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CHOIRS SWEEP COMPETITION IN IRELAND Competing against over fifty choirs from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales in three different competitive categories, the SDSM&T Master Chorale and Concert Choir placed first in every category they entered. For more...

 

Until 1984, the major purpose of SDSM&T music ensembles was recreational and public relations. As such, the Singing Engineers and, later, the Jazz Band would prepare an annual barnstorming concert tour targeted at high schools within South Dakota and the surrounding states lasting anywhere from a week to ten days in length.  In 1971 the Singing Engineers traveled to Mexico under the direction of Charles Thielen.

In the mid-1980s the music ensembles began to focus more on performance venues that presented educational opportunities for the students involved. These included state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2005), Music Educators National Conference in Anaheim, CA (1986), Grand Teton Choral Festival in Jackson Hole, WY (1987), and National Cathedral in Washington, DC (1991).

In the fall and winter of 1989-1990, the Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. James D. Feiszli, planned and executed the first in what has become a series of European concert tours. Since that time SDSM&T ensembles have traveled as part of an educational experience for the students. For more information about the May 2006 trip to Ireland or for details and photos on past trips, follow the links below.

May 2006 Ireland

May 2003 Austria Germany Switzerland

March 2001 Italy

May 1996 Germany Italy

May 1993 Germany Switzerland

December 1989 Austria Germany

Some of the places in which SDSM&T musicians have sung in recent years include:

Austria	Germany	Ireland	Italy	Switzerland
Bregenz	Birnau	Cararroe	Assisi	Luzern
Innsbruck	Konstanz	Dublin	Biella	Schaffhausen
Melk	Limburg an der Lahn	Killarney	Florence	St. Gallen
Mondsee	Lindau	New Ross	Milan	Zurich
Salzburg	Mainau	Screebe	Siena
St. Gilgen	Munich		Stresa
Vienna	Oberammergau		Rome
	Reichenau		Venice
	Salem		Vieste

  

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