Chamber Music Festival Of The Black Hills
Michael Hill, Executive Director
Dawn Marie Edwards, Artistic Director
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    • Jonah Kim
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    • Michael Hill, Double Bass
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    • Robert Koenig, Piano
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      • Folk songs, surprises highlight Classical Concert Series
      • NEA Artworks Grant 2018
      • Black Hills Pioneer Press-January 9, 2015
      • Orlando Sentinel-February 4, 2015
      • Black Hills Pioneer Press-May 13, 2015
      • Rapid City Journal-May 21, 2015
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​Lakota Advisors

​Sequoia Crosswhite, Lakota specialist, Native American Cultural Advisor, and guest artist.
​Charles Sequoia Crosswhite is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and a descendent of Chief War Eagle and Chief Swift Cloud. He is an accomplished musician, grass dancer and historian, and his handmade flutes and musical recordings uphold the traditions of his Lakota ancestors.
Sequoia is also the Cultural Relations Advisor for the Black Hills Children’s Home with specialized training and certification to work with special needs and disabled children.
He is also an international guest lecturer of Lakota Sioux culture and music and representative of the Sioux Tribe performing throughout Switzerland and Germany.
Performed twice at the Nonam Museum in Zurich, Switzerland.
Graduate of Oglala Lakota College with degrees in Lakota studies and a certificate to teach Lakota language.

Erin Hughes, Cultural Education Advisor
Erin is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and former program director at General Beadle Discovery Program in Rapid City. She brings vast knowledge and energy in advising our educational programming to be inclusive, positive, and impactful for all children. Her love of children is widely demonstrated through her work with the Rapid City Area School system.
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  • Home
  • Classical Concert Series
  • Artists
    • Dawn Edwards, Harp
    • Sarah Grimes, Violin
    • Eunice Kim, Violin
    • Nicholas Tavani, Violin
    • Maya Anjali Buchanan
    • Hyobi Sim, Viola
    • David Auerbach, Viola
    • Jonah Kim
    • Si-Yan Darren Li
    • Michael Hill, Double Bass
    • Alan Morrison, Piano/Organ
    • Robert Koenig, Piano
    • Dr. Nora Lee Garcia, Flute
  • Education
    • Musical Story Time, "Teddy Bear Series"
    • Discovery of Strings and Harp
    • Children's Family Concert
    • Mindful Musical Moments
    • Projects
      • Dignity: The Power of the Female Spirit
      • Riders on the Storm
      • We Are One-Mitakuye Oyasin
      • We Are South Dakota
    • Masterclass 2022
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Media Coverage
      • Folk songs, surprises highlight Classical Concert Series
      • NEA Artworks Grant 2018
      • Black Hills Pioneer Press-January 9, 2015
      • Orlando Sentinel-February 4, 2015
      • Black Hills Pioneer Press-May 13, 2015
      • Rapid City Journal-May 21, 2015
  • About
    • Mission
    • Awards
    • Board of Directors
    • Executive Director
    • Artistic Director
    • Lakota Advisor
  • Support
  • Contact