WHO: You!
WHAT: Free lecture as part of the Monthly Bellman Brown Bag Series
WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater
WHEN: Wednesday, December 11th at noon
WHY: To explore ideas, history, literature, art, and culture
HOW: BYOB-Bring your own bite-to-eat, take a seat, and enjoy entertainment for an hour while you devour
 
Things are absolutely better in pairs! Join us for the most anticipated Bellman Brown Bag Series of the season on Wednesday, December 11 at noon in the Matthews Theater. Spearfish Piano Duet Club presents their annual holiday event, an hour of piano melodies played by four hands.
It’s always wise to get here early for a good seat. This event is free and open to the public and the theater typically fills up quickly.
The Spearfish Piano Duet Club has performed on the Bellman Brown Bag series since 2006. The popular December program includes holiday music and familiar classical music for two performers on one piano. The Duet Club began in 2003, under the leadership of the late Synva Chrysler, as a way for intermediate and advanced pianists to maintain their piano skills and at the same time have fun and enjoy each other’s musical talents. Members of the community and BHSU music students are involved in the performance and rehearsal activities.  Dr. Janeen Larsen organizes the performances, and regular members include Laura Kolb, Angela O’Shea, Kathy Ewing, Marilee Woodard, Pamela Baum, Donna Dettman, Morgan Miller, Sue Cole, Constance Hubbard, Colleen McKirdy, and Emma McKirdy-Wilsey
About Spearfish Piano Duet Club…
The Spearfish Duet Club began in 2003, under the leadership of Synva Chrysler and Marianne Bieber, as a way for intermediate and advanced pianists to maintain their piano skills and, at the same time, have fun and enjoy each other’s musical talents. Members of the community and BHSU music students are involved in the performance and rehearsal activities, organized by Dr. Janeen Larsen. The concert is free and open to the public.
About the Bellman Brown Bag Series…
The Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas, history, literature, art and culture. The Brown Bag program was developed by Dr. Stewart Bellman in the 1990’s. Recognizing the Matthews Opera House as an ideal venue for the exploration of humanities topics, he engaged a line-up of speakers to present programs on a range of humanities topics each month.
Dr. Bellman was a professor of English at Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD. His teaching career spanned thirty years. Bellman retired from BHSU and passed away in November 2002.
Programs are presented on the second Wednesday of each month, noon to 1pm. Designed to begin and end within the lunch hour, patrons are invited to bring their lunch, if desired, or simply enjoy an hour of learning and entertainment.  This is an opportunity to gain insight into themes that touch our daily lives.