“Music for a Spring Day” is the title of the special May concert of the Spearfish Piano Duet Club on Wednesday, May 11, noon at Matthews Opera House in downtown Spearfish. The club has performed for the Bellman Brown Bag series since 2004. Performers include Pamela Baum, Laurie Behrens, Sue Cole, Donna Dettman, Rita Hicks,  Laura Kolb, Janeen Larsen, Colleen McKirdy, Emma McKirdy-Wilsey,  Angela O’Shea, Blair Petrson, Priscilla Romkema, and Symeon Waseen. 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 others’ 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.

Coffee for the Bellman Brown Bag Series is generously provided by Common Grounds in Spearfish, SD.