Building Community Mission Statement
"Building Community Concerts are programmed with repertoire to
enhance the commemorations, celebrations, and cultural awareness of local communities."
"Building Community Concerts are programmed with repertoire to
enhance the commemorations, celebrations, and cultural awareness of local communities."
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Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson
Thursday, October 5 - 7:30 pm First Lutheran Church, Minot - Free Concert Friday, October 6 - 7:30 pm Trinity Lutheran Church, Bismarck - Free Concert Sunday, October 8 - 3:00 pm Bemidji High School Auditorium, Bemidji - Tickets through the Bemidji Symphony Dakota Pro Musica presents a special "Building Community" concert event, "Considering Matthew Shepard" in partnership with The Minot Chamber Chorale. "Considering Matthew Shepard" is a 90-minute concert musical which uses diary entries, news reports, and police reports to tell the story of Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming who was kidnapped, beaten, and left to die on a fence in rural Wyoming on October 6, 1998 because of his sexual identity. This composition is not just a sad retelling of his story, but a call for the audience and our community to find ways to love and respect each other, no matter who we are and what we believe. The piece ultimately ends with hopefulness for a brighter future. |
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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - 3rd Annual Lessons and Carols Friday, December 15, 2023 at 6:00 pm Assumption Abbey, Richardton - Free Concert Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 5:00 pm First Lutheran Church of Mandan - Free Concert followed by soup supper Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 3:00 pm McCabe United Methodist Church, Bismarck - Free concert followed by reception A special service of Advent and Christmas Lessons and Carols created in collaboration with local parishes. The service includes traditional scripture readings which tell the story from Adam to the birth of Christ, traditional and modern choral anthems and carols, and prayers of reflection and joy for the coming Christ child. |
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2nd Annual Burns Supper - Annual Fundraiser January 25 – 6:00 pm - Blarney Stone Pub, Bismarck - $75/ person After the success of the Burns Supper - Annual Fundraiser at the Blarney Stone in January 2023, we are bring it back for 2024. For the $75/ plate cost you get a full dinner with appetizers, dinner, and dessert with one drink per course free. A Burns supper is a multi-sensory experiences with great food, poetry readings, music, bagpipes, good conversation, and other entertainment. |
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A Prayer for Ukraine February 24 at 3:00 pm (MT) St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Belfield, ND - Free Concert February 25 at 3:00 pm (CT) St. George's Episcopal Church in Bismarck, ND - Free Concert "A Prayer for Ukraine" will present a variety of music from Ukrainian culture including folksongs, nationalistic songs, and religious music from the Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. We will perform many pieces in Ukrainian and Church Slavonic on the concert but there will also be pieces sung in English. The concert will end with a few piece to commemorate the war in Ukraine and pray for peace for those who have died, been displaced, or those who are still living in peril in Ukraine. |
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My Favorite Things
Saturday, May 11 at 5:00 pm First Lutheran Church, Minot - Free Concert Sunday, May 12 at 3:00 pm Trinity Lutheran Church, Bismarck - Free Concert This year, Dakota Pro Musica is taking a slightly different approach to our Mother's Day weekend concerts, and instead of a 20-voice choir, we are presenting a small chamber ensemble concert featuring some of the most talented musicians in Central North Dakota. We have vocal faculty members from Minot State University, University of Jamestown, and University of Mary, and instrumentalists who are members of the Bismarck Mandan Symphony and the Minot Symphony Orchestra. All the repertoire for the My Favorite Things concerts was inspired by the famous song from The Sound of Music. We decided to find pieces of music about: coffee, flowers, cats (and other animals), our children, memories of our own mothers, self-care, and Faith. It was an enjoyable way to put together a concert and allowed for us to show off the talents of our amazing musicians. |
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The Death of Meriwether Lewis: Transfiguration at Grinder's Stand
Friday, June 14 - 6:00 pm Dinner and 7:00 pm Concert Huckleberry House at The Landing, Bismarck Special Event hosted by the North Plains Heritage Foundation for $45/ person. Saturday, June 15 - 3:00 pm Concert Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Washburn - Free Concert Sunday, June 16 - 3:00 pm Concert Bismarck Public Library, Bismarck - Free Concert Please join us for the final concert of our 4th season, The Death of Meriwether Lewis: Transfiguration at Grind’s Stand. The concert is sponsored by the North Plains Heritage Foundation, and will premiere the new one-act opera of composer and researcher, Hollis Thoms, the father of Dr. Jason Thoms. The opera explores the last days of Meriwether Lewis’ life in Tennessee, and the changes in his mindset about his expeditions and their future effects on the Indigenous people he met on his journey. The cast includes Dr. Jason Thoms from Bismarck, Kristopher Jean from New York City, and Dr. Karisa Templeton Assistant Professor of Voice at NDSU, accompanied by a chamber ensemble from the Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra. |