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BHSU MUSIC EVENTS

2024-2025 Music Events Schedule

* Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in Clare and Josef Meier Hall on the BHSU campus in Spearfish with free admission. The Friends of Music collects donations at the door for funds to benefit scholarships for BHSU student musicians. 

A "$" denotes that tickets are required for this event.

September

Date Time Event
Saturday, September 21  10am Special Event: Swarm Days parade competition and mass band
Sunday, September 22 2pm Donor Appreciation Event

October

Date Time Event
Saturday,   7pm Concert: BHSU Bands
Friday, 7pm Concert: BHSU Jazz Ensemble
Monday, All-State Rehearsal Day
Saturday, 7pm Concert: BHSU Choirs
Sunday, 2pm Concert: Dakota Chamber Orchestra
Fri-Sat, October 25-26 NATS Competition in North Dakota
Saturday, October 26 4pm Guest artist recital: Mila Belakova, piano
Sunday, October 27 2pm Concert: Chamber Music Ensembles
Thur-Sat, October 31-November 2 SDMEA Conference, Sioux Falls

November

Date Time Event
Thur-Sat, Competition: Music Teachers National Association
Friday, 7pm Concert: BHSU Bands
Saturday, 7pm Concert: BHSU Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, November 23 7pm Concert: BHSU Choirs
Sunday,  2pm Concert: Dakota Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, November 24 4pm BHSU Friends of Music Fundraiser
Tuesday, 6:30pm

Special Event: Northern Hills Honor Bands Festival (Spearfish HS Auditorium)

 December

Date Time Event

6:30pm Special Event: A Madrigal Dinner with BHSU Chamber Singers ($)

February

Date Time Event
Fri-Sat, Jan 31-Feb 1 BHSU Conducting Symposium
Friday, February 7 5pm Guest Artist Concert: W4RP Trio
Saturday (TBA) Scholarship Audition Day
Friday, February 21 7pm Concert: BHSU Jazz Ensemble
Wed-Sat, Feb 26 - March 1 BHSU Wind Ensemble Tour

  March

Date Time Event
Sunday,  2pm Concert: BHSU Bands
Monday, Special Event: Choral Festival
Wed-Fri, South Dakota Intercollegiate Band
Saturday, March 29 7pm Recital: Jonathan Nero, Nancy Roberts, and Katie Zerbst
Sunday, March 30 3pm Special Event: "Joy Spring" Music Fundraiser (Joy Center, $)
Mon-Wed, March 31 - April 2 BHSU Chamber Singers Tour

April

Date Time Event
Saturday, April 5 7pm Student Recital: Mary George, alto saxophone
Sunday, 2pm Concert: Honeycomb Brass
Friday, 7pm Concert: Northern Hills Chamber Chorale
Saturday, April 12 7pm Concert: BHSU Jazz Ensemble
Friday, April 18 7pm Faculty Recital: Skye van Duuren and Symeon Waseen
Friday, April 25 7pm Concert: BHSU Bands
Saturday, 10am Special Event: Spring Music Festival (Campus Green)
Saturday, 5pm

Concert: Dakota Chamber Orchestra (following Music Festival)

Sunday, April 27 2pm

Concert: BHSU Choirs

May

Date Time Event
Friday, May 2 7pm Student Recital: Layton Stenkamp, trumpet
TBA Conducting Symposium

For more information contact skye.vanduuren@BHSU.edu or call 605-642-6888.  

Contact Info

Jonathan Nero
Jonathan.Nero@BHSU.edu
Meier Hall 126 Map
Phone: (605)642-6628

School of Humanities, Music
Black Hills State University
1200 University St. Unit 9003
Spearfish, SD, USA 57799-9003