A South Dakotan who has played classical piano on world stages will perform in concert April 28 at the Crystal Theatre.

Calvin Jones will bring his original compositions, movie music and orchestral arrangements to the 7 p.m. show. Cost is a free-will offering that will be split by Jones and the theater.

When Jones comes home to South Dakota, he likes to give back, said Lance Edward, Jones’ manager.

“When he can, he likes to be booked into places where everyone can have access to him,” Edward said. It often includes church shows, and Jones will have four performances in Sioux Falls while in the area. “He has a heart and a mind to give back to his roots. He loves to be around people so he doesn’t like money to be a stumbling block.”

Jones was born in Eureka and grew up in Pierre, the son of a minister, and started playing piano with sacred music. He has grown to play with orchestras worldwide, and is the composer of the hit, “Whitewater Chopped Sticks.”

Dan Sutton, with the Crystal Theatre, said being able to attend a free-will concert by someone of Jones’ fame is a treat that he hopes people attend. The theater holds 225, and Jones will perform on the Crystal’s Steinway piano, donated by the late Everett and Eudora Zellers.

“If people miss this opportunity in a free-will offering to see Calvin Jones, they’ve missed something special,” he said. He hopes piano teachers bring all their students to see the artist.

Normally, Jones could cost a theater as much as $24,000 for a performance so the Flandreau show is quite a gift, Sutton said. Edward contacted Sutton about the concert. “For me, it was a great opportunity to bring someone pretty special.”

Jones is one of three big performances in Flandreau in the next month. In May, the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Miles Davis Show will be in Flandreau, as will Minnesota pianist Lorie Line.

“We have a lot of exciting things coming,” Sutton said.

Jones, 51, will perform mostly original music during the concert, but will play a few fresh arrangements of other songs, too, Edward said.

Jones’ latest release, Live in Lviv, is a live recording of his concert with Lviv Virtuosis in the Ukraine.

He also has done score for films and television, including “Promise Keepers,” Hallmark and McDonalds. He created the music for the critically-acclaimed documentary, 2016: Obama’s America, which grossed more than $33.45 million at the box office.

In 2010, Jones mentored Teresa Scanlan, then Miss Nebraska, to play an edited version of “Whitewater Chopped Sticks,” and she went on to become Miss America. His latest recording, “Dueling Pianos,” is distributed by City of Peace/Sony Music. The compilation includes Scanlan’s winning performance.