Events
Upcoming opportunity for students to sell their own art
USD’s Student Art Association has recently been working with students to set up art sales, with the next taking place Thursday, Dec. 2. Students who make art are able to sign themselves up for a spot to sell their work with a $5 fee per person. Each student will be selling a variety of work. All […]
USD Symphony Orchestra in concert
USD Symphony Orchestra will be performing their concert in Aalfs Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3. The orchestra will feature guest cello soloist Sonja Kraus, a USD faculty member who will be performing “Variations Symphoniques” by French composer Leon Boellman. Luis Viquez, director of orchestras and music director of the USD Symphony Orchestra, said the […]
Annual holiday concert to showcase ensembles
The USD Department of Music will host their annual holiday concert in Aalfs Auditorium Dec. 5. The USD Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble I, Chamber Singers, Symphonic Choir and Collegium Musicum will all perform at the concert. C. J. Kocher, the director of Jazz Ensemble I, said in an email interview with The Volante that the holiday concert is a celebration […]
USD Concert Band and Symphonic Band Perform Together
The University of South Dakota Concert Band and Symphonic Band have been practicing for many months for their Concert Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium. The Concert Band and Symphonic Band will be performing many different pieces throughout the night and will come together to perform. The bands hope to represent all of […]
USD Opera to perform “All Together Now” this weekend
USD Opera will be hosting its first event of the year, “All Together Now: Operatic Scenes and Ensembles” Nov. 20 and 21. The program features eight scenes from operas and operettas with music by composers such as Mozart, Rossini, Bizet and Stephen Sondheim. Assistant Professor of music JuanCarlos Mendoza is directing the event. Mendoza said […]
International Night Gala embraces culture on campus
The USD International Club will be hosting their International Night Gala Nov. 21 in the Muenster University Center Ballroom from 5-8 p.m. Senior media and journalism major Danielle Konechne is the secretary of the International Club. Konechne said this will be the second time the International Club has hosted the International Gala. “We start off […]
Percussion Ensemble Christens Colton Recital Hall
The USD Percussion Ensemble performed their fall concert Nov. 7, christening the newly renovated Colton Recital Hall with the sound of their instruments. The percussion ensemble also featured performances by the community high school percussion ensemble and the Caribbean Coyotes Steel Band. Darin Wadley, director of percussion studies at USD, said the Percussion Ensemble is […]
TFJO packs over 30,000 meals to feed the hungry
Then Feed Just One (TFJO) is an organization from LeMars, Iowa with a chapter here at the USD. Last Thursday, TFJO hosted its biggest event of the year, their annual packaging event in the Muenster University Center pit. This year, the organization packaged 33,264 meals to help feed the hungry Alex Bergeson, the president of […]
USD Jazz Ensembles bring out the array of sound in jazz
USD Jazz Ensembles I and II will be performing their fall concert Wednesday Nov. 3 in Aalfs Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The students involved in Jazz Ensemble play a variety of instruments including baritone, trombone, trumpet, piano, bass and drum set. USD professor of saxophone and jazz studies C.J. Kocher is the director of Jazz […]
Tarot reading fundraiser for Domestic Violence Safe Options
October is LGBT+ history month, and to finish out their month of events, Spectrum and Students for Reproductive Rights (SFRR) held their first ever tarot reading fundraiser Oct. 29. The event raised money for the Vermillion Domestic Violence Safe Options Services. President of Spectrum Isabel Young said the event provided tarot readings, oracle readings, astrology chart readings, body charts and face paint […]