Delta David Gier

Delta David Gier Music Director of the South Dakota Symphony since 2004. Chair of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for music.

Winner of 7 ASCAP Awards including —the John S Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music. Conductor Delta David Gier has launched Bridge Projects to foster collaborative relationships between symphony orchestras and local communities. The term “bridge project” is designed to use music to create an understanding between communities which are strangers…often within the same city or region.

The perfect antidote to two weeks of Shostakovich. Pure joy! Really looking forward to working with our marvelous SDSO c...
03/16/2026

The perfect antidote to two weeks of Shostakovich. Pure joy! Really looking forward to working with our marvelous SDSO chorus! April 12.

Tonight! New Babylon film (1929) with live orchestra. SDSO is in Bookings 7:00 at the Oscar Larsen performing arts cente...
03/12/2026

Tonight! New Babylon film (1929) with live orchestra. SDSO is in Bookings 7:00 at the Oscar Larsen performing arts center. Accompanying this film—90 minutes of non-stop music by Shostakovich—is quite the wonderful challenge! Also, Sunday 1:00 at Augustana University, Hamre Hall.

Big weekend. SDSO begins rehearsals tonight. Saturday’s program will feature a first half with a lecture/demonstration a...
03/05/2026

Big weekend. SDSO begins rehearsals tonight. Saturday’s program will feature a first half with a lecture/demonstration analyzing this work with cultural historian Joseph Horowitz, followed by a complete performance.

01/08/2026
A post- Christmas present. Let the celebration continue! Troubles End Brewing in Collegeville, PA.
12/28/2025

A post- Christmas present. Let the celebration continue! Troubles End Brewing in Collegeville, PA.

Home in Philly for the holidays! Wawa, real pizza, and so much more!!
12/22/2025

Home in Philly for the holidays! Wawa, real pizza, and so much more!!

I bow and bid a fond farewell to a friend and true inspiration, Chris Eagle Hawk, elder from the Pine Ridge reservation ...
12/18/2025

I bow and bid a fond farewell to a friend and true inspiration, Chris Eagle Hawk, elder from the Pine Ridge reservation in southwest South Dakota. Chris passed away on Tuesday of this week. In this photo from last October he is singing a Lakota prayer, which began each performance of our Lakota Music Project. https://www.facebook.com/creekside.singers

12/02/2025

At a time when many feel the American fabric is shredding, how is their music healing?

My Thanksgiving weekend project. Beginning to wrap my head around this beast. Performance in January. Time to move on to...
11/30/2025

My Thanksgiving weekend project. Beginning to wrap my head around this beast. Performance in January. Time to move on to the next prep project over Christmas!

Hotel on the waterfront in Corpus Christi, Texas. Concert tomorrow night with CCSO - Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet!
11/14/2025

Hotel on the waterfront in Corpus Christi, Texas. Concert tomorrow night with CCSO - Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet!

Angela and I stopped at a winery in the Hill Country outside of Austin, Texas. OK, so we ended up drinking a California ...
11/10/2025

Angela and I stopped at a winery in the Hill Country outside of Austin, Texas. OK, so we ended up drinking a California cab . . .

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