Travel by Music Groups

SDSMT music ensembles until 1984 prepared annual concert tours 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.

After the mid-1980s the music ensembles began to focus more on U.S. performance venues that presented educational opportunities for the students involved. These have 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 fall of 1989, the Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. James D. Feiszli, planned and executed the first in what has become a series of international concert tours. Since that time SDSMT ensembles have traveled  outside the U.S. about every three or four years as an educational experience for the students, most recently to Ireland in 2006 where they entered the Association of Irish Musical Societies choral competition, taking three first place awards. For details, follow the links below.