2024-25 Schedule
The Music of Studio Ghibli
Eugene Symphony Orchestra
September 21, 2:00 pm, 7:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Symphony Fantastique
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
October 5, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Sarasate / Fantasy on Bizet’s “Carmen”
Marsalis / The Fiddler and the Dancin’ Witch
Berlioz / Symphonie fantastique
She’s Got Soul featuring Capathia Jenkins
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
October 19, 7:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, soloist
Robert Erhard plays Dvorak
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
November 16, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Robert Erhard, cello
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra (side-by-side performance)
Smetana / The Moldau from Ma Vlast
Moravec / A New Country (World Premiere of orchestral version)
Copland / Old American Songs
Dvorak / Cello Concerto
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
November 17, 2:00 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Handel’s Messiah
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 6 and 7, 7:00 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Christmas with the Symphony: ‘Tis the Season
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 14, 7:30 pm, December 15, 2:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Beats & Beethoven
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 25, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
SDSO percussion
Elissa Cassini, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Viet Cuong / Re(new)al: Percussion Quartet Concerto
Wiprud / Concerto for Violin No. 2 “on the brink” (World Premiere)
Beethoven / Symphony No. 4
Valentine’s Romance
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
February 15, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Tchaikovsky / Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet
Ravel / Pavane for a Dead Princess
Massenet / Meditation from Thaïs
Beach / Bal Masque
Clyne / Masquerade
Prokofiev / The Love for Three Oranges
Mascagni / Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Elgar / Salut d’amour
Boulanger / D’un matins de Printemps
Saint Saëns / Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Concert for Kids & Families
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
February 16, 2:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
New World Encounters: American Mavericks Shake Up the Old World
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 1, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Joseph Horowitz, cultural historian
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Doosook Kim, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Hindemith / Turandot: Scherzo from Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Ravel / Blues from Sonata for violin and piano
Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Major
Stravinsky / The Soldier’s Tale
Stravinsky / Symphony in Three Movements
A Celtic Celebration
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 15, 7:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
March 16, 2:00 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Young People’s Concerts
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 17, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 1:15 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Mozart’s “Great” Mass
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
April 5, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Bach / Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Mendelssohn / O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Mozart / Mass in C minor
Giants in the Earth: The Norwegians in the Dakota Territory
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 7:30 pm, April 27, 2:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
May 11, 4:00 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor