A concert of Symphonic Preludes, including "Les Preludes" by Liszt, "Norfolk Rhapsody" by Vaughn-Williams, and Gershwin's "American in Paris".

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American in Paris

Performing Arts Center of Rapid City

Featuring the performance of the Young Artist Competition Winner and the Brahms Symphony #2. Program also includes Shostakovich Festival Overture and the Concertstuck for 4 Horns, Op 86 by Schumann.

Bright Horizons

Spacemen and Spaghetti Westerns – Music from Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Dune, The Good, Bad & the Ugly, Magnificent Seven and more!

Cowboys & Aliens

Join the BHSO and Emmy Award winner Shaun Johnson’s (Tonic Sol-Fa) Big Band Experience for the next stop on the Candy Cane Lane Tour!

Holidazzle Big Band Experience

Marshall Gilkes performs his Trombone Concerto with the BH Symphony. Also on the program, the La Peri Fanfare from Dukas and the Mahler Symphony #1, “Titan”.

Garden of the Gods

Maya Anjali Buchanan returns to the Black Hills Symphony stage, performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

Maya Anjali Buchanan

A concert heralding emerging hometown talent! The 2024 Young Artist Competition Winner performs. Also on the program – Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky Op. 35a – Anton Arensky, transcribed for full orchestra by BHSO musician, Bill Holst.

Emerging Artists

Diane is principal keyboard with the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra. Previous appearances include Introduction and Allegro Appassionato by R. Schumann, the April Fool Concerto by Robert Wendel, the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos with MaryLou Torrey, and Mussorgskyʼs Pictures at an Exhibition.

Game Night

Dee+Shapeera are a sibling pop duo known for their vocal versatility, powerful vocals, and sharp harmonies.They grew up singing together with their family and have drawn inspiration from their Pop, R&B, Gospel, Motown, and Jazz roots. Dee+Shapeera have always been actively involved in music, tracing back to childhood, through high school and college, and even receiving formal training as a classically trained mezzo soprano and alto. They formerly sang in a group with their sisters “The Davis Sisters.” Now located in the Las Vegas area Dee+Shapeera use their musical talents to sing throughout their local community and around the country. Their wide range of vocal style and polished vocal presentation often have audiences excited for more.

All I Want for Christmas

Following his professional solo debut in Tokyo, Ito won top prizes in seven major international guitar competitions, including the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition, the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition and the Seto-Ohashi International Competition. A performance of Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo with the National Repertory Orchestra marked his concerto debut, and since then he has performed repertories with numerous symphony orchestras, including the diabolical Concierto para una Fiesta by Rodrigo. A solo concert in Germany marked Ito’s European debut. The Japanese government has invited Ito to perform solo concerts in honor of two historic milestones – 150 years of U.S.-Japan diplomatic relations, and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Recently Ito traveled extensively in Spain giving solo concerts and clinics, including a performance as featured soloist for the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Festival in Linares, the birthplace of Segovia.

Black Hills Symphony Orchestra

Apr 11, 2026

American in Paris

Feb 28, 2026

Bright Horizons

Black Hills Symphony Orchestra