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School of Performing Arts

Welcome to the School of Performing Arts

South Dakota State University Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (good standing reaffirmed in 2011) and Theatre is accredited by the National Association of the Schools of Theatre. As a member of NASM and NAST, the Music and Theatre Programs are committed to upholding the organization’s national standards for curriculum and policy. Those standards may be found in the NASM Handbook and the NAST Handbook.

The school enjoys excellent facilities including the new state-of-the-art Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. The Oscar is the location of the 1000-seat Larson Memorial Concert Hall, which plays host annually to some of the world’s most important classical and popular performing artists and the 225-seat Founders Recital Hall with its Reuter Pipe Organ.

One only has to spend a few moments with us to realize that the School of Performing Arts functions as a family. Students experience all the benefits associated with studying at a sizable land-grant institution, but still get to know their professors on a one-on-one basis.

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Dec 10

Yuletide Choral Concert

Dec 10

Yuletide Choral Concert

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The Escape Thingy

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Cassady, Retzer to present junior recital

South Dakota State University juniors Joseph Cassady, clarinet, and Avery Retzer, soprano, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus. ...

SDSU Theatre and Dance presents Festival of New Plays featuring The 24-Hour Plays

  The Festival of News Plays featuring The 24-Hour Plays, presented this week at South Dakota State University’s Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, will celebrate the work of playwrights while allowing students and audience members to engage in the development of new works. ...

Ellis to present senior recital

Andrew Ellis, a senior majoring in music education, will present his senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University campus. ...