BROOKINGS (11-9-26) — The Dakota String Quartet of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will present a free, 50-minute performance at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, in Founders Recital Hall at South Dakota State University’s Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
The program will feature one of the most beloved works in the chamber music repertoire, Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, commonly known as the “American” String Quartet.
The Dakota String Quartet has served as the resident string quartet of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra since 1978. Comprised of principal string players from the symphony, the ensemble presents performances and educational programs throughout the region, sharing chamber music with audiences in concert halls, schools, colleges and community venues across the Upper Midwest.
Joining the quartet will be Joseph Horowitz, one of America’s leading cultural historians and writers of classical music. A longtime collaborator with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and its Scholar-in-Residence, Horowitz is the author of numerous acclaimed books exploring the history of music in America, including “Dvorak’s Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music.”
Dvořák composed the “American” String Quartet during the summer of 1893 while living in Spillville, Iowa, a Czech immigrant community located just a few hours from Brookings. Today, the work remains one of the most frequently performed and cherished chamber pieces in the world.
For more information, contact the South Dakota State University School of Performing Arts at 605-688-5187.
About South Dakota State University
Founded in 1881, South Dakota State University is the state’s Morrill Act land-grant institution as well as its largest, most comprehensive school of higher education. SDSU confers degrees from seven different colleges representing more than 230 majors, minors and specializations. The institution also offers 41 master’s degree programs, 19 Ph.D. and two professional programs.
The work of the university is carried out on a residential campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City, and through Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across the state. SDSU’s research expenditures for the 2026 fiscal year were more than $86 million. SDSU has a Doctoral University: High Research Activity designation on The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
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