Our Team
Delta David Gier
Director
"There is nothing else like it. A network of committed Christians from every denomination, who are committed to Christ and to supporting their colleagues. With a burning desire to share Christ with those who don’t know him...this is who we are and what we do."
Biography
Delta David Gier is the Director of Crescendo North America. Maestro Gier has been Music Director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) since 2004. Under his direction, the orchestra has been lauded for its programming (including seven ASCAP awards). The Lakota Music Project (LMP) was developed under Gier’s direction, a side-by-side program with the SDSO and Lakota/Dakota musicians which explores the role music plays in their respective cultures, seeking to engender understanding and healing between estranged peoples.
For 15 seasons, Delta David Gier served as an Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He studied at the University of Michigan under the renowned conducting teacher Gustav Meier, as well as at the Tanglewood Music Center and Aspen Music Festival. He was a Fulbright scholar in Eastern Europe from 1988-90. As an educator, Mr. Gier has served as guest faculty at the Curtis Institute, Yale School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, and SUNY Stony Brook. He has chaired the music jury of the Pulitzer Prize and is a frequent panelist for the League of American Orchestras.
To read more about Gier, visit https://www.deltadavidgier.com/.
Why is Crescendo important?
"Crescendo has been very important for me from the first time I worked with the ministry in 2010. Because there is nothing else like it. A network of committed Christians from every denomination, who are committed to Christ and to supporting their colleagues. With a burning desire to share Christ with those who don’t know him, those musicians who are caught in the trap of art as idolatry. Christians who love to make music with others who want to share God’s love through their art, for His glory to be shown to the world and for the building up of the Church. This is Crescendo, this is who we are and what we do."
