South Dakota Symphony Tour Program

Program Goals:

• Introduce students to the local culture of professional classical music making in a small setting.

• Address music education content standards:

Connecting

Anchor Standard 11: K-12.Cn.11: Relate artistic ideas and work with societal, historical, cultural, and personal context to deepen understanding.

Responding

Anchor Standard 7: K-12.Re.7: Perceive and analyze artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 8: K-12.Re.8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 9: K-12.Re.9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic ideas and work

• Each elementary school will host an assembly of 3rd and 4th graders (may include additional grades) every other year.  Semi-annually.

• Either the Dakota String Quartet or Dakota Wind Quintet will visit the schools.

• Each group will visit 6 schools in a three-day period. Two presentations per day. 

• The presentation will last approximately 30 minutes.

• The presentations reinforce the learning taking place in the music classroom and expose the students to the state’s only full-time professional classical musicians in an up close setting.  

• The groups present appropriate children’s music and children’s presentations.

• For this to be a fully effective and an equitable opportunity for all students regardless of ethnicity or socio-economic background, all elementary school buildings, including Title classified elementary school buildings, are required to comply with the semi-annual assembly.  This program was approved by the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Academic Achievement in Spring 2023.

• The South Dakota Symphony has offered this opportunity free-of-charge as a public service for the students of the Sioux Falls School District.

Program Goals:

• Introduce students to the local culture of professional classical music making in a small setting.

• Address music education content standards:

Connecting

Anchor Standard 11: K-12.Cn.11: Relate artistic ideas and work with societal, historical, cultural, and personal context to deepen understanding.

Responding

Anchor Standard 7: K-12.Re.7: Perceive and analyze artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 8: K-12.Re.8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 9: K-12.Re.9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic ideas and work

• Each school will host an assembly every year.

• Either the Dakota String Quartet or Dakota Wind Quintet will visit the schools.

• The presentation will last approximately 40 minutes.

• The presentations reinforce the learning taking place in the music classroom and expose the students to the state’s only full-time professional classical musicians in an up-close setting.  

• The groups present music appropriate for middle school audiences.

• All middle school buildings are required to comply with participation in this performance.  This program was approved by the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Academic Achievement in Winter 2023.

• The South Dakota Symphony has offered this opportunity free-of-charge as a public service for the students of the Sioux Falls School District.

• Schools should work to include as many students as the performance space can accommodate.  Options may include:

  1. All students in music ensemble class that period attend.

  2. All students in a music ensemble attend.

  3. All students of one grade in a music ensemble attend.

  4. All students in one grade attend.

• Each building will work with the SDSO education office to schedule their performance time on the day assigned.  Must schedule by November 1st with jeff.larsen@sdsymphony.org

• Performances must occur between 12:30p.m. and 3:45p.m.

• Performances will occur Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

• Year A Rotation (2024-2025; 2026-2027; 2028-2029)

• Year B Rotation (2025-2026; 2027-2028; 2029-2030)

• SDSO will work with Axtell Park to schedule a speparte performance tour date.