 | Founded in 1973 on the campus of The University of South Dakota in Vermillion, the National Music Museum (NMM) & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is one of the great institutions of its kind in the world. Its renowned collections, which include more than 13,500 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods, are the most inclusive anywhere. |
The NMM is housed in a 20,000 square-foot, climate-controlled building, where representative instruments are exhibited in nine beautiful galleries.
The NMM presents collection-specific concerts and hosts many music related meetings, seminars, conventions and other activities, such as a series of Friday-noon brown bag lunch programs. Brown Bag Lunch Programs are free and open to the public. They begin at 12:05 and end at 12:55 p.m. All events are held in the Arne B. Larson Concert Hall. |
| Date | 2008 Brown Bag Lunch Program |
| June 13 | Contemporary Traditional Acoustic, featuring Dorian Michael, central California, playing acoustic guitar selections ranging from his own original compositions to blues and traditional. |
| June 20 | The Brown Bag Polka Premiere, featuring John F. Check, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; John D. Check, University of Central Missouri; Deborah Check Reeves, University of South Dakota; and friends from the USD Department of Music. |
| July 25 | Le "Champion" du clavecin, featuring Françoise Lengellé, Paris, playing works from the French repertoire on the NMM's harpsichord by Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785. |
| September 12 | Fantasies, Fugues, Toccatas, and Sonatas, featuring Asako Hirabayashi, harpsichord, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, playing works by J. S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, as well as her own award-winning compositions. |
| October 10 | Folk music ensemble (see photo), "Sualë," from Šiauliai University, Šiauliai, Lithuania. |
| October 17 | Get Along Little Dogies, featuring Bob Bovee & Gail Heil, Spring Grove, Minnesota, fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, singing, and yodeling. Cowboy songs about bad horses, outlaws, trail drives, and love affairs will be spiced with old-time tunes from ranch dances and stories of the mountains and plains. |
