Concert Schedule

For the 2026-2027 Academic Year

September

19 Pursuit of Excellence, REC, 5:30 - 11:30 pm

26 Mustang Pep Band, “Play Like a Mustang”, REC, 3 pm rehearsal, 5 pm game (open to all H.S. band members)

October

1  Inauguration of SMSU President, Dr. David Jones (Chorale and Jazz Ensemble), Central Courtyard, 3:00 pm

12 Singfest, SMSU Conference Center, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

November

1  Southwest Minnesota Orchestra “Rachmaninov Reverie!”, SCCPA, 4:00 pm ($15 admission; $5 children/students)

8  SMSU Chorale, “The Promise of a Nation”, First Lutheran Church, 2:00 pm

15 Fall Festival of Song, First Lutheran Church, 2:00 pm

15 Chamber Music of Schubert and Arensky, FA Theatre, 4:00 pm

18 SMSU Student Recital, FA Theatre, 1:00 pm

19 SMSU/Community Concert Band "Unbound: the Music of Identity", FA Theatre, 7:30 pm

23 Mustang Pep Band In Concert, FA Theatre, 7:30 pm

December

2  Student Recital, FA Theatre, 1:00 pm

3  Alta Voce & SMSU Glee Club "Celestial Nights and Holiday Lights", First Lutheran Church, 7:30 pm

5  "SMSU Holiday Revels” with the Chorale; Alta Voce; SMSU Glee Club; SMSU/Community Concert Band & Jazz Ensemble, SCCPA, 3:00 pm, ($5 admission, up to $20 per family; all proceeds go to SMSU Music Scholarships)
    Weather Alternate December 6, SCCPA, 3:00 pm

7  SMSU Jazz Ensemble "Relationship Roulette", FA Theatre, 7:30pm

8  Southwest Minnesota Orchestra "A Very Prairie Christmas", Holy Redeemer Church, 7:00 pm

9  Student Recital, FA Theatre, 1:00 pm

12 Tuba Christmas, Student Center (upper level), 10:00 am rehearsal, 2:00 pm concert. Performances are free and open to the public. (Participation is open to low brass players of all ages and abilities, $10 fee)

January

25 SMSU Chorale with the choirs from Lakeview, Marshall and Tracy Area High Schools "Voices of the Prairie", SCCPA, 7:00 pm

30 “Music in Dakota Culture” Seminar w/ Leo Gunner Baker, FA 132, 10:00 am - 2:30 pm (Open to all current and future music educators)
     Weather Alternate February 27, FA 132, 10:00 am - 2:30 pm

February

11 SMSU Chorale performance at the South Dakota Music In-Service, SDSU, time TBD

March

4  SMSU/Community Concert Band “The Magical Not-A-Mystery Tour”, FA Theatre, 7:30 pm

7-13 SMSU Music Ireland Experience Study Abroad

22 SMSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist, Francisco Torres (trombone) & featuring the Yellow Medicine East High School Jazz Band, Yellow Medicine East High School, 7:30 pm

23 SMSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist, Francisco Torres (trombone) & featuring the Marshall High School Jazz Band and Lakeview High School Jazz Band, FA Theatre, 7:30 pm

April

2  Fine Arts Roundup, various locations on SMSU campus, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

4  Spring Sing, First Lutheran Church, 2:00 pm

7  Student Recital, FA Theatre, 1:00 pm

8  Southwest Minnesota Orchestra Children's Concert “Wild Wild West”, SCCPA, 10:00 am & 1:00 pm

12 All-City Jazz Festival, SCCPA, 7:00 pm

18 SMSU Glee Club & Alta Voce “Lift Every Voice”, First Lutheran Church, 4:00 pm

21 Student Recital, FA Theatre, 1:00 pm

22 SMSU/Community Concert Band, FA Theatre, 7:30 pm

25 SMSU Chorale “Radiance and Resolve”, First Lutheran Church, 2:00 pm

28 Student Recital, FA Theatre, 1:00 pm

May

7  Southwest Minnesota Orchestra, Holy Redeemer Church, 4:00 pm

8 Commencement, RA Facility, 9:00 am

June

28-30 Minnesota Area Conducting Workshop, FA 132/135, All day (Free of charge to all band and choir directors. Applications available in March 2026.)

 

For more information, contact the SMSU Music Program at 507-537-7103.

 

Schedule is subject to change. Tune into Marshall Radio for weather announcements.

SCCPA: Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts located at Marshall High School, 400 Tiger Drive, Marshall, MN

First Lutheran Church: 100 Church Street, Marshall, MN  |  Luverne High School: 709 N Kniss Ave, Luverne, MN

The Southwest Minnesota Orchestra Concerts are often funded, in part, by a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund.