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Brown Bag Lunch Programs are free and open to the public. They begin at 12:05 and end at 12:55 PM. Bring a brown bag lunch. Or, if you prefer to eat early, late, or not at all, please join us anyway. Coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents.
The NMM's public programming is underwritten by South Dakota Arts Council support provided through the S. D. Department of Tourism and State Development and the National Endowment for the Arts, the USD Student Association, and the members of The Stradivari Society, a fund-raising initiative of the Museum's Board of Trustees.
Note: All events are held in the Arne B. Larson Concert Hall, unless otherwise noted.
January 14
Brown bag lunch program, Roots of Country Music, Bob Bovee & Gail Heil, Spring Grove, Minnesota, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and harmonica. 12:05 p.m. Free.
January 21
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Brown bag lunch program, Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 (Kegelstatt), by W. A. Mozart, Dakota Baroque & Classic Company: Arian Sheets, violin; Susanne Skyrm, piano; Deborah Check Reeves, clarinet. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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January 28
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Brown bag lunch program, Music for Flute and Piano, Martha Councell and Jennifer Novak Haar, Sioux City. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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Brown bag lunch program, "Having More than a Little Science in Them" (featuring the music of Van Hal, Haydn, Dittersdorf, and Mozart), Dakota Baroque & Classic Company: John Thomson, violin; Karen Lipp, violin; Arian Sheets, viola; Nick Curry, 'cello; Rick Rognstad, string bass; and, Susanne Skyrm, fortepiano. 12:05 p.m. Free.
February 11
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Brown bag lunch program, Masterpieces for Strings, Euclid String Quartet, Sioux City, Iowa. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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February 18
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Brown bag lunch program, Music for Lute, Adam Wead, Bloomington, Indiana. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
February 25
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Brown bag lunch program, Traditional Acoustic Music, Willson & McKee, Colorado Springs, Appalachian and hammered dulcimer, harp, bouzouki, guitar, and vocals. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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March 18
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Brown bag lunch program, Irish Echoes in Rural Missouri: Francis O'Neill, "Nolan the Soldier," and a Musical Blacksmith Named Ike Forrester, Howard Marshall, University of Missouri. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
April 1
Brown bag lunch program, Chaskinakuy: Andean Village Music, Edmond Badoux and Francy Vidal, with Daniel Zamalloa, play compelling melodies and spirited rhythms from high mountain festivities in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and Argentina. 12:05 p.m. Free.
April 8
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Brown bag lunch program, Music by Felix Draeseke (Dresden, 1835-1913) and Instruments by Alfred Stelzner (1852-1906), Summit Chamber Players, University of Wyoming, with John Thomson, violotta, and Richard Rognstad, cellone. 12:05 p.m. Free.
Left and right: NMM 6719. Violotta attributed to August Paulus, Dresden, December 1896. Front and back views. Violin body design patented in 1891 by Alfred Stelzner. |
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April 15
Brown bag lunch program, Polkas for the NMM, John F. Check, John D. Check, Deborah Check Reeves, and friends from the USD Department of Music. 12:05 p.m. Free.
April 22
Brown bag lunch program, Prairie Winds, Dakota Woodwind Quintet. 12:05 p.m. Free.
April 29
Brown bag lunch program, The Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan, USD Gamelan Ensemble. 12:05 p.m. Free.
May 20
Brown bag lunch program, The Pellegrina (ergonomic) Viola: A Gift to the NMM, David Rivinus, violin-maker, Portland, Oregon, with Don Ehrlich, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Liz Soladay, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and Susan Gray, Rawlins Piano Trio. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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May 31-June 3
Summer Explorer Series for children entering the fourth through sixth grade in the fall of 2005. Click here for details.
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June 3
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Brown bag lunch program, A Nod to Stan Fritts and the Korn Kobblers: Celebrating the Music and Mayhem of South Dakota's Legendary Novelty Jazz Masters, Jack Norton and the Mullet River Boys, Minneapolis. 12:05 p.m. Free.
June 6-9
Summer Discovery Series for children entering the first through third grade in the fall of 2005. Click here for details.
June 17
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Brown bag lunch program, Fiddle, Folk, and Feet: American Roots and Contemporary Folk Music, Paul & Win Grace, Columbia, Missouri. Fiddle, accordion, mandolin, autoharp, guitar, harmonica, piano feet (le pied—seated clogging), and voice. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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June 24
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Brown bag lunch program, Everts Evintett (Everts Quintet), Växjö, Sweden, presents Tunes from the Swing Era, plus traditional Swedish folk music. Mikael Fernholm Paulson, guitar; Malin Fernholm, flute/voice; Maja Nordblom, voice; Lars Nordblom, string bass; and, Sven-Olaf Lorentzen, clarinet/voice, perform "Lili Marlene," "I En Grönmalad Stuga," "Jag Skall Ta Morfar Ut Ikvall," "Side by Side," "We'll Meet Again," and more. A unique Swedish sound. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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July 1-4
Conference, Celebrating the 500th Birthday of Andrea Amati, "The Secrets, Lives, and Violins of the Great Cremona Makers 1505-1744." The National Music Museum presents a four-day conference to explore the methods and workshops of the great Cremonese makers as well as the cultural and economic influences of the times, including concerts and a banquet.
July 8
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Brown bag lunch program, An Eclectic Musical Journey, featuring Curtis Teague & Loretta Simonet, acoustic folk music duo from Minneapolis, with their unique blend of traditional Celtic tunes, American folk songs, original music, and familiar old-time songs. Acclaimed for their exquisite harmonies and incisive songwriting, the duo will perform on an array of stringed instruments including, Celtic harp, mandocello, mandolin, guitar, clawhammer banjo, and ukulele. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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August 5
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Brown bag lunch program, Le "Champion" du clavecin, featuring Françoise Lengellé, Paris, playing works by Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres, Louis Couperin, Charles Dieupart, and Jacques Duphly on the Museum's harpsichord by Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
August 12
Brown bag lunch program, Heart's Compass: Pioneer Women's Journeys, an account of pioneer women crossing the Plains in the 19th century. Deb Carpenter and Lyn Messersmith present original poems, songs, and stories, as well as actual diary entries of women who journeyed on the Oregon Trail. Made possible with a Resource Center grant from the South Dakota Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 12:05 p.m. Free.
September 16
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Brown bag lunch program, Six Into Three, The Cleveland Duo, piano and violin, with James Umble, saxophone. Members of the renowned Cleveland Orchestra, this exciting threesome are pioneers in the chamber music world. Their unique programming combines new music, exclusive transcriptions, and familiar repertoire for any of six possible instrumental combinations. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
September 23
Brown bag lunch program, Clarinet Virtuosity, Clarinet Quartet of the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band. The Quartet's repertoire spans a diverse range of musical styles and idioms, including commissioned works by American composers and original arrangements by members of the Quartet.
September 30
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Brown bag lunch program, What You Get For Your Trouble, featuring Dorian Michael, central California, playing acoustic guitar selections ranging from his own original compositions to blues and traditional. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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October 14-15
Celebrating Great American Guitarsat the National Music Museum Gallery Opening and Conference
National guitar conference and opening of the Lillibridge Gallery and a major, permanent exhibition, Great American Guitars, featuring the D'Angelico/D'Aquisto/Gudelsky Workshop Collection—given in memory of Paul Gudelsky (1963-1996)—along with guitars from the John R. Barmeyer and Brian Fischer Collections and others. Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, closing with a free, Saturday evening concert by Thom Bresh, the great Nashville guitarist and entertainer (details below). Conference is free, but limited to first 100 registrants. Please return by mail or fax it to 605-677-6995 (click here for registration form or contact smm@usd.edu). |
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October 15
Thom Bresh Concert
Slagle Auditorium, 8:00 PM
Sponsored by CorTrust Bank and WNAX / Big Country 104.1
Thom Bresh and the late Johnny Cash hold a 1969 Martin guitar, once owned and played by Thom's father, the legendary Merle Travis. Bresh, a Hall of Famer and one of today's leading guitar players, whether it be country-western, folk, or jazz, will play this guitar and Johnny Cash's Bon Aqua, both from the NMM's collections, as well as his own Super Dualette by Del Langejans. T. Wilson King of Vermillion will be the opening act.
To obtain your free tickets for the Thom Bresh concert, visit any of the following locations: Mollet Music (Yankton); Ray's MidBell Music (Sioux City); Sioux Falls Music or Schmitt Music (Sioux Falls); or the National Music Museum (smm@usd.edu).
October 28
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Brown bag lunch program, Masterpieces for Strings, Euclid String Quartet, Sioux City, Iowa. Praised by the Denver Post for their "electric" playing, the Euclid Quartet is a dynamic string quartet known for performances filled with personality and vibrant color. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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November 10
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Brown bag lunch program, Rythmes de la tradition du Burkina Faso, featuring the dynamic, West African djembé (drum) virtuoso, Amadou Kiénou. A folk musician, dancer, and griot (story teller) by trade, Kiénou "wrests from his instrument polyrhythms of dizzing complexity, drawing the listener into a whirl of hypnotic, chattering beats." 12:05 p.m. Free. |
November 18
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Brown bag lunch program, Dennis Warner—Live! Americana singer and songwriter Dennis Warner (Clearwater, Minnesota) is known for his crafty wit, skillful musicianship, and the ability to captivate an audience. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
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December 2
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Brown bag lunch program, Holiday Brass, featuring the USD Faculty Brass Quintet. 12:05 p.m. Free. |
Brown Bag Lunch Programs are free and open to the public.
They begin at 12:05 and end at 12:55 PM. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Or, if you prefer to eat early, late, or not at all, please
join us anyway. Coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents.
The NMM's public programming is underwritten by South Dakota Arts Council support provided through the S. D. Department of Tourism and State Development and the National Endowment for the Arts, the USD Student Association, and the members of The Stradivari Society, a fund-raising initiative of the Museum's Board of Trustees.
Note: All events are held in the Arne B. Larson Concert Hall, unless otherwise noted.
