Proud to say SD Symphony picked up an award (League of American Orchestra’s new Ford Musician Awards for Excellence in Community Service) for developing a collaborative orchestral program with Native American people, called “Lakota Music Project.” And equally proud to say I was very much involved as a Native composer, and featured in the program, with my work “Black Hills Olowan” (for drum group and orchestra). We were featured in recent issue of Symphony Magazine (Fall 2016)! Congrats all 'round!
[Article:] "... The Lakota Music Project's most recent iteration was a March 2016 partnership with Joseph Horowitz's 'Music Unwound' project exploring Native American and African American influences on Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony. Presented in Sisseton and Sioux Falls, the program paired the Dvorak with Brent Michael Davids's 'Black Hills Olowan,' performed with the Creekside Singers, a Lakota drum group..." (Symphony Magazine, Fall 2016).
[Article:] "... The Lakota Music Project's most recent iteration was a March 2016 partnership with Joseph Horowitz's 'Music Unwound' project exploring Native American and African American influences on Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony. Presented in Sisseton and Sioux Falls, the program paired the Dvorak with Brent Michael Davids's 'Black Hills Olowan,' performed with the Creekside Singers, a Lakota drum group..." (Symphony Magazine, Fall 2016).
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