Gold Card SDSO Presentation
*no fee, please RSVP by registering here* - open to Gold Card Members **
Concert Preview Discussion
Thursday, November 19 8:10am-9:00am at Lincoln HS auditorium
You are invited to join students at Lincoln High School for a special presentation from guests of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
We will hear from Derek Bermel plus Emanuel Black Bear and his son Ari, from the Creekside Singers. They will discuss their collaboration and make some music together.
In addition, we will explore how Dvorak, in the 1890s, drew inspiration from Native America, with a performance from LHS student soloists.
SDSO Maestro Delta David Gier and cultural historian Joseph Horowitz will lead the conversation with students and guests.
"The music is what brings us together in all cultures. We all have a form of music. Being able to share that together, no matter what it is, we see how we are similar to each other. If we base our relationships on similarities rather than differences, we can get along better."
- Emmanuel Black Bear, Creekside Singers Drum Keeper
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This presentation is a preview of the concert, Saturday November 21. The South Dakota Symphony orchestra will present “From the New World”, a multi-media exploration of Native American inspirations, including Dvorák's celebrated New World Symphony. The music is accompanied with stunning visuals by Peter Bogdanoff, and Louis Ballard's Incident at Wounded Knee, exploring the relationship of this music to Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha". Experience the Creekside Singers drumming group with full orchestra performing Lakota Refrains, a new orchestral work by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear from the 2025 Lakota Music Project Tour. An outgrowth of the orchestra's 20-year-old Lakota Music Project, which has initiated collaborative music-making by Lakota, Dakota, and SDSO musicians.
Tickets for the Saturday performance are available through SDSO website: SDSO From the New World Concert
**If you are not a gold card member, you can learn more and register here:
SFSD Gold Card Membership & Events