To Perform With New York Philharmonic During Ann Arbor Residency

When the New York Philharmonic comes to Ann Arbor this year for their second major orchestral residency with the University of Michigan's University Musical Society, two U-M students will take center stage with them at Hill Auditorium Nov. 18.
U-M Musical Theatre Students to Perform with the New York Philharmonic

The University Musical Society (UMS) announces that University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance students Jamie Colburn and Jessica Gomes-Ng will perform with the New York Philharmonic on Saturday, November 18 at Hill Auditorium.
New York Philharmonic Apprentice and Master Violins Now Available for Students

Harold Hagopian, president of New York Stringed Instrument Company Inc., who is a Juilliard graduate and violinist, has partnered with the New York Philharmonic to create the Official New York Philharmonic Apprentice Violin, which the Orchestra has endorsed as a high-quality starter violin for children, as well as the Master Violin for more advanced students. Now available nationally through SHAR MUSIC, this is the first time that the New York Philharmonic has made such an endorsement.
Bernstein's Philharmonic Celebrates Centennial Festival, 10/25â€"11/14

The New York Philharmonic will present Bernstein's Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival, October 25-November 14, 2017,celebrating the former Philharmonic Music Director and Laureate Conductor on the centennial of his birth. The festival - which is part of the worldwide salute to the legacy of the renowned composer, conductor, pianist, and educator - will center on Bernstein's symphonic cycle, conducted by Alan Gilbert and Leonard Slatkin, complemented by other Bernstein works as well as by music by composers he admired and championed. In addition, the Philharmonic will present a Young People's Concert - the series that Bernstein famously brought to national attention through the television broadcasts - titled Inspirations and Tributes: "Celebrating Leonard Bernstein," conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring pianist Makoto Ozone on November 11. A number of other events - ranging from a marathon of Bernstein's Mahler recordings to a partnership with Harvard and University of Michigan to explore Bernstein as an educator and conductor - complement the concerts throughout the centennial season. Bernstein served as the Philharmonic's Music Director from 1958 to 1969, when he was named Laureate Conductor, a title he held until his death in 1990.
Theatre Development Fund to Present PERFORMETERIA, Immersive Festival of Off-Off Broadway Theatre & Dance

Theatre Development Fund (TDF), the not-for-profit performing arts service organization is presenting PERFORMETERIA, its first ever immersive festival featuring works from some of the most innovative Off-Off Broadway theatre and dance companies in New York City through its OffOff@$9 Program.
New York Philharmonic Presents World Premiere Of Lera Auerbach's NYx: FRACTURED DREAMS And More In February

Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Philharmonic in the World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Commission of Lera Auerbach's NYx: Fractured Dreams (Violin Concerto No. 4).
SDSO to Perform World Premiere Piece From New York Philharmonic VP of Education

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) welcomes composer and Vice President of Education with the New York Philharmonic, Theodore Wiprud, on this Saturday's concert, Schumann's Symphony No. 2.
NY Philharmonic Announces 'Young People's Concerts'

The 94th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will continue on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. with "Classical," the second program in this season's series, The Ages of Music - each program exploring the sound, composers, and culture of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras, respectively. The all-Mozart program will feature the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and selections from the Symphony No. 31, Paris; Flute Concerto No. 2, with Philharmonic flutist Yoobin Son in her Philharmonic solo debut; and Symphony No. 39. Assistant Conductor Joshua Gersen will conduct the program; Vice President, Education, Theodore Wiprud will host the event, which will also feature classical dancer Thomas Baird and hip-hop dancer Quilan Arnold. The scriptwriters and directors are Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe, whose collaborations include the Tony-nominated and Olivier Award-winning Legally Blonde, The Musical.

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