Community Calendar

Gather family and friends and celebrate the sounds of the season with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Tenor Ben Gulley brings his powerful, versatile voice to all your holiday favorites. The annual sing-along rings through the hall and our hearts.

Singers and bellringers from Sturgis and Whitewood continue a 46-year Christmas tradition when they join in song on Sunday, December 14th at 2:00pm at the Sturgis Community Center Theater. The Annual Community Christmas Concert, a favorite holiday tradition, has been performed consistently since 1979, when it first was held at Grace Lutheran Church.

Area church choirs are now beginning their rehearsals for this special event as they prepare for their individual performances. All choirs blend for the concert’s finale piece which will be directed by Marlene Kotab, choir director at Grace Lutheran Church.

All church choirs or ensembles are welcome to participate in the concert. New choirs are always invited to join and need only to contact Marlene Kotab, concert coordinator, by phone at 605-347-1375 or by email at [email protected] by December 1st. Any singer who does not belong to a church choir is still invited to sing with the mass group on the final number. Music is available upon request. One mass choir rehearsal is Wednesday, December 10th at 7:00pm at the theater.

Don’t miss this enjoyable musical holiday concert sponsored by the Sturgis Area Arts Council!

Celebrate the magic of the season with a joyful afternoon of choral music! Dakota Choral Union presents a Christmas concert filled with warmth, beauty, and festive spirit. This is a free concert with your donation of non-perishable food items for Church Response and/or a freewill donation to DCU.
This project is partially funded by The Rapid City Arts Council with the City of Rapid City.

Enjoy beautiful music and moving storytelling inside the breathtaking and historical Cathedral of St. Joseph as we celebrate the hope and joy of God’s incarnation like never before at this truly one-of-a-kind performance! Experience the Christmas story brought to life through inspiring performances and an incredible choir and orchestra.

Christmas at the Cathedral benefits the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House, as well as the ongoing care of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, one of the region’s most significant civic and sacred landmarks. This beloved Christmas tradition is one you don’t want to miss!

Note: An American Sign Language interpreter will be at the Saturday, Dec. 20th 1:00PM performance.

Enjoy beautiful music and moving storytelling inside the breathtaking and historical Cathedral of St. Joseph as we celebrate the hope and joy of God’s incarnation like never before at this truly one-of-a-kind performance! Experience the Christmas story brought to life through inspiring performances and an incredible choir and orchestra.

Christmas at the Cathedral benefits the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House, as well as the ongoing care of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, one of the region’s most significant civic and sacred landmarks. This beloved Christmas tradition is one you don’t want to miss!

Enjoy an intimate winter night with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Music Director Delta David Gier seamlessly pairs modern composers Jessica Meyer’s Through Which We Flow, and South Dakota native Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances with the classics of Mozart and Strauss.

Enjoy a Sunday Serenade with the Dakota String Quartet and Dakota Wind Quintet, showcasing masterpieces of chamber music in the Augustana University Hamre Recital Hall!

Composer Robert Carl joins the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra for his world premiere, Wind Hymn, Bookended by the greats, Beethoven and Brahms.

Cultural Historian, Joseph Horowitz, who expertly set the stage for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra’s triumphant performance of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony in February of 2023, returns to Sioux Falls to guide you through the follow up of Shostakovich’s epic war symphonies.

Broadway singer Nicole Parker, seen as Elphaba on Broadway and in the national tour of Wicked and in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, joins the SDSO for an evening of showstoppers from stage shows that became immortalized in film. Your favorite moments from Wicked, Wizard of Oz, Into The Woods, and more.