BROOKINGS, S.D. (9-28-26) — Emily Wood Toronto, professor of music, will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in Founders Recital Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the South Dakota State University campus.
Toronto, a celebrated mezzo-soprano and director of SDSU’s opera workshop, will be accompanied on the piano by SDSU alumnus Carson Covey. Michael Walsh, professor of clarinet, will also perform.
The recital, titled “Hearts on Fire,” will include Louis Spohr’s “Six German Songs,” op. 103, and four art songs by British composer Herbert Howells. The program will also feature Edvard Grieg’s “Hjertets Melodier” (Heart Songs), three art songs by Brazilian composer Alberto Nepomuceno and the premiere of four art songs by Brazilian composer Helza de Cordoville Camêu.
The recital is free, and the public is invited to attend.
For more information, contact the SDSU 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 39 master’s degree programs, 17 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 2025 fiscal year were more than $94 million. SDSU has a Doctoral University: High Research Activity designation on The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
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— From SDSU University Marketing and Communications
Note: Brookings Radio News interviewed Toronto about her upcoming performance. That interview can be found here.
