A holiday celebration with that most Christmas-y of instruments -- the Bassoon! St. Paul Chamber Orchestra principal bassoonist, Charles Ullery, joins the Black Hills Symphony for a performance of the Weber "Bassoon Concerto" and "Bassoon It Will Be Christmas."
The Young Artist Competition is an instrumental music competition for serious young musicians in grades: 9 through 12 (or equivalent ages.) Applicants must be recommended by their school music teacher or private music teacher. All competitors submit a recording of their concerto. Finalists perform their piece live in front of a panel of judges. The [...]
Return favorite, Pianist Anton Nel, joins the Black Hills Symphony to perform the Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 73, "the Emperor Concerto." Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550 rounds out the program.
Black Hills Symphony presents Myth and Magic -- celebrating storytelling. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Peer Gynt Suite # 2 by Edvard Grieg, Fanfare on Amazing Grace by Hailstork and other stories.
Hoop dancing, drumming, and a script reading presented in the Lakota language highlight this year’s cultural demonstrations at Wind Cave National Park on Sunday, October 13th, in honor of Native Americans’ Day. “The National Park Service and tribal artists extend an invitation to learn about the lives and the traditions of tribal members in our [...]
What Is a Crankie? Is a Crankiest a grumpy person? A Crankie or moving panorama is a very old storytelling art form that can be found throughout the world, and in many different forms. An illustration on a scroll is wound onto two spools. The spools are loaded into a box , which has a [...]
Join us for a delicious evening paired with a chamber music concert and a silent auction! All proceeds go toward supporting student fellowships at the 2025 Rushmore Music Festival. This is always a sold-out event for us, so reserve your tickets early!
Christmas comes but once a year; chaos never ends! Based on the book by celebrated local author Dorothy Rosby, ’Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays and special occasions, ranging from Christmas to Lumpy Rug Day. If you've ever gotten poison ivy during Nude Recreation Week or had [...]
A new exhibit by artist Dick Termes opens at the Hot Springs Public Library. The exhibition featuring 10 Termespheres® will be on display from September 18th - October 14th. There will also be two Termespheres at Chautauqua during this time. A Termesphere Virtual Reality experience will be made available to the public at Chautauqua Artisans [...]
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